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Power BI for the Energy sector (revisited)!!: Power BI and Data Analytics for Enviro’s (July 2021)

In this meetup we had Joel Gallagher (Senior Consultant at Servian) demonstrate the Power BI report that he built to understand energy usage in his home solar system. We also had Mim Djouallah show off his Australia electricity market dashboard using BigQuery. Watch the recording and hopefully you learn something about visualising energy data. .

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Power BI 101 and an Ask the Experts Panel: Power BI and Data Analytics for Enviro’s (June 2021)

In this meetup we had Alice Drummond (Microsoft Data Platform MVP) demonstrate how to build a simple Power BI report using streamflow data from the Victorian WMIS website, and Greg Nash (Power BI Unicorn and Data Platform MVP) answering all your questions!!

Watch the recording, hopefully you learn something and let us know what you think.

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Mapping Masterclass: Power BI and Data Analytics for Enviro’s (Jan 2021)

In the first meetup session for 2021 we took a look at maps, both within Power BI and in Carto. Alice Drummond (DiscoverEI) introduced us to James Dales' Icon Map and the wonderful functionality we have built into it, before Idris Syed (City of Melbourne) introduced the MapBox API and how to use it. Lastly we had Chandni Gupta (Mosaic Insights) provide a great demo on how to use the Carto mapping platform, where she built from scratch a really cool example!

We hope you enjoy it and learn a few things about mapping options out there!

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Power BI and Data Analytics for Enviro’s (Dec 2020): All About Power BI Custom Visuals

In this post we explore the key takeaways from our third Power BI and Data Analytics for Enviro’s Meetup Event, held in December 2020. This session was all about Power BI custom visuals and how we can use them to visualise our environmental data.

We would like to thank our presenters and all those people that dialled in to learn some awesome Power BI design tips, and practical examples of how to use Power BI custom visuals.

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Power BI and Data Analytics for Enviro’s (Nov 2020): Drowning in Data - Case Studies for the Water Industry

In this post we unpack the key takeaways from our second Power BI and Data Analytics for Enviro’s Meetup Event. This session was all about water industry applications for using Power BI and included presenters from CSIRO, the Water Corporation in Perth and Waikato Regional Council in New Zealand.

We would like to thank our presenters and all those people that dialled in to learn practical examples of Power BI is being applied across the environmental sector.

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Power BI for Enviro’s (Oct 2020): Live Sensors, Geological Borelogs, & COVID-19 Water Security Risk Index

In this post we unpack the key takeways from our Power BI for Enviro’s Meetup Launch Event, such as creating real-time online reporting for water sensors, creating a public communication tool for the COVID-19 Water Security Risk Index, and streamlining data processing and analysis of environmental data. Learn more and re-watch the video here! Thanks to our presenters: Alice Drummond & Christian Borovac (DiscoverEI), Jarrod Gaut (Water_Insites) and Lachlan Guthrie (International WaterCentre).

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