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Dale Tuttledtuttle@portalsolutions.net

Chief Operating

Officer

15+ years in IT ConsultingIT Executive

Interests: Successfully moving firms to the Cloud Likes flying airplanes

About Dale

John Tatejtate@portalsolutions.net

Data Scientist 3+ years in Analytics & Data Science

Interests: Turning data into actions and insights Likes College Basketball

About John

What You Will Learn Today• What people mean by a “data-driven enterprise”

• How to quickly create a data-driven enterprise or operation

• How to enable data-driven decisions using Power BI

• How easy it is to get started with Power BI and start making data driven decisions

Yes No Don’t know

PollDoes your organization currently use data to make decisions?

What data analytics tool are you using today?

Excel (PowerPivot or other) Microsoft SQL Server Power BI Other (Tableau, Qlikview, other) None

Poll

Data Everywhere…

• Clearly an often used term, and perhaps over-hyped…but:

• It simply means basing your business decisions on actual data coming from your business operations and activities (e.g. sales, forecasts, HR data, financial info, etc.)

• Every commercial and public sector operation is collecting huge amounts of information

• Generated by people, machines, applications• Structured and unstructured• Stored in a variety of locations, systems etc.• Spreadsheets remain the most common

data source for business users.

What Does “Data-Driven” Actually Mean?

• Every commercial and public sector operation is collecting information

• Data is generated by people, machines, applications…just about everyone and everything

• Immense amounts of data are captured and…wait for it…it just sits there!

• The key is to use your data and answer key business questions.

• Good News: Almost anyone can tap into data and start analyzing it

• So, how do you do it?

Who Collects Data and Who Should Use It?

• Start with understanding what you want to know or gain deeper understanding about…then:

1. Get Some Data2. Run it through an analysis tool3. Make informative visualizations

• Yes, it is that easy…because data analysis tools, like Power BI are extremely powerful and relatively easy to use.

• This used to be the province of large firms and public sector agencies

• …but tools like Power BI have democratized data analytics

Creating a Data-Driven Enterprise

Key Stakeholders in the Data-Driven Enterprise

Technical Business

BI Developers/IT Department

BI Pros Power Users/Data

Analysts

Business Users

Power BI

Where would you put yourself on the technical to business user spectrum?

BI Developers/IT Department BI Pros Power Users/Data Analysts Business Users

Poll

Where Analysis Tools Fit into the Process

Power BI

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Why Start with Power BI?

Extend powerful analytics tools directly to business users

Quickly gain real business insight from your data

Easily share your insights across your organization

Deliver real time results to managers, department heads and owners

Easily embed BI and analytics in your apps and websites

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• Power BI Service: Web Version• Power BI Desktop: Client Version• Power BI Mobile: Device App• Power BI Content Packs• Power BI Pro: $9.99 per user per month

• More Data• More Frequent Data Refresh• https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/

pricing/

Key Concepts

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