The Algebra Teacher Powers to B.I.

As I write today’s blog, I am just a few hours shy of celebrating with friends and family (socially distanced of course) my son’s three-year-old birthday.   He officially turns three on Monday and I’m excited to have the day off.   Whoa!   Too much sharing information?   Well, this is my blog so I thought I would share how proud I am to be a dad.   It also reminds me of how much Jack teaches me daily.   Once I think I have him figured out he flips the script on me and amazes me with a new skill.   I never thought I would be able to play with Peppa the Pig for 2 hours straight, but alas, I experienced that this morning! More importantly, it seemed like ages ago when I was wondering if he would ever sit for more than 5 minutes with one activity.   As I am always learning from my son, I also find myself constantly having to learn the new features of Power BI with their monthly updates.   And that is what is great about Microsoft's Power BI - - i...

If there is anything constant in the world at this time, it is that you will get an update to your Power BI desktop once a month.  If you are running low on time and want a quick video summary of June’s updates, then you are in the right spot. This video covers all the new updates, but one of my favorite features is being able to add the visual data points to a line chart.   Yeah, I know that might not be the most exciting thing, but coming from a math background and teaching my kids how to graph line charts -- I missed the absence of the dots.  I mean really, how else could we make a line chart before computers without the dots? I hope you enjoy it.