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TubeMogul Inc. Sales Rise 21% Ahead of Acquisition by Adobe
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TubeMogul (NASDAQ: TUBE) posted a respectable 21% increase in sales in the third quarter, but its results were overshadowed by news that software maker Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) will be acquiring the advertising company at a sizable premium.
TubeMogul results: The raw numbers
YOY = year over year. Data source: TubeMogul Q3 2016 earnings press release.
What happened with TubeMogul this quarter?
Total spend -- essentially the amount that customers spend through TubeMogul's platform, including the cost of media purchases and TubeMogul's fees -- rose 34% year over year to $138.3 million.
Spend on TubeMogul's Platform Direct offering, which provides software that advertisers can use to run their own digital ad campaigns, increased 38% to $103 million, representing 75% of total spend. And spend on the company's Platform Services offering, which allows advertisers to specify objectives and have TubeMogul's team execute the campaign on their behalf, rose 23% to $35 million.
In turn, this growth in spend helped to drive a 21% year-over-year rise in revenue to$56.1 million.
"Programmatic TV spend nearly tripled year over year, while other cross-screen channels such as social, display, and mobile continued to see strong adoption," saidCEO Brett Wilson in a press release. "As brand advertisers are increasingly seeking to consolidate their spend on a single platform, TubeMogul's focus on cross-screen planning and automating channels beyond video is positioning us well to win new brands globally."
Still, TubeMogul remains unprofitable. Operating loss increased to $11.1 million, compared with $3 millionin Q3 2015. Net loss also widened, increasing to $12.4 million from $3.8 millionin the year-ago period.
Looking forward
Far outweighing the company's third-quarter results, however, was the announcement that Adobe will be acquiring TubeMogul for approximately $540 million net of cash and debt. TubeMogul stock soared more than 80% on the news, surging to a level slightly below Adobe's $14 offering price.
Adobe intends to integrate TubeMogul into its Marketing Cloud platform, thereby creating "the first end-to-end independent advertising and data management solution that spans TV and digital formats."
"With the acquisition ofTubeMogul, Adobe will give customers a 'one-stop shop' for video advertising, providing even more strategic value for our Adobe Marketing Cloud customers," said Adobe executive Brad Rencher in a press release.
TubeMogul's Wilson added: "The combination of Adobe Marketing Cloud with TubeMogul's software creates a uniquely comprehensive platform that will help marketers always know what's working -- and act on it. We're thrilled to call Adobe home and believe this will be a great move for our clients, team, and shareholders."
The deal is expected to close by the end of February.
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How to Avoid Distractions While Studying
Explore this Article Finding a Focused Mindset Using a Study Schedule Setting up Your Study Space Article Summary Ask a Question Related Articles References
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You know you really want to get good grades. Your parents have put the pressure on, or you promised yourself you would do better. But you keep getting distracted! If you work to find a focused mindset, establish a study schedule, and choose the right place to study, you can cut out the distractions you have control over and minimize the ones you can't stop completely.
Finding a Focused Mindset
1Keep yourself on track with the "be here now" technique. Whenever you feel your attention begin to wander, stop and tell yourself to "be here now." You may have to do this several times, but you will be gently reminding yourself that you want to focus on the task at hand.
- If you do this consistently, you should find that you gradually spend less and less time being distracted.
2Tune out specific distractions as you notice them. Say you're trying to study in the library and you keep getting distracted by someone texting. Take note of this specific distraction then tell yourself you are going to overcome it. The next time you see it happen, will yourself not to look. Keep doing this every time the distraction comes up, and eventually you will no longer notice it.[1]
3Give yourself a worry break. Life can get really busy, so it's no surprise if you find yourself distracted from studying by thoughts about everything else. Rather than acting like all of those other needs don't exist, give yourself an outlet. Spend 5 minutes thinking about everything that's on your plate, but then tell yourself it's time to focus on the main task for now: studying.[2]
4Prioritize your studying by setting a main goal. When you've got an exam coming up, it's easy to think you need to study everything. Breaking things down and establishing just one primary goal makes things more manageable and you will be less prone to becoming distracted.[3]
- For example, if you have a biology exam coming up that covers three chapters, you don't have to cram everything into one study session. Try focusing first on the parts that give you trouble, like that subsection on the Krebs cycle. Also try making notes and flashcards as it helps.
5Go off the grid. Texting, social media, calls, and other distractions that come from our electronic devices are some of the biggest barriers to staying focused when studying. Luckily, the fix is easy and totally within your control. Unplug yourself![4]
EXPERT TIPAshley Pritchard, MA
- Turn off notifications on your devices. Better still, turn them off completely.
- Don't take calls or texts. Turn off your phone if you are able, or at least keep it on silent and away.
- If you can't stop this distraction, look into apps or browser plugins that can block social media, certain websites, or any other specific outlets that pull you away from studying.[5]
Master's Degree, School Counseling, Caldwell University
Expert Trick: If the temptation of using your phone is too much, try putting it in a different room and leaving it there. Then get into a comfortable study spot to discourage yourself from easily getting up and grabbing your phone again. You can do this same thing with other devices as well!
6Work with your energy levels. It's natural to want to procrastinate and put off the most difficult or unpleasant tasks. Your energy level at the start of a study session will be higher, however, so it's actually best to begin with the harder things. Put off the easier tasks instead. This will keep your focus sharp when you need it most.[6]
7Take a brief study break now and then. It might seem counterintuitive, but stepping away from your studies now and then can actually be more beneficial than trying to plow through everything without stopping. About once an hour, get up and take a short break of about 5 minutes. This helps refresh you so that you can stay focused when you come back to studying.[7]
- Moving around a bit, such as by taking a brief walk, will be most beneficial.
8Don't attempt to multitask. Some people imagine that knocking out several things at once means you can work faster. Attempting to multitask, such as doing your homework while watching TV or shopping online, will cause you to lose your focus. Instead concentrate on one task at a time.[8]
Using a Study Schedule
1Set a study schedule. When you have many classes or things to study for, it can seem hard to get through everything. Give yourself a schedule where you set specific times to study particular subjects. This makes studying seem less overwhelming, helping you to stay on task.
- For example, you might decide to study biology for an hour on Monday night, followed by an hour of English. Then, on Tuesday afternoons, you study Math for two hours.
- Keep your schedule, but be flexible when needed. For example, if you have a biology exam coming up on Tuesday, you might study Biology for two hours on Monday night, and put English off for Tuesday.
- If you are studying around other people, post your schedule so they will know when it's not ok to distract you.
2Change subjects every two hours. A little variety keeps you refreshed and focused. If you try to study one thing for too long, your energy level and attention span will go way down. Switch things up to combat this. For instance, after two hours of Math, take a short break then switch to studying English.
3Give in to your distraction as a reward. Distractions can actually be used in a positive way, and an incentive to get you through your studying. Say you need to study Geometry for an hour but keep getting distracted by funny cat videos. Tell yourself that if you get through the hour of studying without being distracted, you'll then let yourself watch all the cat videos you want.
Setting up Your Study Space
1Find a place that makes you want to study. If the books and seriousness of the library put you in the mood for focusing on Trigonometry, go for it. If the comfy chairs and coffee at your local cafe are what you need to get through your reading for English, go there. The most important thing is that the location motivates you to study.[9]
- Most people like a place that is neither too cold nor too warm.
