Rayis Imayev

My personal journey in an intricate world of data and continuous effort to make it more structured and well understood can be found in this blog.

I live and work in Canada - see my profile on LinkedIn.

Website: http://datanrg.blogspot.com/

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Power BI Pulse Chart vs. Dancing bars in Excel

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

[2016-Jun-30] Recently Microsoft Power BI has been enhanced with a new Pulse Chart custom visualization (Visual Awesomeness Unlocked: Pulse Chart) which...

2016-06-30

2,554 reads

Analyzing David and Goliath datasets on a same chart; Dual Axis in Excel, Power BI and SSRS

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

[2016-May-31] Two different metrics, two different datasets, one may represent a very high value and the other one is very low....

2016-05-31

1,687 reads

Power BI Box and Whisker visualization vs. Box Plot chart in SSRS

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

[2016-Apr-30] I don't work with box plot charts very often, however when I do then it becomes a very interesting experience. First,...

2016-04-30

4,354 reads

Excel Power Map vs. Power BI Globe Map visualization

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

[2016-02-02] PowerMap in Excel is a great tool with good design and comprehensive user experience. I’ve started using it about...

2016-02-09 (first published: 2016-02-02)

5,858 reads

Specifying Paths to External Items (Report Builder and SSRS) in SharePoint with PowerShell

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

[2015-Dec-24] My story: two SSRS items (main report and its sub-report) need to be deployed to SharePoint. Trivial task, and...

2015-12-24

1,773 reads

PowerMap with Custom Region shapefiles - Demystified

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

[2015-Nov-18] Today is a global GIS Day (http://www.gisday.com/) where people across the globe celebrate and promote the use of various geo...

2015-11-25 (first published: 2015-11-18)

10,601 reads

Too Big To Be Visible - SQL Server vs. Oracle data in SSRS reporting

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

[2015-Oct-20] A sourcing system failed to return correct results (returned value was a very high figure with double digit number...

2015-10-26 (first published: 2015-10-20)

2,271 reads

Why I still like Excel PowerPivot models in SharePoint however Tabular solutions in SSAS are better

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

[2015-Aug-12] It’s quite obvious that in present time there is a growing audience for all the latest changes and updates...

2015-08-12

1,293 reads

Single value filters and custom error messages in Power BI

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

"Let me be the one for you, otherwise we need to work on communication". Basically this was a very brief...

2015-07-27

1,122 reads

Setting specific colors for PowerView charts

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

I was listening for Phil Collins' "True Colors" song in my car audio this morning and it reminded me about...

2015-07-21

5,382 reads

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Rayis Imayev

Power BI Pulse Chart vs. Dancing bars in Excel

Analyzing David and Goliath datasets on a same chart; Dual Axis in Excel, Power BI and SSRS

Power BI Box and Whisker visualization vs. Box Plot chart in SSRS

Excel Power Map vs. Power BI Globe Map visualization

Specifying Paths to External Items (Report Builder and SSRS) in SharePoint with PowerShell

PowerMap with Custom Region shapefiles - Demystified

Too Big To Be Visible - SQL Server vs. Oracle data in SSRS reporting

Why I still like Excel PowerPivot models in SharePoint however Tabular solutions in SSAS are better

Single value filters and custom error messages in Power BI

Setting specific colors for PowerView charts

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