Welcome

Welcome to the Melbourne CBD SQL PASS Chapter. We are a SQL Server special interest group that forms part of the Victoria .NET Dev SIG.

We meet at lunch time 12:15PM for a 12.30PM start and finish at 2.00PM mostly on the 2nd Monday of each month at:

Our dates for 2012 are: Apr 9th (Virtual)

It is really important that you register for the meetings as we have limited space. RSVP to https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/385853335

 Upcoming Meetings

Apr 9th Grant Paisley
Excel 2013 - PowerPivot, PowerView, Data Explorer, Geoflow

 Next Meeting - April 9th 2013 (Virtual Meeting)

This month we are again offering a virtual meeting instead of a in person meeting to allow a wider group of people to attend. Please pass this invitation to anyone in your organization that might benefit from this core skills session.

Excel 2013 - PowerPivot, PowerView, Data Explorer, Geoflow

Grant Paisley

Session Description

This session you will see a whirlwind tour of the amazing self service tools now available to you in Excel 2013:

  • PowerPivot - millions of rows, instant response
  • PowerView - data visualization on steroids
  • Data Explorer - get data from almost anywhere with basic manipulations supported
  • Geoflow - bing globe comes alive with data visualization

Lots of real-world examples of how to utilize these great tools.

About Grant

Grant is a SQL Server MVP, SSAS Maestro and founder of Angry Koala. He is a Microsoft Gold Business Intelligence partner based in Sydney Australia. Grant is the president of the SQL Server User Group in Sydney and created http://www.reportserver.com/ a community reporting site. His books include SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services with MDX, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Recipes and SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services. If you don’t see Grant on stage at a user group or Tech Ed in the US, you might see him on the water kite surfing Hawaii, Downhill Mountain biking in Whistler or playing tennis at home with his wife and three teenage girls. Grant is also recently joined the Rural Fire Service matching his infinity for adrenalin exploits with the community.www.angrykoala.com

 

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