Visual Calculations in Power BI: Overview and Use Cases

Delivery: In-person
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Food: Pizza and drinks will be provided

Agenda:
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&A

Overview: Do you sometimes get lost in a sea of complicated DAX and wonder if there is an easier way? Is it difficult to drive self-service reporting in your organization because business users aren’t familiar with the nuances of DAX and Semantic Models? Visual Calculations might be able to help!

Introduced in 2024 and currently in preview, this feature is designed to simplify the process of writing DAX and combines the simplicity of calculated columns with the on-demand calculation flexibility of measures. This session is an overview of Visual Calculations and how they can be used to quickly produce results including:
• Background
• Example Use Cases
• Performance
• Considerations and Limitations

Speaker: Dean Jurecic is a business intelligence analyst and consultant specializing in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric with experience across diverse industries, including utilities, retail, government, and education. Dean is a Fabric Community Super User who holds a number of Microsoft certifications and has participated in the “Ask the Experts” program for Power BI at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference.

Sponsor: TBD