I’m starting this blog as a platform to share my experience in becoming a Power BI Developer/Storyteller from an Accountants perspective. I had been using Excel for most of my career before learning about Power Pivot as an Excel add-on in 2013. Ever since, I have enjoyed the challenge of learning DAX/M, and empowering others with analytics.
Power BI at its core brings the Excel-diehard a way to automate and share enterprise-level insights with the business. For me, this meant taking on a more forward facing business role. By learning and sharing Power BI with our business, we discovered the clear advantage that data and dialogue bring to the decision making process.
With all this power and opportunity, I still run into Accounting and Finance professionals that have never heard of Power BI or the potential it brings.
This blog is a way for me to share with the Excel crowd some great learning resources that helped me bridge my skillset in Excel into Power BI. I will share some of my favorite DAX/M tips and tricks, and occasionally discuss our experience with changing data culture. I encourage you to check out our adoption story posted here, where we had the honor to share with Gil Raviv on his blog DataChant.com.
Thank you for visiting! I look forward to sharing and hearing back from you on your Power BI journey. Please don’t hesitate to reach out and share.
Author: Mark Walter
This is long overdue Mark. I have had the chance to be someone who has benefitted first hand from Mark’s knowledge and passion for working with PowerBI. The value that Mark has brought to our working relationship with PowerBI and the tools that help us do our job better has been a game-changer for our operations and sales departments. What I most appreciate about Mark is that he doesn’t use the tools to overwhelm you with dashboards, spreadsheets, and pivot tables only. He uses these tools to communicate deeper realities and truths about our business. He uses these tools to start conversations that change perspectives and breakthrough barriers in business. Our customers are not just informed through the technology that Mark brings to the table they are invited into a dialogue that serves them in being more profitable and gives our customers better ways to serve their customers. I am personal being taught by Mark how to work with PowerBI and can’t wait to see how I can use these tools more efficiently and effectively. I am eagerly anticipating the next blog. As a friend and partner in business thank you!
Ken Kasterko
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