I have been playing around with some simple data visuals on Power Apps. This is an area that clearly needs improvement, in my humble opinion, since the default canvas Power Apps charts are really not that amazing and because in…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is for business today what the Internet was 25 years ago, at the dawn of the new millennium. Some — the enthusiastic and the innovative — see an opportunity in this brave new world. Others, more skeptical…
In this article, we will explore several artificial intelligence features in Power BI applied to a telecommunications company. Key Influencers analysis will help us identify the main factors driving churn, highlighting the impact of high daytime charges, the number of…
The third case of intelligent automation in financial processes in this article series on using the Power Platform’s AI Builder focuses on anomaly detection in accounting entries and financial transactions. This is a highly valuable solution that enhances the work…
In my previous post, I showed how to use AI Builder to extract structured data from documents in image or PDF format. One of the main advantages of structuring data, as mentioned, is the ability to use it to train…
In one of the most recent workshops where I spoke, I presented a series of use cases for automating financial processes. The first of these focused on extracting data from documents originally in paper format. What used to be difficult…
“Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.” – Edward Tufte In our introductory Power BI training sessions for business users, participants who are experiencing the platform for the first time are looking for a high-level overview: what’s possible and how to build…
In the interior of Portugal, school-aged children have to travel dozens of kilometers daily to attend school. For many families, the long distance between home and school has been a difficult problem to solve. Fortunately, today, some municipalities offer transportation…
One of the biggest challenges when learning Power BI is mastering the DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) language. It is a powerful tool for data analysis, but it’s hard to learn due to its abstraction and the strict structure of the…
Excel is the financial manager’s tool par excellence. Although, in our opinion, it suffers from many weaknesses when it comes to reporting functions, data governance, and its use as a process automation application, Excel remains unbeatable in terms of its…