Altis UK Data & Analytics Newsletter: August 2023

Hello!

I hope you managed to take advantage of the season and take a summer break! I'm going to cover six things in this edition of the Altis UK Data & Analytics newsletter:

1. Altis UK Training update: Summer training discount!
2. Blog spotlight: Making Power BI Reports More Accessible to Screen Readers
3. Microsoft Fabric July 2023 Update
4. Accelerate your journey to best practice with the Altis Power BI Framework
5. Upcoming FREE webinars
6. Follow our monthly newsletter on LinkedIn

I invite you to share our newsletter with your colleagues and network.

Please feel free to contact me directly if you’d like to learn more about how we can help you with your Data & Analytics needs.

1. Altis UK Training update: Summer training discount!

Why not treat yourself and your team to the gift of new skills and knowledge this summer and take advantage of our 10% discount code NEWSAUG10.?We’ve got a range of public training dates scheduled until the end of the calendar year. We can also deliver any of our courses privately for groups of up to 15 people at a time.?Please contact me if you’d like to learn more.

Course spotlight: Power BI DAX Foundations

Attendees of this one-day course will learn the foundational concepts of the DAX (Data Analysis eXpressions) language, equipping them with the skills to enrich their Power BI data models and reports. Being able to write effective DAX formulas is essential for getting the most out of your data in Power BI. DAX is the native formula and query language for Power BI Desktop, Microsoft PowerPivot and SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular models. DAX formulas are used in measures, calculated columns, calculated tables, and row-level security. Check out the Power?BI DAX Foundations?course page for more information including a short video describing what the course covers and who will benefit from it.

Power BI Dashboard in a Day (DIAD): Sep 11, Oct 16, Nov 20

Power BI Data Modelling: Sep 14, Oct 19, Nov 23

Power BI Data Wrangling: Sep 19, Oct 24, Nov 28

Power BI Data Visualisation: Sep 26, Oct 31, Dec 5

Power BI DAX Foundations: Oct 3, Nov 7, Dec 12

Data Visualisation Best Practices: Sep 5, Oct 10, Nov 14, Dec 19

Dimensional Modelling Foundations: Oct 16, Dec 18

Discount Offers

• 20% discount for 3 or more people registering for the same course on the same day
• 20% discount for registering for 3 or more public courses in the one registration – contact me directly for this discount

“They did a masterful job of describing the philosophy of making and presenting reports.”

“Very informative and interactive. Well paced. Best virtual learning course I have ever done!”

“This was an excellent course, really well presented with great content, more like this one please thank you!”

“They knew how to speak in a way, that felt more engaging and close to home. Presenters can quickly become way too technical and out of touch, that did not happen here.”

“All in all an excellent event. Pitched perfectly at the right level and instructors were fantastic! Would recommend”

2. Blog spotlight: Making Power BI Reports More Accessible to Screen Readers

Anyone using Power BI to create reports will want them to be visually engaging. However, it is important to also consider ways to make the reports accessible to a wider range of individuals. By optimising Power BI reports for screen reader compatibility and keyboard controls, enhanced data accessibility and improved access for more users can be achieved. Steve Bentley, Altis UK Power BI specialist, explores configuring alternative text and the report’s layout as two practical techniques for enhancing accessibility.?Read Steve’s blog post to learn more.

3. Microsoft Fabric July 2023 Update

Ian Stuart is a Power BI and Data Visualisation specialist and here he shares his thoughts on?the latest Microsoft Fabric and Power BI updates. Be sure to connect with?Ian?and subscribe to his?LinkedIn newsletter, as he will be continuing to share these updates each month.

4. Accelerate your journey to best practice with the Altis Power BI Framework

We’ve helped many organisations on their Power BI journey, and we’ve distilled our experience and learnings into the Altis Power BI Framework. The Altis Power BI Framework is a collection of best practice templates, guidelines, standards, and processes that will accelerate your adoption and success with Power BI. The Altis Power BI Framework has been successfully implemented for our clients in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Altis Power BI Framework is comprised of four main components, which can be purchased separately or as a bundle:

1. Altis Power BI Template: Allows your team to quickly create functionally rich, high quality, and consistent looking reports.
2. Altis Power BI Framework Documentation: A collection of best practice standards, guidelines, and templates that will support your team in the end-to-end Power BI solution delivery process.
3. Altis Power BI Insights: This solution allows you to track the usage of Power BI objects across your entire estate to better support your adoption strategy.
4. Altis Power BI Training: Altis’ private and public training courses empower your teams to develop best practice Power BI solutions.

And of course, we also offer consulting services to ensure the Altis Power BI Framework is tailored to your needs and to assist your team to deliver their first best practice solutions.

I welcome the opportunity to meet with you to demonstrate the Altis Power BI Framework and discuss how it can help accelerate your organisation’s journey to best practice. You can also register for our FREE webinars via the links in the webinars section below.

5. Upcoming FREE webinars

Register for our FREE 1-hour webinars and please feel free to forward to your colleagues and network.

Accelerate your path to best practice with the Altis Power BI Framework

• Tue 3rd Oct

Track Power BI Usage across your estate with Altis Power BI Insights

• Tue 7th Nov

An Introduction to Data Visualisation Best Practices

• Tue 21st Nov

6.?Follow our monthly newsletter on LinkedIn

Please feel free to subscribe to Altis UK Data & Analytics News on LinkedIn. I’ll be publishing our monthly newsletter there (we’ll still be emailing it too) along with other newsworthy items throughout the month.

Our mission at Altis is to guide our clients to become successful data-driven organisations. We are Data & Analytics experts, it’s all we’ve done since we started in 1998. We don’t sell any software, which means we listen carefully to what you need and design solutions that deliver tangible business benefits for you rather than recommending a solution for our own financial gain. We deliver value for our customers in a number of ways, whether it’s helping you create a Data Roadmap to guide your future endeavours, building Data Platforms and Data Visualisation solutions to support organisation-wide decision making, delivering toolset and best practices training, or providing Managed Services for your existing Data & Analytics solutions.

Please feel free to get in touch, as I'd love to catch up with you to learn about what you're looking to achieve in the Data & Analytics space, share how we've helped clients in similar situations, and see if we might be able to help guide you to become a successful data-driven organisation. We enjoy spreading the love, so please feel free to share this newsletter with your networks, or better still, I welcome an introduction.

Thanks for reading!

Chris Kearns