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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · 18d

Kicking off a new series comparing Tableau & Power BI

First up: 5 Things Tableau Has That Power BI Doesn’t

Substack 👉 sqlsekou.substack.com/p/5-things-t...
Medium 👉 medium.com/@sqlsekou/5-...

Next: Power BI features Tableau doesn’t… stay tuned! #Tableau #PowerBI

5 Things Tableau Has That Power BI doesn't

I work in both Tableau and Power BI every week.

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · 27d

Podcast Links:

Youtube - www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Spotify - podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sql...

Apple Music - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Ten Minute Tuesday - YouTube

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · 27d

🎙️ Episode 91 of #TenMinuteTuesday is live!

Featuring Douglas Leal, VP of Consulting, Data & Analytics. He shares his journey into consulting, lessons from setbacks, advice for early-career professionals, and the people who shaped his path.
#DataAnalytics #LeadershipInTech

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Aug 30

College football Saturdays won’t be the same without Coach #LeeCorso 🏈

To celebrate his final College #GameDay, I built a Tableau dashboard of his iconic Headgear Predictions

Thanks for the memories, Coach!

Link - public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Jul 24

Power BI turns 10 today! 🎉

9 years ago I walked into my first Nashville Power BI meetup. That tool became my "first data visualization love" and completely transformed my life:

Link: medium.com/@sqlsekou/ho...

#PowerBI #DataViz #Community

How Power BI Changed My Life: A Journey of Growth and Gratitude

Today marks Power BI’s 10th anniversary, and I can’t help but reflect on how profoundly this tool has shaped my journey over the years.

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Jul 10

I’m about to ramp up my Tableau and Power BI content. What are some things that you would like to see in written or video form?

Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨 New Blog Post🚨

If you’re transitioning from Tableau to Power BI, one of the first hurdles you’ll face is translating calculated logic — especially those classic IF/THEN/ELSE statements.

Link: medium.com/@sqlsekou/ho...

How to Translate Tableau IF/THEN/ELSE Logic into Power BI DAX

If you’re making the transition from Tableau to Power BI, one of the first hurdles you’ll encounter is translating your familiar…

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Jun 30

Warp speed my brother. It’s insane

Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Jun 30

Dude I’m literally working on that this week! I got Fabric setup over the weekend and I plan on doing a cross tool analysis all within Claude.

So many possibilities out here

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Jun 30

It’s pretty straightforward! Just setup a personal token and some basic json in the MCP settings. It’s pretty limited when compared to what you did with Fabric. Only read only operations right now but I expect it to go grow

Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚀 New Blog Drop: #Tableau + #MCP + #Lakers NBA Data! 🏀📊

medium.com/@sqlsekou/co...

Connecting to Tableau MCP: A Deep Dive into Lakers Data Analysis

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Alex Power[s] @itsnotaboutthecell.com · May 30

Hey. Our collective good friend Patrick is both celebrating the life of and in mourning for the matriarch of their family.

@sqlsekou.bsky.social setup this amazing act to take one thing off the families mind with delivering them some meals.

www.mealtrain.com/trains/e6m23...

Meal Train for Patrick LeBlanc

Patrick has always been someone who gives freely—of his time, his wisdom, and his support. Whether through his professional work or just being a kind presence in our lives, he’s touched so many people...

www.mealtrain.com

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Apr 4

I got some rest last night , so now it's time to switch gears and tap into the other side of my data analytics brain! 🧠

I will be speaking at #TC25! I can’t wait to connect with my friends from the Tableau Community and be part of this amazing event.

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Apr 3

Same bro! Running on adrenaline today!

Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Apr 3

Last night was a doozy but no tornados touched down near us 🙌🏾

Glad I made the right call and came home early from the conference

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Apr 2

I did! Between this conference and TC she will be good lol

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Apr 2

I made it back home in time to explain to my daughter why more people should be using direct lake mode 🌊

#FabCon was amazing, but duty calls!

I hope everyone has a great rest of the conference 📊🔥

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Apr 1

Hello!!!!

Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Apr 1

#FabCon is alot of fun. Incredible energy and networking

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Apr 1

@buckwoodymsft.bsky.social it was nice meeting you today in the community lounge

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Apr 1

#Fabcon

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Feb 28

Week 2 Power BI Championship Challenge: Travel Analytics Dashboard 🌍✈️

Just completed my solution for this week's data viz contest! Analyzed a travel dataset and built a dashboard revealing insights.

Link: community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Power-BI-...

Dataset: www.kaggle.com/datasets/rki...

Week 2 - Travel Trip Kaggle Dataset - @SQLSekou

Executive Summary I've analyzed the provided travel dataset of 137 trips and created an interactive Power BI dashboard that reveals key patterns in travel behavior, spending habits, and demographic pr...

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Feb 28

😂😂😂😂😂

Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Feb 28

I asked Chat GPT how to reply to this

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · Feb 27

I’m game! I would love to do a webinar on it

Here is a video did with tableau and xml files.

Same concept can be applied with json files

youtu.be/h7MQYu7uuhU?...

How to Automate #Tableau Workbook Documentation Using XML and #AI

YouTube video by SQLSekou

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