- A study space shouldn't be loud. Some people prefer a place that is absolutely quiet, others like a little background noise.
- If you are often distracted by studying, choose a seat that faces a wall rather than a window, hallway, or other seats.
2Let others know if you're studying at home. Put a sign on your door that lets others know you're studying. This will keep them from distracting you.[10]
- You can also message your friends, tell them when you're studying, and ask them not to disturb you during that time.
3Use music only if you're sure it helps you stay focused. Studies about whether or not music helps you focus when studying are mixed. If you feel like listening to music keeps you energized and focused on studying, you can use it. Keep a couple things in mind, however:[11]
- The music should be fairly quiet.
- Choose music that has no words so you'll be less likely to become distracted.
- Consider listening to "white noise" tracks for background noise instead of music.
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- ↑ https://www.k-state.edu/counseling/topics/career/concentr.html#spidertechnique
- ↑ https://www.k-state.edu/counseling/topics/career/concentr.html#worryorthinktime
- ↑ http://disability.illinois.edu/tips-social-media-distractions
- ↑ http://carrington.edu/blog/student-tips/education/how-to-avoid-distractions/
- ↑ http://disability.illinois.edu/tips-social-media-distractions
- ↑ https://www.k-state.edu/counseling/topics/career/concentr.html#otherfactorsyoucanchange
- ↑ https://www.k-state.edu/counseling/topics/career/concentr.html#othermentalhealthstrategies
- ↑ http://success.oregonstate.edu/learning/ready-set-concentrate
- ↑ http://success.oregonstate.edu/learning/ready-set-concentrate
- ↑ https://www.k-state.edu/counseling/topics/career/concentr.html#otherfactorsyoucanchange
- ↑ https://www.k-state.edu/counseling/topics/career/concentr.html#otherfactorsyoucanchange
Article SummaryX
To avoid distractions while studying, start by prioritizing your to-do list and making a plan for your study session. Then, turn off your phone, close your emails, and use a browser extension to block websites that you frequently use to procrastinate. If you have a lot of studying to do, create a study schedule and stick to it. However, remember to switch between subjects every 2 hours, and take study breaks every 45-60 minutes to stay focused and energized. Try studying somewhere away from home, like a quiet library or a nearby coffee shop, which can help you stay on task. For tips on getting into and staying in a focused mindset, keep reading!
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I am a bit sacred & nervous about studying & caring for my 2 month old,any tips to get both done? I manage a gas station is it safe for my baby to be there like in d office ?
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I've recently come across some simply gorgeous Baroque Freshwater Pearls drops. These mismatched pearls are beautiful with loads of lustre and iridescence. I've been having a wonderful time crafting pieces with them. I'm hoping to find more, but for the moment, what I have is all I have. I've had so many requests that I'm afraid I'm very nearly out! So do take a look, I hope you like them as much as I do!
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WOW. It's true, I am still in full-on wowzer mode from Camp Mighty and as I know do, I am also verrrry slow to process. Much like a Thanksgiving turkey, I need to respect the time it takes to roast in all the goodness and that means keeping the oven door shut!
I met incredibly talented women (and a few mens!) at all stages and ranges of their creative power and potential. I listened to some very smart and successful people and companies tell their stories. I swanned around (and some did quite literally) the gorgeous Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. I wore sequins. And a bikini. I laughed my ass off. And shocking no one who knows me/knows me, I cried. Also, I might have gotten a little emo-blurty and possibly gave bad impressions. Oops.
In my current moment of reflection, I am hearing that old bastard Shame, singing his lament to the losers, and it's loud and incessant and it's drowning out the superawesome goodness. I will get there, and demand that he turn the volume down. That's not the issue. It's just that this is my process, and like Jenny Lawson told us on Saturday morning when describing her need to take a month off mid-book tour due to some very relatable shall I call them, FEELINGS, when that happens you just have to let yourself be where you need to be, trusting that this too shall pass. This is especially important when you feel like a crazy, loudtalker loser and everyone else is fantastic. Even though you know it's not true.
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By Pastor Glem Melo
Recently, I have been privileged to share on the vision, accomplishments and ministry expansion plans of Open Eyes Mission to a prayer group in Virginia Beach, VA, U.S.A.
So far, I have visited and conducted meetings with pastors and leaders in 16 churches and 9 ministry organizations in 8 American states. My goal is to establish contact, visit and meet with the leaders of at least 4 more churches and 2 more ministry organizations.
Please pray for my continuing efforts to promote missions, and mobilize churches, ministries and individuals to pray, support and be active contributors in advancing the cause of Bible Training, Church Planting and Mercy Ministries from Mindanao (Philippines) to the Middle East for God's glory and kingdom.
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Top 10 Wellness Practices for Busy Caregivers
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10 Simple Ways to Fit Wellness into Your Day
If you are a caregiver, you're a busy person. Between caring for a loved one and handling the basics of managing two adult households or lives, there isn't a lot of time to fit in wellness. If you are struggling with maintaining your health and wellness, use this top 10 list to practice manageable health and wellness strategies.
10 Wellness Strategies for Busy Caregivers
- Go to bed 30 minutes earlier. Even if you don't fall asleep right away, going to bed earlier will at least give your body the opportunity to rest. If you struggle with getting enough sleep, practice better sleep hygiene or speak to your doctor about your sleep habits. Caregiver or not, it is critical to health and well-being for adults to get enough sleep.
- Eat Breakfast. Even if you're not normally a breakfast person, commit to eating something healthy for breakfast. Even having an apple or a cup of yogurt is better than skipping this important meal.
- Just Breathe. Sometimes, when we're running around stressed out, we forget to just stop and catch our breath. The problem is, when we're in that space, we tend to make more mistakes and being under constant stress can adversely affect our health. You don't have to do anything formal, just stop and take 10 deep breaths to slow down your frantic pace.
- Focus on the positive. We tend to focus on our problems far more than we focus on our blessings. If you are having a bad day, stop and think about the positives in your life. No need to get fancy with a gratitude journal, just think about your blessings for a quick second.
- Eat a healthy lunch. Lunch has become my "me" meal. I focus on making myself a healthy lunch. It's easier to make a healthy lunch if you focus on things that can be eaten more than once. I make myself a big batch of a quinoa salad and eat it every day. You can also make a fruit salad with cottage cheese or have hummus and vegetables. You don't need to make something elaborate from scratch, just try to make it your healthiest meal of the day.
- Take a walk (or nap). Set aside at least 30 minutes just for you to either take a walk or a nap – whichever you need more. If you are at work, eat lunch at your desk to save 20 or 30 minutes for a nice walk. If you are at home with a caree who can't be left alone, have him or her join you on your walk or take a nap when he/she does.
- Do something you love. You don't need to spend a lot of time practicing a hobby you enjoy, just set aside a small amount of time. If you've forgotten what you enjoy, try something new. You can learn to crochet on the internet. Pick up a book, color or try yoga.
- Sharpen your brain. Our brains change as we age. Keep your brain sharp by doing something to stretch your mind. Grocery shop starting on the opposite side, brush your teeth using your non-dominant hand or do a crossword puzzle.
