Liberty Photo Gig Cow

While doing photos of a local maintenance crew and their new trucks I stumbled upon one of the cows from the Cow Parade.  They have since been replaced by hearts in an effort to rid Kansas City of that old cow town image.  This particular cow lurks in the backyard of an old manor house in Liberty, apparently well groomed and maintained, in spite of its age.

Power BI Scorecard Cheat Sheet

Asked to look into the Scorecard feature, I drew up a little PowerPoint Cheat Sheet for the Cs & Vs to help them along in understanding how simple it all really is.  There was a little video attached at the end, walking through all of these too.  It has info in it that really cannot be shared though, so we will leave that out of here.  The whole thing really is much more simple than I even thought too.

Scorecards in Power BI

In plain words, the Metrics Scorecard feature enables you to ...

• Track any metric and be notified of changes outside of your specified parameters.
• Does not have to be a Power BI report metric!  Make your own!
• Track any Power BI value as a metric and be notified of changes outside of your specified parameters.
• Track metrics AND sub-metrics
• One Scorecard can contain multiple seemingly unrelated metrics and sub-metrics
• Multiple Scorecards can contain multiple seemingly unrelated metrics and sub-metrics
• Share your scorecard(s) with those you choose.
• Share your metric(s) with those you choose.
• Enable "Check-Ins" for others to mark their regular status or reason for changes outside of parameters.
• Completely private in your space, unless you choose to share it out.

Requirements: Power BI license, which provides access to https://app.powerbi.com, where the scorecard, metrics, and sub-metrics are created and stored. 

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Below are the slides created for the original presentation, which outlines the Score Card feature in Power BI (online), along with a little no sound video walkthrough.

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Create scorecards and manual metrics in Power BI

Non-Profit AI

Interesting story reviewing the obvious points in getting Artificial Intelligence, or as I like to call it Automated Interface, up and running. It is not something you just slap together.

Unlocking AI’s Potential for Nonprofits Requires Data Transformation First (aibusiness.com)

Acrobatic Squirrels

While out on a walk this morning, I noticed this guy hanging upside down from a bird feeder, stuffing himself with all the snacks he could.