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No user group this month, but we won't leave you empty-handed! ๐
To fill the gap, our sponsor, Purple Frog, is hosting a free webinar on Agentic AI (22 Jan, 12โ1pm GMT).
If AI is on your 2026 roadmap, this is one you donโt want to miss.
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Happy New Year to our amazing data community! ๐๐
Thank you for making 2025 a year full of collaboration.
Hereโs to another year of connecting, sharing knowledge, and exploring everything the Microsoft Data Platform has to offerโจ๐
Just a reminder, we wonโt be running a January meetup as weโre giving everyone a little extra time to settle into 2026.๐
But donโt worryโฆ Weโll be back in February with more great sessions, speakers, and learning opportunities!
Keep an eye on our Meetup page: www.meetup.com/microsoftdat...
Merry Christmas to our wonderful data community! โ๏ธ๐
We hope your holidays are SELECTively joyful, JOINed with friends and family, and completely UNTHROTTLED!๐
Thank you for being part of an amazing year!
Day 24 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐โค๏ธ
A huge thank you to everyone who joined our first-ever Data Advent Calendar!
Your guesses and enthusiasm made it magical.
Wishing you all a warm, restful festive season.
See you in the New Year! ๐โจ
Day 23 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
Visualisation challenge:
You want to show Santaโs global route.
โ Which visual do you choose?
๐ Map / ๐ Bar / ๐งฎ Table / ๐ฆ Card
Day 22 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
DAX:
SUMX(
FILTER(FactGifts, FactGifts[Month] = "December"),
FactGifts[Count]
)
โ What does this calculate?
Day 21 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
Fabric throttling issue?
โ Whatโs one metric youโd check in the Capacity Metrics App?
Day 20 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
IDENTITY(int, 1, 1)
โ What does IDENTITY define?
Day 19 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
Power BI modelling moment:
You find 2 active relationships between the same tables.
โ How does Power BI handle that?
Day 18 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
Visual challenge:
Large number of categories
โ Which chart best reduces clutter?
Treemap / Pie / Column / Cards
Day 17 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
SELECT DISTINCT TOP 3 ElfName
FROM Elves
ORDER BY YearsExperience DESC;
โ What does this query return?
Day 16 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
DAX simplification challenge:
IF([NaughtyPoints] > 7, TRUE(), FALSE())
โ Whatโs a cleaner version?
Day 15 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
Modelling puzzle:
โ What distinguishes a snowflake schema from a star schema?
Day 13 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
SELECT DATEPART(WEEKDAY, '2025-12-25');
โ Which weekday number is Christmas this year?
Day 12 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
Comparing two teamsโฆ
โ Which chart is the worst choice?
Pie / Bar / Table / Line
Day 11 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
DAX teaser:
AVERAGEX(VALUES(DimChild[ChildID]), FactGifts[Count])
โ What does VALUES() return?
Day 10 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
Naming challenge:
๐ DimReindeer
๐
Reindeer_Dimension
โ Which one fits better naming conventions?
Day 9 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
SQL time:
SELECT REPLACE('ho-ho-ho','-','');
โ Whatโs the output?
Day 8 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
You have fact tables at different granularitiesโ Which modelling design pattern could help?
Day 7 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
Your totals disappear in Power BI when using a slicerโฆ
โ Which function restores them?
A) REMOVEFILTERS
B) SUMX
C) HASONEVALUE
Day 6 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM Elves
WHERE HatColour IN ('Red','Green','Green');
โ How many times is โGreenโ evaluated?
Day 5 of our Daily Data Puzzle Advent Calendar! ๐
Visualisation poll:
Dataset = toy production over 12 months
โ Which visual would you use?
Line / Bar / Area / Scatter?