Title: Introduction to Data Visualization
Speaker: Mr Isma Redha from iCEP
From Industrial Talk 7, we have learnt about the Microsoft Power BI software and the Data Engineering field. The talk was delivered by Mr Isma Redha, a data engineer from iCEP. Mr Isma shared a lot of tips on how to strive in data engineering studies and also the criteria and rules to be a data engineer. He also highlighted some tips to use Power BI efficiently such as don't use more than 6 colors in a single layout because it will distract the user to read the data, use formal fonts and elements and do not use high contrast color combinations on the chart. Though business intelligence products tend to be mainly the remit of business analysts and data scientists, thanks to its user-friendly nature, Power BI can be used by a range of people within a business. Power BI can generate custom dashboards depending on what data is relevant, and what information we need access to. Power BI also works with whatever data we tell it to, so we can report on pretty much anything. It’s often most popular with departments like finance, marketing, sales, human resources, it, and operations. However, not many firms have the capacity or need to support a full-time data engineer, therefore Power BI is frequently used as a self-service tool by various departments of the business to check on progress and gain insight into their team's performance.