Meagan Longoria

Meagan Longoria is a consultant with Denny Cherry & Associates in Denver, CO where she shares her expertise in Microsoft BI and data warehousing through solution envisioning, architecture design, solution development, training, and blogging. She is a speaker at user groups and conferences across the country.

Website: http://DataSavvy.me

Considerations for Using Layout Images in Power BI

by Meagan Longoria

Data Savvy

Using layout images in Power BI has become a popular design trend. When I say layout images, I’m referring to...

2018-08-07 (first published: 2018-07-28)

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Power BI Report Accessibility Checklist

by Meagan Longoria

Data Savvy

In many cases, some small changes can go a long way in making your Power BI reports more accessible for...

2018-06-07

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Choosing a Color Palette For Your Power BI Report

by Meagan Longoria

Data Savvy

Color is a powerful attribute in data visualization. In a good visualization, it can focus attention and enhance meaning and...

2018-06-05 (first published: 2018-05-27)

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Thoughts and Lessons Learned From A Power BI Embedded POC

by Meagan Longoria

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I worked on a Power BI embedded POC where a report with an in-memory Power BI model as the dataset...

2018-05-02 (first published: 2018-04-25)

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Please join me for my PASS Summit Pre-Con with Melissa Coates

by Meagan Longoria

Data Savvy

I’m excited to announce that I’m joining forces with Melissa Coates (aka SQL Chick) to do a full-day PASS Summit...

2018-04-12

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Four Easy Things You Can Do Now To Make Your Power BI Reports More Accessible

by Meagan Longoria

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Accessibility is often overlooked or ignored when it comes to reporting and data visualization. I think there are two reasons...

2018-03-09

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Power BI Screen Reader Accessibility

by Meagan Longoria

Data Savvy

I recently wrote a post on the BlueGranite blog called Improving Screen Reader Accessibility in Power BI Reports. It contains...

2018-02-13 (first published: 2018-02-06)

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Ten Ways To Help Your BI Consultant Be Successful

by Meagan Longoria

Data Savvy

I’ve been working in the field of business intelligence for over ten years, as a consultant for over five years....

2018-02-12 (first published: 2018-01-30)

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Design Concepts For Better Power BI Reports Part 5: Affordances

by Meagan Longoria

Data Savvy

Affordances are a general design concept that comes from physical product design but can be applied to visual design. I...

2017-12-28

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Design Concepts For Better Power BI Reports Part 4: The Squint Test

by Meagan Longoria

Data Savvy

Data visualization should be iterative. You should get a good initial draft put together and then check to make sure...

2017-12-22

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Hyperscale Replicas V

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