BIG - Power of Excel Business Analytics

Power of Excel Business Analytics - Daniel Stiefel, Practical Analytics Services

I attended a feature presentation at Charlotte's Business Innovation & Growth (BIG) meeting today.  Daniel presented 'Preparing the Knowledge Worker of Tomorrow... Today (the Power of Excel for Business Analytics

Certified... Microsoft Office Specialist - Excel 2013

Marc has just joined the Microsoft Office Specialist program and achieved the Microsoft® Office Specialist certification in Excel 2013.

This Microsoft certification tells the world that he has demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office and has joined a global community of distinguished achievers.

Certification helps advance career prospects by giving them a competitive edge.

Many individuals seek certifications based on globally recognized standards to increase their own personal sense of accomplishment, to establish themselves as leaders in their fields, and to demonstrate their skill sets in a competitive job market.

It is official... my REACH IT Business Intelligence Certificate

My CPCC REACH IT (Regional Effort to Advance Charlotte Information Technology) Certificate of Completion 

for the Data / Report Analyst track.

CBIG ETL Presentation at Microsoft Way

Tonight the Charlotte Business Intelligence Group (CBIG) met at the Microsoft Charlotte office.

Member of the REACH IT class were also present and were further reminded of Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) - Avoiding Costly Mistakes.

Rafael Salas informs CBIG how to avoid costly ETL mistakes

Costly ETL mistakes include:

• Poor BI exception handling
• Inadequate logging
• Lack of sufficient and timely notifications and alerts
• Over coupling / making ETL too complex

Thank you for the sponsors of this programming.  

Learn more about CBIG at http://charbigroup.com/ 

Also, the group was challenged by Marc to become 'Net Neutrality' savvy.  See Marc's Web Technology blog at http://webtechczar.blogspot.com/ .

Validate your feelings with BI

We want to make effective decisions in life.

BI helps validate our 'gut feeling.'

Reference 'The Way Humans Think'
http://smartdatacollective.com/ray-major/198061/way-humans-think

Carolina Code Bootcamp 2014 - CPCC Levine Campus

• Geo Spatial Data... check
• Bootstrap 101... check
• DAX Patterns... check
• Data Management & Data Warehousing... check
• Big Data's Deal... check

Above are only a small portion of the Carolina Code Camp 2014 sessions that I could attend.

Hundreds of Code Camp Attendees

DAX Patterns for Everyday Use - Javier Guillen