July 2022 Chapter Meeting

Title:

Case Study: Visualizing data in context for a theme park operator

Presentation Description:

The key to successful data visualization is context. A collection of  charts and graphs on a BI dashboard are great, but without context  you’re likely to miss key insights. For example, the red bars on a  hospital’s environmental monitoring dashboard may alert you that a  problem exists, but when you can click the red bars and see the exact  location of the problem on a floor plan, you can formulate an immediate  response. Similarly, when a dashboard includes a network diagram that  shows real-time server status and you can click a failed server to see  the data required to initiate a fix, you’re two steps ahead. How do you  achieve this level of insight? There’s no better way to add context than  to enhance Power BI reports with floor plans, network diagrams, process  maps, or org charts created in Visio. The session will include multiple  Visio/PBI examples from a current customer project.

Presenter:

Scott Helmers

Speaker Biography:

Scott Helmers is a Partner at the Harvard Computing Group, a software and consulting firm that assists clients with understanding and implementing business process solutions. He is a co-inventor of TaskMap (www.TaskMap.com), a Visio add-in that allows anyone to document, analyze, and improve their business processes. Scott has worked with clients in ten countries on projects involving process mapping and redesign, knowledge management, and technology training.

Scott has been named a Microsoft Valuable Professional (MVP) for Visio every year since 2008, one of only six people in the world to hold that distinction. He is a course author for LinkedIn Learning (bit.ly/LILearning-Author), a Senior Instructor with Netmind, and is the author of four books from Microsoft Press, including "Visio 2016 Step by Step."

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