Ben Richardson
Bio
Ben is a director of Acuity Training which he has been running for over 10 years.
He is a Natural Sciences graduate from the University of Cambridge and a qualified accountant with the ICAEW.
He previously worked as a venture capitalist and banker and so had extensive experience with Excel from building financial models before moving to learn SQL, Microsoft Power BI and other technologies more recently.
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The Today Function [DAX’s Functions]
The Today function in DAX is a very useful when working on date-related data. It is a volatile function that […]
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A dashboard is designed to visually display a combination of data visuals It should give someone a clear understanding […]
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