Juls

Juls

An IT Chartered professional (CITP BCS) with more than 15 years working with data across multiple industries. Juliana has great experience with stakeholder management, she has liaised with important clients worldwide within Oil & Gas and Infrastructure (Water Sector). She is highly proactive, efficient and communicates effectively with clients to ensure all the requirements are met. Microsoft Power BI Certified (PL-300) passionate about turning data into insights to improve business decision-making. Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, familiar with programming languages such as MATLAB, DAX and SQL. Fully registered STEM Ambassador and creator of the LinkedIn Newsletter STEM Demystified, aiming to demystify STEM, inspire the next generation and support local community.
  • Joined: 25 June, 2024
  • Articles: 139
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PBIX A11y now has a CLI

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I’ve just published a new tool: PBIR A11y CLI. It’s a command-line version of PBIX A11y, built to check Power BI accessibility while you’re building a report rather than after it’s finished. PBIX A11y has always worked the same way:…

New on the Power BI Community Blog: Accessibility in Action

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My latest article is now live on the Power BI Community Blog! “Accessibility in Action: Building Reusable Alternative Text Logic in DAX User-Defined Functions“. This time I’m diving into how User‑Defined Functions (UDFs) can make alternative text in Power BI…

PBIX A11y Bytes Episode: Alt Text in Power BI

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Another episode of PBIX A11y Bytes is Live!Alt Text in Power BI: Practical Guidance, UDFs, and Real Examples If our dashboards look great but someone can’t see the screen, the insight is gone. Alt text is how we bring that…

Power BI Alt Text UDF Library – Release v1.1.0

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I’ve just shipped v1.1.0 of the Power BI Alt Text UDF Library, and this update brings a big expansion: a brand‑new family of six accessibility‑focused DAX UDFs designed to describe common KPI visual patterns with clean, structured, screen‑reader‑friendly narratives. This…

Before AI Builds Your Power BI Report, Tell It This

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AI is rapidly changing the way we build Power BI reports. What began with asking ChatGPT or Copilot to write a DAX measure or explain an error has evolved into something far more powerful. Today, AI can suggest report layouts,…

STEM Demystified Digital Portal is Live!

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What started as a LinkedIn newsletter in 2024 has finally become a fully built platform, and I can now say I have closure. Those stories are no longer sitting in a newsletter archive. School‑aged children can now explore them, interact…