Head of Data Engineering & Analytics (Grade 5)

SFIA-8 Aligned Overview As Head of Data Engineering & Analytics (Grade 5), you provide strategic oversight and operational leadership for the design, delivery, and assurance of data pipelines, analytics platforms, and trusted reporting across the business. This role brings together Data Governance, Engineering, Reporting, and Advanced Analytics into a unified, high-confidence service that enables accurate … Read more

Release 68

๐Ÿ”ง Summary of Changes This weekโ€™s release includes updates to four DataMart view SQL files, all related to a recent data unification issue affecting the CAD domain. The issue arose due to conflicting records across two client lists. This has now been resolved by aligning with the authoritative CL extracted from the Vision database (last … Read more

Parse CODESSTRING in Power BI Using Power Query (M)

๐Ÿ“˜ Context The CODESSTRING field returned from Oracle contains serialised key-value pairs using non-printing ASCII characters: Example value: โœ… Goal Convert this encoded string into structured columns in Power BI, e.g.: ACCOUNT CODE_B CODE_C CODE_D CODE_E 10201 200 2011072 ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Solution: Power Query Function Step 1: Create the Parsing Function Step 2: Apply the Function … Read more

Release 67

๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ Summary by Change Type Many of the changes in this release were introduced to support the dynamic generation of Common Table Expressions (CTEs) as part of the myBMT auto-creation logic. As such, the majority were structural or naming updates to improve integration and metadata alignment. There were limited functional changes, namely: Change Type Example … Read more

Steps to implement FTE Logic in Power BI

โœ… What Youโ€™ll Need ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Step-by-Step Power Query Approach Step 1: Load both tables into Power Query Step 2: Create a Cross Join (Employee ร— Month) Step 3: Add FTE Logic (Human Version in M) Now, for each row (i.e. employee ร— month), add a custom column to calculate the monthly FTE: ๐Ÿงพ Final Step: … Read more

Monthly FTE Logic

Each month, we assess whether and how much an employee is active in their role, based on their employment dates, status, and working pattern. The output is a monthly FTE value that represents their contribution in that month. Here’s how it’s determined: 1๏ธโƒฃ If the person is seconded or transferred out We calculate how much … Read more

Release 66

This week, we have completed a significant set of updates, with 56 unique datamart view changes aimed at improving quality, modularity, and stabilisation across domains. Below is a summary of the key changes: ๐Ÿ› Bug Resolutions and Data Quality Enhancements Customer_ID Bug USD: Missing Fields Corrected in legacy views: Continuing our efforts to rationalise the … Read more

Fabric-Aligned Data Layering Model

Our data architecture follows a structured, layered approach based on the Medallion model. It aligns with Microsoft Fabric principles and best practices, supporting efficient data ingestion, transformation, governance, and reporting. Landing Layer This layer receives raw data files (typically CSV format) from external systems into secure landing zones. Bronze Layer Bronze provides the initial structured … Read more