- Do your stretches. Even if you never got out to take a walk, don't skip out on doing a few stretches or balance exercises before you crawl into bed. Keep your body strong and limber and protect your balance by making stretching and balance a part of your daily routine.
- Add a little luxury to your bedtime routine. Use a fancy, nice-smelling moisturizer, hand or foot cream before you go to bed. Pick something that invokes relaxation to get you ready for a good night's sleep.
Ideally, you work all of these wellness practices into your daily routine, but if you can't do them all, try to do as many as you can in one day. Work your way up to all ten to improve your health over the long term.
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Pepper Place is the hottest spot in the city to hear live music and enjoy the farmer's market experience.
by Richard James
The music, strummed guitar notes over a solid keyboard, moves over the crowd of shoppers navigating Pepper Place Farmers Market on a Saturday morning. From the beginning, music has been as much a part of the Pepper Place market experience as tomatoes, coffee and dogs being walked.
This year, Pepper Place market is part of a state-wide celebration of music that includes more than 230 stages and over 300 festivals. It is the Year of Alabama Music, and Pepper Place Saturday Market has teamed up with the Alabama Department of Tourism in a celebration of our state's rich musical heritage.
For a dozen years, the Saturday Market at Pepper Place has been a Birmingham tradition, a part of the social fabric of the city, and a stylish promotion of sustainable, green living and the local foods movement.
Pepper Place is a thing you can very easily come to love. This collection of buildings, streets, sidewalks, hearts and souls is one of the things that makes Birmingham a special city.
When a place has depth and beauty and style as Pepper Place does, we respond to it with passion. It matters to us in much the same way that a living thing we know and loves matters to us.
People love Pepper Place. They love to come down early on a Saturday morning, beating the crowds to the best parking spot, the best tomato, the most comfortable resting place near the musicians. Here you can spend an hour or two just wandering around watching the human drama of people meandering, kids grabbing for a mother's hand, the dogs panting in search of a friendly water bowl. You can easily become infatuated with the whole experience of Pepper Place.
Pepper Place is one of the best examples of a common ground where the city comes together in an exciting new way. Stroll through the Pepper Place market on a Saturday and you will see people from the affluent suburbs rub elbows with young people living and working in the city. The farmers from rural Alabama come into the state's largest city and interact with city residents who share with them a love of growing things.
The region's farming families come to the Pepper Place Saturday Market to aid them as they make a living from their land. They grow vegetables and flowers, bake breads and cookies, cakes and pies, tend the bees, and drive into the Lakeview District of Birmingham to sell the fruits of their labors in a tradition as old as history. It is the intersection of farm and city, a place made holy by the respect we should have for our food and the people who nurture it.
In addition to farmers, bakers and beekeepers, you can enjoy local musicians on two stages while sipping a fresh cup of coffee or enjoying a light breakfast. There is a cooking demonstration at 9 a.m. every Saturday morning by Birmingham's finest chefs. And that's just the market… While you're here, don't forget to check out the shops that have made Pepper Place famous as the city's premier design center.
When the sun goes down, the music takes center stage at Pepper Place's collection of dining and nightlife locations. In keeping with the spirit of The Year of Alabama Music, Pepper Place is a terrific place to hear live local music.
Ona's Music Room relocated to Pepper Place this year and it continues to be a tremendous draw for musicians and fans alike. The new space is beautifully designed to showcase the music in a very special way.
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Things to See and Do
Climb a lighthouse, enjoy a seafood dinner, marvel at migratory birds. Or, sip a brewski, savor a
merlot, experience the thrill of parasailing. And, the best part – and perhaps a bit surprising to many
people, it's all right here in Lower Township. Who knew?
Let's start with a bit of history – the perfect family activity.
How about planes, planes and more planes – some of them are probably older than you are,
Mom and Dad. Despite the name, Wildwood Naval Air Station is in Lower Township – the Wildwood
moniker dates to World War II when it was first called Rio Grande Naval Air Station but that caused
some confusion with another Rio Grande – that one in Texas. Along with vintage aircraft and all kinds of
fun stuff, there's a serious side to the aviation museum that honors the memory of the 42 airmen who
died while training at the facility in the 1940s.
History buffs can stroll through the quiet paths around Historic Cold Spring Village and see, first
hand, the homes of our earliest families and the lives they lived - a blacksmith shop, a one-room school,
a country store – even a jail. Across from the Village on Seashore Road, the Cold Spring Presbyterian
Church dates to 1714 – that's more than 300 years, folks. The gravestones in the cemetery around Old
Brick are a history lesson of lives lost at sea, cholera epidemics and Mayflower descendants.
The Cape May Lighthouse has been guiding mariners safely ashore since the mid-1800s, the
third light in that area. Feeling ambitious? Climb those 199 steps to the top - it's worth the huffing and
puffing for the breathtaking – no pun intended! - view of the Jersey Cape in every direction.
Hungry? From pancakes to pizza, oysters to scallops, casual to upscale, satisfy your appetite with
whatever tickles your tummy.
Want a view of the water with your fish and chips or Cape May Salts? Not a problem. Watch
the yachts dock – and we do mean yachts! – while enjoying lunch on The Schooner American at the
Lobster House. Harborview delivers on its name – a spectacular vista of Cape May Harbor with the Coast
Guard Base as a backdrop. Get to Harpoon Henry's on the Bayfront in time for sunset – you won't be
disappointed with the sunset, the view or the fun atmosphere. Guaranteed!
Thirsty? Head to the Cape May Brewing Company for a tour and tasting. Those ambitious guys at
the brewery have created the largest tasting room in the state, with 20 or so rotating brews on tap at
any given time - they constantly come up with new brews with great names like Coastal Evacuation,
Paul's Bareknuckle Imperial Stout or Steve's Biscuits and Honey.
If wine is your beverage of choice, you're in the company of oenophiles who enjoy Cape May
Winery, one of several wineries in the township. Walk through the vineyards around the estate, learn
about vines to wines and then sample a barrel-fermented chardonnay, a delicious cabernet franc or any
of the winery's many other choices – on the patio or the upstairs deck on a sunny afternoon, or around
the fireplace on a cool fall day.
How about a cruise? No, we're not kidding. The Cape May Lewes Ferry, home ported in Lower
Township, is a great way to take a day trip -- across the bay and back again without leaving the boat, or
enjoy some time ashore in Delaware. During the summer, shuttle service is available to attractions on
both sides of the bay and if, by chance, you need some great ideas of what to do, just call the guest
services team at the ferry. Pretty much like having your very own concierge.
Land and sea excursions can include whales – or alpacas. The Bay Springs Farm on New England
Road is open Saturdays and Sundays, year-round so you can visit, pretty much up close and personal,
the herd of Peruvian and Chilean huacaya alpacas – picture fluffy, like a Teddy Bear - roaming around.
The farm raises show quality animals in a range of colors, sizes and ages --plus you can pick up some
yarn or alpaca fleece for spinning.
Now the whales – not quite as up close and personal as alpacas but you can still enjoy all that
nature has to share on whale trips, sunset dolphin cruises or whales and dolphins excursions from the
Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center aboard the American Star that sails from Utsch's Marina.
