Self Service BI: The Value is in the Refresh

This month's meet-up is generously being sponsored by Robert Half Technology (https://www.roberthalf.com/).

SESSION OUTLINE:
What is Self Service BI? It’s two text transaction files and a pivoted Excel budget file built into an interactive Excel dashboard in under 60 minutes. But while the analysis is important, the real value is in the refresh. Can your model pull in another 22 text files and next year's budgets in less than a minute? This model can!

Come and see how Excel 2016 gives us the ability to not only rapidly create business intelligence to answer organizational questions, but also allows us to build engaging and interactive models that can be quickly updated and shared via Power BI.

SPEAKER PROFILE:
Ken Puls, FCPA, FCMA, is a Chartered Professional Accountant, blogger, author and trainer with over 20 years of business and financial modelling experience. His passion lies in exploring tools to turn data into information, and teaching others how to benefit from them.

He has held the Microsoft MVP distinction since 2006 in both the Excel and Data Platform categories, and has been recognized as a Fellow of his accounting organization and as one of the “Top 20 under 40” business and community leaders on Vancouver Island.

Learn more about our speaker here: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kenpuls.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY:
Our room size is limited, so we need you to RSVP in advance. If you are not already a member, join our group at https://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Power-BI-User-Group/

TENTATIVE AGENDA (subject to change):
• 5:30pm-6:00pm Networking, Dinner & Soft Drinks
• 6:00pm-6:05pm Welcome & Introductions
• 6:05pm-6:55pm Feature Presentation
• 6:55pm-7:00pm Closing