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How to Use Data Dictionaries to Model and Analyze BI Requirements

Data dictionaries are great tools for any data project, but they must be maintained to continue being useful. Here’s how to get the most out of them.

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Azure Tips & Tricks: Moving Operations in API Management

APIM helps developers save time when creating an API gateway and developer portal. But it lacks some useful time-saving features for moving API operations.

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Using React Hooks in the SharePoint Framework (SPFx 1.8)

React Hooks let you to reuse stateful logic and share component behavior among many components or with the community. Here’s how to use it with SPFx.

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Using Business Rules Analysis to Model and Analyze BI Requirements

If you have many Business Rules, using this technique will help you ensure you are applying all the Business Rules to your project and across the organization.

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10 KPIs Manufacturers Should Track for Operational Excellence

Knowing what to measure is key, but where should a manufacturer begin, especially in operations? The best place to start is with your strategic business goals.

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Overcoming 5 Common Barriers to Manufacturing Innovation

To keep a competitive advantage, manufacturers must adopt process innovation and new technologies, but it is not easy. Read our tips to overcome those barriers.

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6 Hybrid Business Analyst Combinations

If you’re considering becoming some form of BA hybrid, you won’t be sorry. Adding new tools to your arsenal will make you more flexible, marketable & valuable.

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Identifying SSAS Tabular Processing Performance Issues

Ever worked on tabular models that take longer to process than you expect? If so, here’s how to identify an opportunity to improve processing performance.

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Async, Await, and ConfigureAwait – Oh My!

In .NET Framework 4.5, async/await keywords were added to make async programming easier to work with. However, there are a few gotchas you may not know about.

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A Look at Power BI as a Business Intelligence System: Power Query M

Here is a high-level view of Power BI and its ETL part that is behind the External Data Section that makes it a “kitchen sink” Business Intelligence system.

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Agile Transformation Pain Point: Struggles with Story Writing

Story Writing struggles are common because business analysts tend to write a lot. Here’s how to avoid the most common issues so you can become more agile.

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How to Protect PHI Data by Limiting External Access to Power BI

In this walkthrough, we demonstrate how a health provider can restrict the sensitive data in their Power BI service environment to only their trusted network.

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