And, since you're in the neighborhood, why not enjoy a parasailing adventure right here at the
marina…as the ad says, "why go coach when you can fly first class?" Why indeed!
And there's even more right here in Lower: birds, horseshoe crabs, dolphins, nature trails,
parks, campgrounds and even a concrete ship – a few of the many reasons why our official Lower
Township slogan is "A Place to Remember" -- because it is!
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Twitter is very easy to setup, and Twitter imports contacts from your email but none of my Gmail contacts are on Twiter :( so I had to added some "suggested users." At first I wasn't really sure what the purpose of Twitter was, but this changed after some exploring. Twitter lets the world know what your doing and lets you know what the world is doing, this is done via updates where you can type up to 140 characters into a facebook-like status box. If the updates are not protected, anyone in the world can follow them, I think this is so cool. I am following updates from people such as Levar Burton, Lance Armstrong, and Al Gore. It sort of gives a feeling of connection to these people whom I'll probably never meet in person in my life. This is how Twitter is so much different than Facebook where your connected to smaller networks. Google has signed up to Twitter, and rumors have it that they may in fact purchase Twitter.
Another part of Twitter that I discovered yesterday is that you can post an update for blog posts via Twitter Feed. This is extremely easy to setup, all you need is an OpenID account, and within a few clicks, your blog updates are sent directly to Twitter as status updates which should increase blog traffic a lot.
A major aspect of Twitter is the mobile side. First of all, the mobile site is very cellphone friendly, graphics look excellent and it is very easy to navigate. Second of all, Twitter can send SMS text alerts of updates from followers, note that if your in Canada, it only works on the Bell network. Users can also update their status via text.
Since yesterday, I've been using Twitter alot. I think this is going to get really big, people want to know what the World is doing!!


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Salt Lake City, UT – August 28, 2017 – Quartzdyne, a leading producer of pressure transducers for the oil-and-gas industry, is proud of the instant acceptance by end users, along with the increased momentum that has been created, since the release of its Quartz and Piezo Memory Tools earlier this year.
Oilfield operators who wish to get a closer look at the capabilities of these next-generation memory-gauge tools will have an opportunity from Sept. 5-8, 2017, when Quartzdyne displays the Quartz and Piezo Memory Tools in Booth 5A09 at the SPE Offshore Europe Conference & Exhibition in Aberdeen, Scotland.
The Quartz and Piezo Memory Tools stand poised to be true game-changers in memory-gauge accuracy and durability because they have been designed to monitor high-temperature and high-pressure surveys with an increased and more sensitive response, while simultaneously detecting interference and build-up in standard operational workflows. The Quartz memory gauge features a high-accuracy quartz pressure sensor, 200ºC (392ºF)-rated hybrid circuit, long-lasting lithium battery, welded circuit enclosure, metal-to-metal seal and a side-port connector for easy access.
"We are amazed when we talk to clients and they tell us that many of our core products have been in use without fail for more than 20 years," said Small. "We hope that these customers will tell us the same thing about these new memory gauges in another 20 years because we know that when it counts, our customers look to Quartzdyne to provide products that work and that they can count on for years to come."
To learn more about the new Quartz and Piezo Memory Tools, please visit quartzdyne.com, or speak with a Quartzdyne representatives in Booth 5A09 at the upcoming SPE Offshore Europe Conference & Exhibition.
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Since 1990, Quartzdyne has been the world leader in designing, developing and manufacturing the industry-standard resonating quartz pressure transducer for the downhole oil-and-gas industry. Quartzdyne sensors are world-renowned for providing extremely accurate, low-drift and high-resolution data under the most extreme conditions. The company's transducers and hybrid electronics ate widely used in laboratory, surface and downhole tools and monitoring systems across the industry. For more information, please visit quartzdyne.com.
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Dover Energy Automation, an operating company within the Dover Energy Segment of Dover Corporation, is a provider of products, intelligent productivity tools and related automation software for the energy sector. DEA enables oil and gas operators to monitor, predict and optimize performance to improve their productivity and return on investment. Headquartered in The Woodlands, TX, DEA includes various operating companies. These include Windrock monitoring and analytical solutions for rotating and reciprocating equipment, Quartzdyne downhole pressure transducers, and Production Optimization for onshore well performance optimization solutions.


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The MP8763D is a fully integrated high frequency synchronous rectified step-down switch mode converter. It offers a very compact solution to achieve 12A output current over a wide input supply range with excellent load and line regulation. The MP8763D operates at high efficiency over a wide output current load range.
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December 06, 2019
"Consumers are speaking out everyday but we don't want to see it. Then we say the consumer doesn't want to change."
Submitted by: Aman Singh
Posted: Jun 02, 2014 – 09:45 AM EST
Tags: unilever, paul polman, climate change, marketing, consumer behavior, rainforest alliance, supply chain, sustainability, palm oil, leadership
By Aman Singh
Last month, Unilever CEO Paul Polman was in town – New York – to receive the Lifetime Achievement award from the Rainforest Alliance. As Rainforest Alliance President Tensie Whelan put it, "Paul has made several lifetimes of difference by leading Unilever to become a game changer."
The company's work with the Rainforest Alliance is well known – by setting targets like sourcing 100 percent of its palm oil sustainably, Unilever has made it easier for other companies to follow suit and helped complex supply chains become comfortable with change and collaboration.
And, the company hasn't stopped at palm oil.
Today, roughly 50 percent of the company's tea originates on Rainforest Alliance Certified farms as it works toward sourcing 100 percent of its raw agricultural materials from sustainable origins (that figure currently stands at 48 percent).
Having recently interviewed Unilever's Marketing Chief Keith Weed on the company's refreshed goals and commitments, the opportunity to now discuss sustainable development from the vantage point of the outspoken CEO was tempting. We caught up over a quick phone call:
"When we launched it we said we don't have all the answers. One of the reasons why we are working so well with Rainforest Alliance is because we share common goals. Take tea for example: Standards are driving up fast in an industry that's not easy to standardize. [This is where the] scale of Rainforest Alliance is significant – and essential for the USLP to come alive.
"[Its] only been a year since the Rana Plaza fire happened. Those 1,050 women worked in conditions that were little more than modern day slavery. We're determined not to let that happen in our supply chain. So we've put some goals to match our resolve. We're going to help more women gain access to training and land rights. The transformation can be substantial."
"In the absence of politicians, we need to move faster. Climate change is a great opportunity for business. Report from the White House is an encouraging sign. Needle is starting to move in the U.S. The tornadoes and hurricanes are starting to drive the message home for people.
"Besides, this is probably the only opportunity we'll have. The Millennium Development Goals, for instance, are due to be completed next year – the urgency cannot be watered down."
"The biggest challenge is [that] we cannot scale our ambitious goals alone. It's a major challenge to create the right partnerships and increasingly difficult to get the political sector to participate. How do you create size and scale in a vacuum?"
"I always say, don't blame the consumers. There are many examples where consumers are leading business, especially the young ones. They're changing our lives and systems.
"Consumers are speaking out everyday but we don't want to see it. Then we say the consumer doesn't want to change. If we can tap into the enormous movements, we can create change much faster. That's the job of the modern day marketers. Their job has changed. It doesn't work any more to push consumption. We need a new model and get companies to adjust their marketing strategies as well as their job roles."
