Chris Webb
Chris Webb is an independent consultant specialising in Analysis Services, Power BI, M, MDX and DAX. He is the author of "Power Query for Power BI and Excel" and a co-author of "SQL Server Analysis Services 2012: The BISM Tabular Model", "Expert Cube Development with SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services", and "MDX Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 and Hyperion Essbase"; he also co-authored the white paper "Planning a Power BI Enterprise Deployment" for Microsoft. He blogs at http://blog.crossjoin.co.uk
Talks I've Given
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Introduction To Dataflows In Power BI
Featuring Chris Webb
Dataflows are an important new data preparation and loading feature in Power BI. In this session you will learn: What dataflows are and when you might want to use them The advantages and disadvantages of using them over Power BI Desktop's data loading features Configuring incremental refresh...
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Building custom data connectors for Power BI
Featuring Chris Webb
Custom data connectors allow you to extend Power BI so that it can connect to new data sources. But how can you build them? Don't miss this month's Power BI User Group to learn more!
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Expert Panel
Featuring Kasper de Jonge, Marco Russo , James Dales, Chris Webb, Alberto Ferrari, Patrick LeBlanc and Adam Saxton
Bring all your Power BI questions to get answers from some of Power BI Experts from all over the world!
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Working with Parameters and Functions in Power Query/Excel and Power BI
Featuring Chris Webb
Parameters are one of the most useful features in Power Query/Excel and Power BI, and in this session you'll find out how you can use them to make your queries easier to maintain and more user-friendly. In addition you'll also learn how you can use parameters to create Power BI template...
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Introduction to M in Power BI
Featuring Chris Webb
Behind Power BI’s data load and transformation functionality is the M language. In this session you’ll learn what kind of scenarios you’ll need to use the M language as well as its basic syntax. You’ll also see several practical examples of how to use it, for example separating connection details...
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