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Data Analysis Expressions, or DAX, refers to a formula expression language used in Power BI and Excel Power Pivot. DAX provides functions, operators, and values that are used to transform data in related tables and columns. DAX allows analysts to create custom tables, dimensions, and measurements, solve problems, and explore how two variables or data […]

Power BI is a high-powered data analytics and modeling platform with multiple apps, tools, and functionality to turn big data into digestible, detailed visualizations.  Data analysts invest in Microsoft Power BI certification to provide more accurate insights, spot statistical trends faster and more accurately, and extract maximum value from big data.  The Power BI product […]

Power BI by Microsoft is a suite of modeling and visualization tools used to analyze data and produce accurate reports. It is a powerful resource for businesses reliant on analytics to make informed decisions. Achieving a Power BI certification demonstrates that data analysts can use the platform to evaluate past performance, spot trends, and predict […]

why learn sql

Almost everyone deals with data in the course of their day-to-day work. Whether you’re sorting through Salesforce records, managing customer data in a CRM, or even just looking through an Excel spreadsheet, it’s all data. Dealing with data can become challenging even at only a few hundred rows, but learning Microsoft SQL Server can make […]

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Reporting is often one of the most challenging aspects of any marketing campaign.  Whether you’re an in-house marketing director, solo consultant, or handling multiple clients within an agency, reporting can make or break relationships and retainers.  The domination of digital marketing has created a whole new set of KPIs to report on, like CPC, CPC, […]

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What Is Power Automate?   Microsoft Flow, now rebranded as Power Automate, is a tool that lets users automate tasks and processes within their Office 365 workflow.  Microsoft Office 365 has a wide range of apps that are essential to business operations and thousands of organizations.  Applications like: Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Outlook […]

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The ribbon toolbar of Microsoft Word contains a seemingly infinite number of useful buttons that execute various commands to help you build your documents. Most, if not all, of these buttons have keyboard shortcuts assigned to them. You can become much faster and more efficient at building Word documents if you can learn the keyboard […]

PPT Tips and Tricks

Most of us have either viewed or given a PowerPoint presentation at one time or another. Microsoft PowerPoint has been the most popular software for creating and delivering presentations on just about anything for decades. Even if you don’t work in a so-called “white-collar” job, you probably at least have heard of PowerPoint. Most likely, […]

VLOOKUP stands for “vertical lookup” and its primary function is to find values in a column (vertical) and then return a corresponding value of another cell in that value’s row (horizontal). One example is if you are standing at the counter of a restaurant and you’re looking down the list of items and then looking […]

Microsoft SQL Server has been one of the most powerful and widely used relational database systems for over 20 years now. Along with Oracle and MySQL, SQL Server is one of the most widely used enterprise database management systems. Learning how to use any relational database system can help boost almost any career, but if […]

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