"I spend a lot of time on how to develop leaders who can lead us through partnerships, with purpose, can think long term and beyond 2020. On my way back from Abu Dhabi last month, I was reading an article that reported university students rebelling against the way economics [is being taught]. If teachers are teaching Milton Freidman's theories, who is going to change the economy? For my kids, sustainability is the new normal. They don't want to watch TV or buy the newest gas-guzzling car. Their generation is already thinking differently. Yet, marketers keep saying consumers don't want it.
"Our understanding of consumers [and consumption] is too narrow. We need to get much closer to consumers. If we go to any of the emerging markets – 81 percent of the world's population lives outside the U.S. and Europe – most of the growth is occurring in climate stretched areas today. They might not understand Rio+20 or climate change language but they know that weather patterns are changing, water is decreasing, etc."
"Marketers should switch from asking whether consumers are willing to pay for something to which consumer doesn't want less poverty, more education, a healthier world with cleaner air and better nutrition.
"We just need to be astute about solutions. Look at the Edelman survey – consumers expect more and more from business, and if business understands this, it is a wonderful time. Children die from diseases which we can solve with hand washing – new market – marketers should be very excited by this. But that connection is not there."
"We must get out of short termism because lots of solutions are long term [climate change, access to education, water shortage, etc.] – and we can only solve them if we invest over longer periods and evaluate the social and economic capital. Then business people can optimize these. For example, 40 of the top 100 companies are already pricing carbon internally. They've committed to stay within these limits. Business is leading because they see the cost of action vs. inaction. We have now 40 countries that are pricing carbon including China. We have 20 other countries that are putting a tax on carbon. The system is starting to move.
"We need to give politicians confidence that this [focus on sustainable development and long termism] will not kill jobs or stifle growth. The exact opposite is in fact true but we need to provide the proof points.
"We need to get companies to adopt integrated reporting quickly as well as become comfortable with transparency. It's going to take much more than a nine-to-five job to bring all of this together. We need leaders and we're short on them."
"We can use our scale to transform systems and change. We need to create a better place than the one we were born in. Ninety-nine percent of people are not in a position to make a difference. We can. We need to force change – it's our duty to leave the place in a better place. I hope this drives Unilever and everyone else."
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http://batonrougerealestateappraisers.com/ – Baton Rouge Appraiser Attends Appraisal Institute's "Appraisal Challenges: Declining Markets and Sales Concessions"
On 8/28/2008, Bill Cobb, CREA, attended this newly developed seminar, written by Mark Rattermann, SRA & Patrick Carey, SRA. The instructor was Cheryl Kunzler, SRA, out of St. Louis, MO. The specific syllabus of the seminar is outlined below. The location was Ellisville, MS, on Jones Community technology campus that was state-of-the-art. The Sponsor for this seminar was the Mississippi Chapter of the Appraisal Institute, hosted by the wonderful and long-time members of the Mississippi Chapter, Roy & Ann Caves. There's only reason this appraiser travels 2.5 hours each way to attend CE (Continuing Education) in Mississippi and that's because of the tremendous hospitality and friendship of the Caves. They provide a warm, friendly smile, a hug from Ann and a full table of refreshments throughout the day with donuts in the morning and lunches brought in for our convenience. I only wished the Caves lived closer to Baton Rouge so I could see them more often.
Let me say at the beginning that the two (2) most impressive aspects of this seminar were:
1.) Handed out at the end of class – the "Suggested Solutions" packet, 44 pages of answers to the 5 mandatory quizzes, numerous scenarios and 15 case studies. Instead of a "theory" class, the seminar is taught interactively to insure home appraisers leave with the know-how to properly understand declining markets, to apply declining market adjustments and sales concessions adjustments. If 7 hours wasn't enough time to fully understand this national real estate market situation, then the 44 page packet would be a great help for the challenging times ahead. This was the first time in 16 years that I have attended any appraisal seminar where this type of solutions guide was handed out.
2.) The Instructor, Cheryl Kunzler, SRA. Mrs. Kunzler has already been working in the challenging and somewhat declining markets around St. Louis, MO and has learned to apply these tips and helps in her appraisal practice/market already. It was obvious and very refreshing that she was teaching us from her experience and not theory. And, she treated the attendees as "peers", as professionals that could also lend their expertise in discussion to the benefit of the entire class. After this experience, I plan on taking more seminars with Mrs. Kunzler.
Other Tips & Helps I gained from this class:
*Effective 2/2009, the new FNMA 2 Page "Market Conditions" form will be mandatory. This form is already available within SFREP appraisal software. My comment is this: Yes, along with the added active or pending listings required now, this new 2 page form is going to create more work for the same appraisal fee. However, this extra analysis and a stated format should work to lessen the appraiser's liability.
*True or False #1: Most appraisers will easily spot that point in time when the market is changing from appreciating to declining? To receive the Answers to True/False questions – take the seminar.
*Terminology Changes. From "Time Adjustments" to "Market Conditions Adjustment". In the Neighborhood Analysis, From "Neighborhood" to "Market Area".
*True or False #2: Appraisers should always report why one market is better or worse than another?
*Effective 2/2009, FNMA "DEMANDS" the appraiser to have a "fully executed" copy of the Purchase Agreement for review of duress, to gauge motivation and to verify seller concessions. "Fully Executed" means it must be signed by the seller and buyer and properly dated. This is supposed to be a FNMA directive. My own interpretation of this is: No more bickering with Realtors for a copy of the P.A.. If the Realtor(s) won't give up the P.A., then the appraisal doesn't get turned in and the loan doesn't close, period. If the Realtor delays getting me the P.A., then they're delaying their own closing(s). When the new FNMA Appraisal forms arrived in 2005, we were told to get a copy of the P.A. and if the Realtor(s) wouldn't give us a copy, document in appraisal who you requested it from with their name(s) and phone number. Currently, when I have a problem with a Realtor sending the P.A., I state this in the report and turn in the appraisal. Then, 2-5 days later, the lender sends me a copy of the P.A., I have to revisit and revise the report and re-submit. My policy is changing to when the appraisal order is sent to me, the P.A. must follow before I begin on the assignment – just like the appraiser isn't supposed to begin an FHA appraisal until the FHA Case # is sent to them.
*It's important to understand WHY a market is changing!
*True or False #3: When appraisers find an oversupply problem, they will always have to adjust for it in the Sales Comparison Analysis?
*In these ever-changing markets, state the effective date and that this appraisal report is good for TODAY ONLY, not next week, not next month, but for TODAY ONLY. This is crucial in "Pre-Listing Appraisal" assignments where some owners choose to sell FSBO. The Pre-Listing Appraisal client needs to understand this specifically – that the appraised value is only good for today and if your home sells 90 days later, the appraised value may not be the home's actual value or worth any longer.
*True or False #4: To measure the supply and demand for a property, the date should reflect the same buyer that would be attracted to the subject?
*As Mrs. Kunzler stated, not all areas within a market may be in decline. It might be just certain price range(s). Perhaps the upper end of the market is soft with marketing times over 6 to 12 months, while the affordable housing has a stable, 1-3….2-4…or 3-6 month normal marketing time period. For example, in the Baton Rouge market, $300K to $750K has been soft for the past year, but under $250K is still selling, just at a little slower pace.
