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Power GI: Empowering government with analytics and insights

Welcome to the Power GI blog! Power GI is not a misspelling, but rather a recognition that insights and analytics in the private sector (i.e. business intelligence or “BI”) are very different in the Public Sector. While much of the content in this site may be applicable to both commercial…Continue reading “Power GI: Empowering government with analytics and insights”

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Which Power BI Features are available in GCC?

In just about every conversation I have, I am asked “what’s the difference in Power BI GCC compared to the…

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Getting started with Power BI GCC

Coming soon: GCC Guide to getting started with Power BI

Community Calls…

Why, and maybe why not, Power BI Premium – Community Call

I often get questions around when, where and why an organization would use Power BI Premium. In general, my guidance is to NOT use Premium for the information workers in…

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Dynamic Publish To Web – Community Call

15 May 202013 Jul 2020

Publish to Web is a feature that many of our government customers enjoy to get reports and analytics to constituents without the need for additional licensing. The recorded meeting presents…

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COVID-19 Reporting Community Call

4 May 20204 May 2020

Last week I kicked off the inaugural SLG Power BI Community Call. Cyrus Christian and I will be delivering these every other Thursday at 12:00 CST. They will generally be…

Public COVID-19 Reporting

7 Apr 202023 Jul 2020

I am learning of new COVID-19 reports built and shared with Power BI everyday now. I'll keep a running list below. I would be interested to know which ones you…

COVID-19 Data Stories

It is great to see how the community is working with the COVID-19 datasets to drive awareness and impact behaviors. Check out the community gallery of COVID-19 data stories: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/COVID-19-Data-Stories-Gallery/bd-p/pbi_covid19_datastories

School Grades Report Card

The state of Michigan is using Power BI to publish school performance: https://www.mischooldata.org/SchoolGrades/SchoolGrades.aspx. The landing page provides good information for the users and useful links (e.g., download, transparency portal, contact,…

Coronavirus Q&A bot telemetry report

20 Mar 202031 Mar 2020

Azure Bots have become valuable tools for governments. Few things could highlight the value of bots more than the Coronavirus. With the surging pandemic, organizations have struggled to keep up…

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Inventory Power BI Artifacts in your O365 tenant

12 Mar 202012 Mar 2020

Many government customers have large O365 tenants with multiple workspaces for departments, agencies and groups needing some way to determine what uses have deployed and where those reports are being…

City of Atlanta uses Power BI for Housing Affordability Tracker

The City of Atlanta, GA is working to provide 20,000 affordable homes by 2026 and is using Power BI to report on their efforts and progress. Check out their work:…

Hennepin County Criminal Case Data Reports

The team at Hennepin County, MN recently made me aware of a public report they have created in Power BI to analyze criminal case data. Check it out: https://www.hennepinattorney.org/about/dashboard/data-dashboard. This…