PASS Business Analytics Conference - Events - virtual

BA/BI Training with PASS

PASS — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:14:00 GMT

Looking for business analytics (BA) and business intelligence (BI) training? Check out these events coming up:

·August 27: The Brave New World of Power BI and Hybrid Cloud (Perth, Australia)

·August 28: How to build your first Power BI Dashboard in 60 Minutes (Online)

·August 27: The Brave New World of Power BI and Hybrid Cloud (Atlanta, Georgia)

And remember to put September 17 and 18 on your calendar: 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview Edition is coming! With 7 hours of free online training dedicated to the BI Information and BI Platform Architecture, Development & Administration tracks, you won’t want to miss it—register today!

PASS BA Virtual Chapter Presents “Power BI, Mission Possible!”

PASS — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:16:00 GMT

Power Query, Power View, and Power Pivot has been in the BI market for a while. Microsoft combined these three products into a single product and service with a new designer called Power BI Desktop (Power BI Designer), making it much easier to build dashboards and effective visualization items.

Join the PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter on Wednesday, August 26 for the virtual session, “Power BI, Mission Possible!” to learn about the new and great features of Power BI, plus:

· How to work with different data sources and apply Power Query transformation on them

· Tricks and tips of modelling with Power BI Desktop

· How to visualize effectively with this tool

· How to build dashboards on the Power BI website.

By the end of this session, you will be able to use Power BI for your everyday data analysis as well as organizational data mashups and visualization. Expect lots of demos! Register here.

Join PASS for Easy Access to Session Recordings

PASS — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:07:00 GMT

Join PASS—the not-for-profit organization that organizes the Business Analytics Conference (BAC)—and take advantage of all the benefits that membership offers. For example, if you’ve attended a conference, your myPASS profile offers one-stop access to your online session recordings. Membership is free and a great way to stay up to date with the PASS BA training and community events. Visit the PASS website to find out more.

PASS BA Virtual Chapter Grows by Leaps and Bounds

PASS — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 07:35:00 GMT

We all know that BA is a thriving sector—and this news is just one more indicator. The PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter grew 123 percent over the past year! From 100 attendees in May 2014 to 223 last month, this chapter is quickly becoming the virtual gathering place for business and data analysts to find support, education, and comradery. Visit the BA VC website for more information about upcoming events, speaking opportunities, and other ways to get involved.

Get BA Training On-Demand

PASS — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 07:20:00 GMT

Want to catch BA training online, on your schedule? Pull up a chair and then pull up the PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter YouTube channel. With a new video each month, you can learn about topics such as calculating the ROI of analytics, data analysis tools, prototyping analytics, crime analytics, and more!

Join PASS—and Start Your Own BA Group

PASS — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 06:58:00 GMT

Could your local business analytics user group use a boost? Or do you and your colleagues wish there was a more formal BA-centric group in your area? Why not become—or start—a PASS chapter?

With a PASS membership, you can access to all our Virtual Chapters (VCs) and Local Chapters. If you don’t have a PASS membership already, sign up for free at any time.

When your group affiliates with PASS as a chapter, you also gain these benefits:

· Free website hosting using the PASS chapter template

· Microsoft Office 365, email, and Skype for Business accounts

· Access to the PASS Help Desk

· A volunteer Regional Mentor

· Promotional support through our newsletters, website, and social media

· And much more!

Visit the PASS website to find out more.

24 Hours of PASS BA/BI Content Available

PASS — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:05:00 GMT

Want to relive—or catch up on missed—24 Hours of PASS: Growing Our Community BI Information Delivery or BI Platform Architecture, Development & Administration sessions? You can: Sessions are now posted online.

How about Ginger Grant’s “Improving Data Analytics with Azure Machine Learning”? Azure Machine Learning (ML) can help provide answers based on existing data. In this webcast, Ginger discusses rules to classify data for ML analysis, starting with data stored in a SQL Server database deployed in Azure. She also covers the best methods for determining which ML models to use and how to integrate custom analysis methods. Hear how to expand ML by incorporating existing modules from both custom R code and SQL scripts within the ML solution to include analysis components from other sources. The session concludes with a demo.

Visit individual session pages to download webcast PowerPoint decks and sign up to access full recorded sessions.

Training Through PASS

PASS — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:04:00 GMT

Are you looking for great business analytics (BA) and business intelligence (BI) training that you can access from anywhere? PASS offers both in-person and online training. Check out these upcoming events.

On July 21, the PASS Excel BI Virtual Chapter presents “Power Query in Excel 2016” by Gil Raviv, a senior program manager at Microsoft. In this online session, learn how Power Query is integrated in the new version of Excel (via the Get & Transform group in the Data Ribbon). See demos that focus on the biggest advantage of Power Query technology in Excel: support of Object Model. And learn how to incorporate Power Query formulas into VBA, PowerShell, or other languages to create powerful self-service ETL scenarios, and how to use Macro recoding to quickly get automation working.

Also on July 21, the Chicago BI User Group will host Dan Clark, speaking about "Analyzing CRM Data with Power BI". Dan will present a demo that examines the features that make Power BI an excellent tool for implementing self-service BI, including Natural Language query, retrieving data from various sources, and the drill-down experience.

PASS supports several local and virtual chapters that focus on BA or BI. As part of your PASS membership, you can access online events and find local user groups that meet your interests. Here are just a few ideas:

· Local BI user groups throughout the world

· Big Data Virtual Chapter (VC)

· Business Analytics VC

· Business Intelligence VC

· Data Science VC

· Excel Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter (VC)

Visit the PASS website to learn more about these groups. Also check out other membership benefits here.

Feature: The PASS Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter

PASS — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 09:53:00 GMT

If you want to learn more about the latest news and trends in the business intelligence (BI) industry, join the PASS Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Virtual Chapter, which connects BI professionals globally.

RSVP now to the chapter’s next webinar: Loading a Data Warehouse with SSIS, taking place Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 16:00 UTC.

PASS Virtual Chapters offer users and members a chance to get online training and networking year-round. Check out these other analytics-related Virtual Chapters to see what you can learn online for free:

Excel Business Intelligence

24 Hours of PASS: Business Intelligence Sessions

PASS — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:09:00 GMT

24 Hours of PASS: Growing Our Community, a free technical training event, brings together speakers from around the world to present their knowledge, tips, and tricks to the global PASS community. With 24 back-to-back one-hour presentations starting June 24 at 12:00 UTC, the schedule for this virtual event is bound to be packed with the latest in business intelligence and SQL Server.

We’ve selected some business intelligence- and analytics-focused sessions that are sure to interest you:

· Introduction to the Power BI Designer

· Improving Data Analytics with Azure Machine Learning

· Azure IOT: A Practical Introduction to Stream Analytics

· Understanding and Visualizing Data Using R in SQL Server

The best part about this online event? It’s absolutely free, thanks to our sponsors!