True or False #5: In a declining market, some properties in a geographic area may suffer a loss, but others in the same area in a different price point may not?
*Explained why in a declining market listings are so crucial to the appraisal process today, especially pending listings. And, the appropriate method of using Listing Price to Sales Price Ratios to properly adjust the listing prices. On some assignments, lenders are requiring 2-3 listings. Most AMCs are requiring listings. If an active or pending listing is used, say listed at $199,900, and the list to sales price ratio is 96%, the listing price is adjusted downward by 4% or -$7,996, which is the projected closing price based on recent history within that market.
*Crucial to Mortgage Underwriters To Answer Top Of Page 2 Of FNMA 1004 Form – # of Comparable or Competing Listings & Competing Sales Within Previous 12 Months. Divide the number of listings by the monthly absorption rate to obtain the number of month's supply.
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I am well under way in my career as a Power Pivot Consultant and Trainer. And I have to say (now that I have delivered a number of Rob's "PowerPivot for Excel" training classes) that I am finding delivering training to be one of the most rewarding things I do.
It occurred to me recently that people like me (and also Rob, Avi, Scott), that train users in PowerPivot are able to glean useful insights into the way people learn (and incorrectly learn) PowerPivot. Today I am going to share with you 5 common mistakes that I have personally observed – maybe you will identify yourself in some of these things, or maybe you will confirm that you are doing just great. Either way, it is worth a read to either discover a gap or confirm your skill.
But first: I have trained 2 general types of students
I have found there are 2 groups of students that sign up for my PowerPivot for Excel classes. There are students that are very new, very green (see what I did there – green, get it?) and are using the class to get started. They come in with very little knowledge about PowerPivot, but enough to know that this could be something awesome. In the second group are students who have a reasonable amount of PowerPivot experience under their belt but realise there is more to it. What is a "reasonable amount" of course can vary, but I would classify these people as "active" for 6-26 weeks with a total number of "invested hours" in the vicinity of 10 – 60 hours or so. Often they are struggling to move forward, and this post covers the main reasons why.
I always ask my students to rank their knowledge on a scale of 0 to 10, and they normally rank themselves 0 (newbies) or about 3 or 4.
What has really (pleasantly) surprised me is that both groups of students seem to walk away with a similar positive level of satisfaction with what they have learned. This is a bit curious because I am teaching the same content to people with no experience with PowerPivot, and also to those with many hours of experience. But what I have observed is that self taught students in my courses have often missed some of the fundamental principles, or not fully understood certain key concepts. And the newbies come with an open mind like a sponge to learn, and they generally walk away with a solid foundation from which to continue to learn, but clearly not the experience of the more experienced students. The biggest risk for the newbies is failure to practice what they have learnt. I don't see this in the more experienced group because they tend to want to get back to work immediately and apply their new found knowledge to solve problems they have known about but couldn't solve before. I have seen the light bulb turn on many times with a student saying "I just realised I've been doing it all wrong"!
The 5 Common Mistakes in the Self Taught Group
One feature of being self taught, is that they often don't get all the right information the first time. Don't get me wrong – I think it is fantastic that so many people are teaching themselves. And if you buy a good book (Rob/Avi's book or my book) and apply the learnings, then you are off to a great start. But many people find that supplementing self learning with instructor lead coaching and tuition can pay back big dividends.
Here are my top 5 most common mistakes I observe with self taught students. If you associate with any of these things, then do yourself a favour and seek out some new knowledge to help yourself become more powerful and effective with PowerPivot.
1. Too many custom columns in Data tables
This is by far the most common sin – there is daylight between this one and the next one. I think the issue is that so many (most?) of us come from an Excel world, certainly the self service clients that I am engaged with in my business do. In the past, us Excel professionals always had to bring all our data into a single monolithic table prior to creating a pivot table, normally using vlookup or index/match as our tool of choice. And it is a hard habit to break because we feel comfortable in the world of creating formulae in a table (ie custom column).
Custom Columns are a LOT like Excel, and measures are NOT! So we gravitate to custom columns like a magnet.
If this is you, then please do yourself a favour and stop already! My best advice to Excel professionals learning PowerPivot is don't ever ever use a custom column in a data table unless it is technically not possible to do the same thing as a measure/calculated field. Seek out the skills to learn to create the measures you need instead. If you need to put the results of your DAX on the Rows, Columns, Filter or Slicer, then Calculated Columns are the only choice (but it is still better to bring them in from a source DB if possible). Calculated columns are generally ok in your lookup tables too, however 99.9% of data table DAX can/should be done as a measure/calculated field. Alright, I am exaggerating, it is more like 99.8%, but you get the point.
If you are not writing these DAX formulae in a ratio (Measures to Calculated Columns) of 999 to 1, then you are a candidate for some remedial "calculated column" behavioural modification!
So the point is this: If you a coming from an Excel background and you are writing your data table DAX in Calculated Columns, you are most likely on the wrong track. I am yet to find a single calculated column in a data table from this group that was the right approach – not 1 single column.
2. Thinking you can incrementally learn off an Excel base
In short – you can't. Don't fall into the trap of thinking "PowerPivot sounds like Pivot Tables, it must be the same". I truly believe that anyone that is competent in Excel can become competent in PowerPivot, but I don't think you can incrementally learn off your Excel heritage. PowerPivot IS incrementally learnable, but only once you get to base camp. PowerPivot is not the same as traditional Excel – it is a completely new piece of software that just happens to come bundled with Excel. You need to invest some time to learn the basics properly to have a proper foundation from which you can THEN learn incrementally. Self taught is fine, but make sure you get a good book (at a minimum) and do it right. Just because you can drive a car, doesn't mean you operate a boat without learning some new fundamental skills – it is a bit like that.
3. Building PowerPivot Data Models like you would a Relational Database
This is a common problem I see with people that have made the journey from Excel to Access at some time in their career (but also in students that come from a relational DB background). They learnt that Access could do things they couldn't do in Excel (in a pre-PowerPivot world) anyway. These skills are above what the average Excel user had in their arsenal, but now it can be a crutch if you don't learn how/why PowerPivot is different. I came from this camp, and I wasted quite some time not understanding how relationships work in PowerPivot, and why they are different to Access and other relational database products. Key mistakes include importing the full snowflake schema from the DB, and missing the opportunity to structure (and understand) the difference and behaviour of "data tables" and "lookup tables".
4. Trying to build big DAX formula in a single step
I have read a lot of books by John Walkenbach – as I am sure many of you have too. I learnt from John's books a technique called "mega formulas" where you create individual parts of the formula piece by piece and in the end you bring it all together into 1 "mega formula". Rob also teaches that you should build your measures up piece by piece. I actually believe there is no need to take the Walkenbach final step and build a mega formula, but instead leave your complex formulae referring to the individual intermediate measures. It is a bit like moving the elephant on your door step – the easiest way to tackle it is to chop it up into manageable pieces
The trouble with DAX – particularly when you are learning – is that there is a lot that can go wrong with a DAX formula, particularly as you are learning. If your formulae are too big and complex, it can be difficult to even find all the problems to make it work. On the other hand if you chop the problem up into manageable pieces, you can incrementally build the measure one piece at a time, and finally assemble the finished masterpiece at the end.
