PBIMCR presents Rebekah Holderness & David Johnston
About this event
Join us for May's PBIMCR meet-up
When: Thursday 28th of May 2026
Time: arrive for 530pm with talks starting from 6pm start prompt
Location: Canopius, 100 Barbirolli Square, Manchester M2 3AB
Session will not be streamed over MS Teams but uploaded to our YouTube channel in early Feb
Complimentary drinks & pizza provided by our hosts Canopius & sponsors Robert Walters
David Johnston - Power BI Developer working mainly in logistics
Topic Power BI Custom Visuals - have always been possible, but difficult. I'll share the workflow I use with VS Code, GitHub Copilot to create pbiviz custom visuals of your own.
About David:
Business Intelligence Consultant with broad experience across multiple business sectors, HR, Public Sector, Private, Start-ups, Freight & logistics, Outsourcing . Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot, Power Apps, Power Automate, Trend Analysis, Data Analytics and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Rebekah Holderness – Portfolio Reporting & Information Specialist at Network Rail
Title: I’ve got the Power! Utilising Power Platform with Power BI to take your reports to the next level.
Often numbers on a page and pretty graphs aren’t enough to answer business questions but how do we address this and retain interest in our reports?
- Power Automated emails to subject matter experts (SME’s) to provide periodic commentary
- Embedded Power App into our Power BI report to capture these commentary insights
- Feeding commentary back into the PBI dashboard to compliment visuals for end users
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