Power Bi is a great tool for data discovery with new functionality being made available all the time. However, this functionality is still limited when compared to a mature platform like R and you may come across scenarios where R is a better choice. It is for just such cases that Power BI now supports R script as a data source. Three scenarios come to mind where this might want to do this:
Month: February 2017
I’m speaking, DevConf 2017
I’m really excited to be speaking at Devconf this year, taking place on the 9th March 2017 at Vodacom World Events centre in Midrand, Johannesburg. This will be my first conference in which attendees have paid to attend so I look forward to stepping it up a notch.Read More »
satRday Cape Town – review
This last Saturday (2017-02-18) I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the second ever satRday event. In addition to attending I was also able to give a short lightning talk on the integration between R and Power BI.Read More »
SatRday Cape Town – I’m speaking
SQL Saturdays are popular events with many of these events taking place every weekend all over the world. Well, the R community is getting in on the action and I am excited to have been selected to speak at only the second event taking place in Cape Town on the 18th February 2017.
I will be talking about how Power BI can be extended using R scripts and visualisations. There is still of space available with some amazing speakers so make sure to register.
Update: The event is now fully booked. See you all there.
Michael Adrian Johnson 