5. Not using tried and tested best practices
There are quite a few best practices that I see communicated in all the right places (here, SQLBI.com to name just two). I believe the 2 most important best practices for Excel users are:
1. Using proper naming conventions. Always add a table name before a column name, and never add a table name before a measure name/calculated field.
- Column reference: Table[Column Name]
- Measure Reference: [measure name]
2. The second is how you layout your tables in diagram view. I will go as far to say that if you have a SQL RDBMS heritage, then you can set up your tables how ever you like. But if you come from the world of Excel (like me and many other new disciples of PowerPivot) then you are well advised to do it the way Rob teaches. Lookup tables go at the top, data tables go to the bottom. When you layout your tables this way, us Excel folk can "visualise" the filters flowing down hill across the relationship from the one side to the many side – not the other way around.
5. (again) Thinking you can passively learn DAX
Edit 11 Nov: I am adding another big on that I missed. I can't call it number 6 so here is 5 again! This is another mistake I made early on and I know others are doing the same thing. You simply cannot learn DAX "passively". By that I mean by reading a book in bed, watching Rob's videos etc and not touching the keyboard – this is simply not going to work. You need to practice, practice practice if you want to make anything you learn stick. You can practice using your own data, or you can download one of the free databases on the web like Adventure Works and use that as your data source. But you must use something and practice practice practice.
So do you associate with any of these common learning mistakes? If so, all is not lost. If you move from "Don't know what you don't know" to "I know what I don't know", then you are on the journey to greatness. If you don't make these mistakes, then you are already doing just great, so go you good thing (Melbourne Cup on Tuesday you see).
A question for you: What lessons did you learn "down the track" that you wish you had learnt earlier in your DAX journey?
Matt Allington is a professional Self Service BI expert, consultant and trainer based in Sydney Australia.
I find #1 interesting, in our shop we have almost the exact opposite problem – not enough Calculated Columns which hurts DAX performance – allow me to explain. The vertipax engine does not multi-thread particularly well, and so in a simple example where we have a calculate(Measure,Filter1,Filter2,Filter3) when we run profiler and watch the DAX run, it run Filter1 then Filter2 then Filter3 then Measure. If however we unifed those filters into a calculated column, it then becomes Calculate(Measure,Filter) and it runs significantly faster.
Now, we are working on 10's or 100's of millions of rows on SSAS Tabular, but the same design principle holds true when working in powerpivot – are you RAM contrained or CPU constrained? For us, performance-wise it is almost universally a CPU constraint and so grouping filters in calculated columns allows for a sort of pre-aggregation which vastly improves DAX performance.
I think for learning DAX and for small-ish workbooks not using calculated columns makes sense, and we often only use them when we are optimizing DAX, but to go so far as to say "don't ever ever use a custom column unless it is technically not possible to do the same thing as a measure/calculated field" – is way too far – calculated columns are an invaluable tool to have in the tool box.
Trevor, the golden rule is lowering the number of unique values to compare in a column. If a calculated column do that, it makes sense, otherwise it doesn't. A calculated column is helpful to filter data, is usually not helpful to split a column.
So if you have CALCULATE ( [m], t[a] > 100 ) and t[a] has 100.000 unique values (or more, and most of them greater than 100), then a column t[b] = t[a] < 100 will improve the speed of CALCULATE ( [m], t[b] = TRUE) because you reduce a filter to 1 iteration. So in your example the problem is not really the number of filter that are evalulated in a sequential way, but the overall number of values that results from the filter, that you can reduce if the calculated column already has the result of the filter condition.
Too many word to say this: lower the number of unique values you obtain in a filter. Not by units, but by order of magnitudes, otherwise the result does not worth the effort.
Thank you for this helpful clarification.
I have three questions:
[1] Are you saying that if the Calculated Column reduces the number of unique values, then it has the potential of a "formula calculating speed" advantage because the filter will have to iterate over a smaller number of values in the fact table?
[2] Does this "formula calculating speed" advantage come from the fact that the Columnar Database only stores the unique values in the column object (column object is probably not the right term here, but I mean the single column that the database uses to store the unique values).
[3] In a few cases where I had "flat" Excel tables (about 500,000 rows) which had columns with a very small number of unique values, when I import them into PowerPivot, the file size is dramatically reduced. When I took the same set of flat data and broke it apart into dimension tables and then imported it into PowerPivot, the file size is not much different. Is this a case, is the effort to transform the "flat' table not worth it because the Columnar Database is, in a way, doing that for me when it stores only unique values?
1) Yes
2) Yes
3) Yes from the compression point of view, but with a flat table you cannot do many things you can do with a regular star schema (for example, comparing budget and sales of two different tables by time – sharing time table is the right thing to do in that case). And also from a usability point of view, it's better having attributes organized in tables instead of a flat list of attributes in a single table
Thanks very much Marco – you comments always help!!
"Italy this way" — that was brilliant, hahaha!
Great Article…..I especially Relate to Point 2…..For 12 Months I thought I will eventually get "DAX" just I eventually learnt everyother thing in Excel…..But It was Only when I bought the "Book" that the Bulb glowed…..and It is only after I attended the Online Course that the Bulb glowed brightly !!
But could you elaborate Point 3…."Key mistakes include importing the full snowflake schema from the DB"….Not sure what you mean.
Thank you for the article. I definitely agree with the skill time line. Having read many of their articles, "Italy" is off the charts. I would also have to agree with Trevor that need to be careful in speaking in absolutes to students with respect to calculated columns. To quote what "Italy" has remarked in many articles: "It depends".
Matt: I can confirm and subscribe to every part of this blog post. The number 2 is the biggest wall to many Excel users, I think it's an important point to highlight and I probably didn't do that enough, taking for granted that people should realize that automatically. Clarify that upfront could be much better.
Matthes: rule #1 – the first answer to any question is: "It depends". Following rules: "It depends"
Great article. I don't quite have it figured out yet, but Rob's book and class have been a big part of my learning. Thanks!
+1 on the above comments. Having attended the course presented by Matt I can confirm these mistakes were highlighted and best practice approaches provided. Definite lightbulb moments, and hmm, better go back to scratch with the models I had built.
#1 is really an issue for self trained PowerPivot uers like me. It feels much easier to write DAX for calculated columns in the beginning as you do not need to know much about PowerPivot for that. To write DAX for measures needs some understanding of the filter flows, how a single cell in the table is using these filters and that the subtotal/total is cacluated by the DAX formula and no sum of the row/column. Thats quite difficult to understand if nobody tolds you that. Iam still struggling sometimes with measures that show me the expected values in rows/columns but not in totals/subtotals.
#5 (again) is my favourite point.
I had a huge desire to see everything PowerPivot can do, and rush through the videos / book ("wow can't wait to do that!"). I gave in to that desire.
It wasn't until I did Matt's live course a few weeks ago that I realised how many of the concepts I vaguely 'knew' about, but how much I sucked at actually doing them. Because, you know, part of the live course is actually being forced to write DAX yourself. There's no hiding behind a good cup of coffee. (I hope I haven't given away too many of your top secret training techniques).
