DATA GOD OF PRODUCTIVITY

Daniel Otykier

Daniel Otykier is the creator of Tabular Editor - a tool for authoring Analysis Services Tabular and Power BI Data Models. He is a Principal Architect at Kapacity, a Microsoft gold partner focusing on BI consulting in Denmark. In 2019 he was awarded the Microsoft Data Platform MVP for his work on Tabular Editor and his dedication to the Analysis Services and Power BI communities. In addition, he was invited to join the Power BI Contributor Program, where he developed the Power BI External Tools-functionality within Power BI Desktop. This feature was released in July 2020. Prior to working on Tabular Editor, Daniel spent his time as a BI consultant and .NET programmer.
  

DATA GOD QUALIFICATIONS

The Data God of Productivity lives by the "work smarter - not harder"-mantra. If any task has a hint of repetitiveness, it should be automated! Especially if the tool, the script or the technique is valuable to others facing the same task.

There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.
Bill Watterson

On the personal side, Daniel is married to Tina. They live in Kolding, a city on the Jutland peninsula, with their two young daughters Maya and Frida. When not working on Tabular Editor or spending time with his family, Daniel likes to pick a new boardgame off the shelf, or read up on the latest achievements of SpaceX and NASA. This last interest comes from Daniel’s educational background in physics and astronomy.

Spending time on boring, repetitive tasks is always a struggle. Daniel is one of those people who quickly derail into procrastination, if the task at hand is too tedious or the tools used are too slow. Life is simply filled with too much interesting stuff, to be spent in front of loading screens...


Tabular Editor + Power BI Desktop = Better together

Tabular Editor is a free tool that works with the Power BI External Tools integration, allowing you to easily make batch changes to your Power BI data models, even unlocking advanced modelling features that are not otherwise accessible. LINK

Tabular Editor Rocks!

This 4-part webinar provides a detailed overview of most Tabular Editor features, from basic model authoring, to scripting, Best Practice Analysis and DevOps. LINK

You’re Deploying it Wrong – Analysis Services Edition

BI developers dread deployments. Far too often, BI teams struggle with error-prone and cumbersome manual deployment processes, where things are bound to go wrong, and weekends are spent trying to fix connection strings and reload data. It’s time for BI developers to adopt modern DevOps principles. This blog series guides you through how to do just that for your Analysis Serivces data models. LINK

DATA GOD FUN FACT

Daniel has been a glider pilot since the age of 15. He finds it amusing that regulations allowed him to pilot an aircraft at 170 mph, while his classmates were not even old enough to ride a moped. In 2019, he won a local gliding tournament.