Baton Rouge Analytics & Intelligence Network meeting - December 2022

6222 Jones Creek Rd,Baton Rouge LA 70817

08 December, 2022

Description

About BRAIN (http://gobrain.org): BRAIN's mission is to help its members and businesses in the Baton Rouge area, by providing a platform to network and share expertise in the areas of Analytics, Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence. BRAIN is for both technical and business users - any and all who are interested in business analytics, data visualization, modeling, Artificial Intelligence, traditional business intelligence, and everything in between. You may bring in your BI problems and we'll add it to the queue and discuss as time allows after the presentations are over. AGENDA: 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Networking & Pizza 6:00 pm – Until: Introductions followed by presentations & discussions Topic: Power Bi and Dimensional Modeling (Thomas LeBlanc, Data Warehouse Architect | Microsoft Data Platform MVP) Details: What is dimensional modeling? Why is it needed for Power BI? Are there benefits to using dimensional modeling with Power BI? Yes, dimensional modeling is best for modeling in Power BI. The terms most frequently used to describe dimensional modeling is star schema or facts and dimensions. Even though the Kimball Group has ‘retired’, the methodology spelled out by this group still works great in today’s business intelligence reporting. Facts are for the measures with surrogate keys to related dimensions. The dimensions are the place for de-normalized attributes for slicing and dicing data. There won’t be any cons listed during this session, only the benefits like performance improvements and simplicity as we roll through the demos. Bio: Thomas LeBlanc has spent 15+ years as a Data Warehouse Manager and Business Intelligence Architect in Baton Rouge, LA along with 15+ years as a Database Administrator specializing in SQL Server, Microsoft Business Intelligence Services (SSIS, SSAS & SSRS) and Power BI. Starting as a COBOL while in college at Louisiana State University, he has also been a developer, report writer, trainer and documentation writer. Thomas has been a recent and frequent speaker at PASS Summit, SQLSaturday, Live360, VSLive and Power Platform events. Microsoft has recognized Thomas as a Data Platform MVP for the past 5 years. Meeting Details: Meeting: BRAIN December 2022 When: 12/08/2022 05:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Where: 6222 Jones Creek Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 (Jones Creek Library) Join BRAIN: Website: http://www.gobrain.org/ Email: [email protected]