Challenge 13 - Acing Documentation!

Challenges Acing Documentation
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All,

I wanted to let everyone know that the First Time Participant Prize is back up for grabs this challenge. This is our equivalent of the “Rookie of the Year” award, and was when future Data Challenge stars like @Alvi, @bradsmith and @Neba first popped up on the radar screen. To try to encourage more members to jump in and participate in the Challenges, we are offering the following choice of prizes to the top member first-time entry, as judged by @haroonali1000 and the Enterprise DNA Team:

  1. a copy of the Definitive Guide to DAX, 2nd Edition (the indispensable "bible"of DAX) or your choice of any other book from the eDNA Forum Recommended List ; or
  2. a copy of SnagIt 2021, a do-it-all screen capture and graphics tool used by the members of the expert team for screen grabs, annotation, gif and video generation, photo editing, etc. @nick_m got me hooked on this, and it has a million and one uses for Power BI report development; or
  3. a four-month subscription to FlatIcon.com - this is an online service with millions of downloadable and editable icons that you can use to really polish your Power BI reports.

As someone currently in the midst of a job change, I can tell you that this Challenge is IMMENSELY practical. If you develop Power BI reports as part of your job, at some point you WILL need to fully document all your reports to successfully transition them to the next person responsible for development and maintenance. Even better, by developing great automated documentation reports using tools like the DataMarc documenter, you can document all your current reports in real time, rather than having to go back and do a bunch of them during a time of transition.

Participation in these Challenges will pay back the investment of time manyfold in terms of the enhanced skill you will gain quickly, while building a great professional portfolio. But the chance to pick up a cool prize along the way is also nice. :grinning:

So, we hope to see a bunch of new faces in the Challenge entries this round, in addition to the stalwarts.

Good luck!

  • Brian
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