Intro Many times a client wants some sort of customized view of the data they have in PowerBI. The truth is, as powerful as it is PowerBI, like all BI tools, offer limited customizability. However, PowerBI comes with a powerful RESTful interface that we can use to show the underlying data however we wish. This…
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Use Power BI to view your Smartthings devices
Intro This is more of a proof of concept to show that you can read from custom and not-often-used data sources into Power BI. As you go through this small showcase/tutorial, I encourage you to think about what type of data would benefit from you being able to look at it in a cohesive dashboard.…
Read MoreUsing Grafana to Report MicroStrategy Usage
At work, we live and breathe MicroStrategy. So when they announced that the 2019 version will start phasing out Enterprise Manager in favor of Platform Analytics for internal reporting, I was intrigued. From what I can see, MicroStrategy is now reporting realtime usage by using a combination of Kafka and their home-brew Multiple Table Data…
Read MoreMicrocharts on OLED displays using a Raspberry Pi
When you think of microcharts, you probably think of something like these: This is fine if you want to display it on a traditional screen, but what if you don’t want it to take real estate on your computer screen or cellphone? What if you want something nice and bright and readily available? Enter the…
Read MoreAnalytics on your keyboard? Why not?
Intro I’ve owned a Razer keyboard for a while now. I’ve always loved the fact that the keys light up according to the context of the application. For the most part this means that the keyboard will react to context. Amongst the supported apps there is one cool Adobe Photoshop integration, but mostly it’s games.…
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