I have come up with a cunning, novel solution though…go back and do it all over again properly. Do it over and over and over again. If a technique hasn't become boring and tedious, if it's still interesting and slightly challenging, if I can't do it at light speed, then I'd say it's not truly learnt. I'm aiming for boredom. Boredom is my friend.
Thanks for your blog on the 5 common mistakes. I struggle with mistake #4 most often, but not for the reason you would expect. I find the GUI list of measures (bottom half of the screen in 2013) very annoying as I build formulas. I cannot group or move measures which makes it difficult as I build an "elephant". With a long list of measures I will inevitably duplicate or misplace a measure. Are there techniques that I should be using? Better yet, is this something we can change? A more flexible environment to manage measures would go a long way for novice DAX developers.
I just finished writing a "mega" formula. OK not that mega.
I built it in pieces using the steps suggested by the Italians for understanding M2M.
– you know … COUNTROWS not just tables as filters.
I tested each step to make sure I understood what was going on.
I have already built many M2M measures so I am familiar with the concept.
Once done the measures was multiple pieces and worked ,,,, slowly,
I recovering it into a mega formula without all the COUNTROWS and the performance increased by an order of magnitude,
My main bridge table has less than 1M rows and my main fact table has less than 0.5M rows,.
Small stuff relatively,
But the single line formula was much more efficient in this case. I was a bit surprised myself,
I can post the steps and pattern if anyone cares,
All of my ideas are stolen from the work of others on these posts and the texts.
The patterns work and I combined that with the idea of duplicate dimension tables and inactive relationships, Those last bits needed a step by step approach,
But ,,,, the final formula was a simple mega formula and was much faster
I build too many calculated columns because of my Excel heritage.
I also have a performance profiling heritage .. but the code I used to write is not compiled into more code 🙂 It gets compiled into hardware so cost = transistors. It literally costs you more to build.
I built some calculated columns to improve performance especially when cardinality was low.
Sometimes it helps performance, sometimes the optimizer is smart and a measure is just as fast.
I think a calculated column is OK for beginners when they don't understand a measure or the X functions. Getting the right answer with less coding effort is a benefit … as long as performance is not practically impacted. BTW. I learned Excel first and then DAX …. and then SQL. I eventually had to learn to speak database but I know limited dialects. I can speak to my IT department technically after some reading.
Even better than calculated columns …. but not for newbies.
Use SQL to do your heavy lifting in ETL. I use the word ETL loosely …
I think Alberto used it this way in a presentation.
I prebuild tables using SQL instead of DAX. The language is not important.
The point is the table is prebuilt instead of on the fly.
One recent example, the table takes almost 50s from cold cache.
I update this table once a day by rerunning the query.
This is a simple piece of SQL but creating it on the fly may be too much in a tabular model that needs to be responsive.
When I get time, I will use summarize and generate to recode the SQL into DAX but the amount of time to translate the code ….. not sure if it is worth it just to have an all DAX solution.
The SQL is not optimized but simple and brain dead. 50s once day … may be good enough.
I suspect that the DAX will be fast if I code it carefully.
I have 1 Power pivot with 1/2 dozen tables.
I coded measures using COUNTROWS to traverse backwards from the fact table to the lookup table. Each of these COUNTROWS creates an intermediate measure that gets used in a filter for a FILTER or CALCULATETABLE(FILTER)
I built the individual measures and then tested them in intermediate tables.
The final combination worked!
The mega formula was just several (3?) nested CALCULATETABLES.
It would have taken more time to debug all those nested tables.
The mega formula gives an answer as soon as I touch the model.
The multi-step formula makes you look at your watch … 3s is the critical number right?
Matt this was my attempt to reply back to your question.
Not sure I answered it. I did not mean to create a new post
The most important is #5 (again).Also the adventure works cannot help you enough until you use your data to solve problems, at least in my case. My journey in PowerPivot & other PowerBI tools went like this:
Beginning reading this blog and apply some easy DAX formulas. Afterwards I read Rob's book and I believed I had a good understanding of DAX and powerpivot as most of common reports based on simple formulas.
I live in Europe unfortunately ( & fortunately – read later ) so I only could have Rob's video lessons. So I took the 1st video course. ououou DAX can do all that..(my thought ). That was more than enough for most of the cases. I could even apply DAX patterns ( Italians ) and make some adjustments. I was really happy and believed I was really good. In reality at your scale I was at 7.
( fortunately now) I live in Europe so I had the chance to attend Marco's Advanced DAX course..
Revolution in my mind..how DAX engine works…Context transition , table materialization & filters propagation – filters flow everywhere and plenty more.
Fundamentally ( after "it depends" I believe Marco's most used word 🙂 ) change the way I understand DAX.. Now I am in the "Italians this way" in your graph.
Conclusion- total agree that attend a course in person is the best thing to do..but as you said, needs to get your hands dirty with writing DAX.
P.S. The most important lesson was watching Marco passionate to solve a business scenario example live in course and don't give up until he find the right formula and it was only a question that he could avoid.. Then you realize why the some people like Italians ,you (Matt) , Rob , Scott , Avi & others are great at what they do.
PASSION & LOVE for your job & DAX.
Hi Matt,
great article – and funny graphics. "Italy this way" – hahaha 🙂
Looking forward to your next article!
I'm doing just fine as a self taugh. Feelin' awesome.
I love the diagram that says "Italy this way." The Italians (Ferrari and Russo) are in fact "off the charts" in terms of what they can do with PowerPivot. I bought one of their books on data modeling, and I am impressed to say the least.
i installed dax studio 2.5.0.
i did not get Add-Ins menu for DAX Studio on excel ribbon.
i tried to add through COM Add-Ins in excel but still no result.
i launched DAX Studio directly but getting only Tabular Server connect option and nothing else
please give me the solution 🙂 to get DAX Studio Add-Ins on excel ribbon and get the Power BI designer option in DAX Studio connect window
i am using excel 2013
Nice Article
Only just read this one – I did laugh, my journey to Italy will take many light years I fear.
I do enjoy your blogs etc. your presentation skills are excellent.
I do agree practice, practice only way to learn.
Thank you.
This is great Matt…especially the learning by doing..I prefer to learn using a small data set before implementing in a bigger data set… That way i can debug easier and i can actually see how correct the formula is..Thanks a lot
AND i prefer to use my own data to learn DAX…


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What are the costs involved and who has the agency?
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I noticed the user got on the lift backwards, which indicates it probably is to narrow to do the turn going forward, with feet in the way. Similarly, I would guess many power chairs would have a difficult time making that turn on a narrow platform. The exception might be some RWD chairs getting on backwards. But, the still might not be possible, since most chairs have some anti-tip rollers/casters sticking out the back, eating into their turning radius. For instance, if I back up right to a wall and turn, I end up 3-4 inches away from the wall. However, if the lift is over 30 inches wide then it's probably fine. And, if it is 36 inches, you can probably get on it with most chairs, forward or backward.
These videos make it seem quite narrow.
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Here's the brochure. At 26.77 inches wide, that is probably too narrow for most power chairs without some back and forth action.
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Maybe this is complicating things..
Perhaps a turntable could be integrated? It would lessen the amount of maneuvering and minimise the risk of overshooting.


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