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Upcoming events
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Semantic Link Labs: A Link to the Future
Improving, 11675 Rainwater Dr #100, Alpharetta, GA, USDelivery: In-person
Level: Intermediate
Food: Pizza and drinks will be providedAgenda:
18:15-18:30 Registration and networking
18:30-19:00 Organizer and sponsor time (news, Power BI latest, sponsor marketing)
19:00-20:15 Main presentation
20:15-20:30 Q&AOverview: It’s dangerous to go alone—take Semantic Link Labs!
When users are the first to discover that a Power BI report is broken, the damage is already done. Trust is lost, adoption slows, and credibility suffers. Instead of wandering into these traps unprepared, what if you had the Master Sword in hand—ready to defeat broken models and guard against treacherous usability pitfalls? That’s the power of Semantic Link Labs.In this session, we’ll set out on a quest through Microsoft Fabric notebooks and pipelines, using Semantic Link Labs as our weapon and shield against unreliable reports. Along the way, we’ll face down the “mini-bosses” of BI development:
• Reports that collapse due to structural changes
• Models that underperform because best practices were skipped
• Usability pitfalls that make reports “technically fine” but functionally broken for end usersYou’ll learn how to install and configure Semantic Link Labs, explore its legendary features, and see how it integrates seamlessly into Fabric. We’ll then take it a step further, automating health checks and governance with notebooks and pipelines—turning one-time fixes into repeatable spells.
By the end of this adventure, you’ll uncover your own “Triforce of Best Practices”—a report that tracks the best practices of all semantic models in your environment. You’ll leave equipped with a map, a shield, and the Master Sword itself: the tools you need to keep your BI world in legendary shape, where broken reports are discovered early, performance issues are vanquished, and best practices reign supreme.
Speaker: Jason Romans is a Business Intelligence engineer in Nashville, TN working with the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack. Jason is a Microsoft MVP who started his career as a DBA and over the years moved to working in his passion of Business Intelligence and data modeling. His first computer was a Commodore 64 and he's been hooked ever since.
Blog: www.thedaxshepherd.com
Sessionize: https://sessionize.com/jason-romans/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-r-sql-jarSponsor: TBD
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