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The Data God of Dataflows- Matthew Roche

Christopher Wagner • November 23, 2019

Some call him "Doctor Dataflow"

Linked In Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewroche/

Blog: https://ssbipolar.com/

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsilPn-2qFlrYYuvyFkpPQ


Data God Qualifications:

"Doctor Dataflow" himself, Matthew Roche, is the Data God of Dataflows. Matthew is the program lead at Microsoft leading the development of anything and everything related to Dataflows.


What are Dataflows?

Power BI Dataflows allow users to self-serve data acquisition and management. Dataflows distributes a great deal of storage capabilities out to users of Power BI.

Need to mash up a SharePoint list with an enterprise Dataset? Dataflow.

Need to use the same custom entity across many Datasets? Dataflow.


Data God Fun Fact:

This Data God is also the master of the sword. Look the &^$* out when Mattew gets his hands on his trusty montante.

History:

Matthew is a Power BI Client Advisory Team (CAT) member at Microsoft. He has been a Program Manager at Microsoft for over a decade, working with such products as Power BI, Dataflows, Azure Data Catalog, Information Services, SQL Server, and Microsoft Learning.



Dataflow Documentation

Power BI Blog Introduction - https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-power-bi-data-prep-wtih-dataflows/

Official Documentation - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-dataflows-overview



Dataflow Videos

Announcement of Dataflows - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bJpCVj3JfQ

Guy in the Cube 'Power BI Dataflows: Where does it fit in?'- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXq9GDfpv0Y

Creating Dataflows - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUGkH_dNepA

Sharing Dataflows - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r65B-yLEahc


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