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I am a software engineer, business and systems analyst, program manager, and technical architect with a passion for delivering business strategy and technology. Over the past 15 years I have partnered with dozens of employers and clients to achieve goals across the corporate landscape.

• Power BI Cumulative Sum – Sales to Date

  By Christopher Brotsos on February 9, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  In this post you’ll learn how to generate a Power BI cumulative sum report to visualize sales revenue through today’s date. Cumulative Sum Report Preview This example report continues from the previous post describing how to calculate profit margin.The report… Read More ›

• Power BI Profit Margin – Profits vs. Sales

  By Christopher Brotsos on February 7, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  The starting point for a sales analysis dashboard.

• TypeScript – keyof Constraint with Generics

  By Christopher Brotsos on January 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Using keyof in TypeScript Generic Function Constraints We commonly use Generics when developing applications with TypeScript. This post will demonstrate how to use the keyof operator as part of your generic function constraints. I’ll use some example code that was… Read More ›

• MongoDB Update With and Without Set Operator

  By Christopher Brotsos on November 7, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  MongoDB Update A quick update to the developer notebook: have you tried using the MongoDB update command with-and-without the $set operator? Generally, when you want to update a document in a collection, you will select from: updateMany: updates multiple documents… Read More ›

• Angular Custom Validator with Multiple Errors

  By Christopher Brotsos on October 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Angular Custom Validator This is a quick addition to the knowledge base, answering: how do I use an Angular Custom Validator and return multiple validation errors and results results on the same control? For supporting documentation on how to add… Read More ›

• Microsoft PowerApps – Tickets in SharePoint and SQL – Append Text Fields

  By Christopher Brotsos on September 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Our PowerApps canvas app currently reads customers from a SharePoint list and also provides a way to contact customers with a “Send E-Mail” screeen. In this post, we expand the app once again so that it now includes a ticket… Read More ›

• Microsoft Power Apps – E-Mail App for SharePoint Contacts

  By Christopher Brotsos on September 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Microsoft Power Apps with SharePoint and E-Mail The Microsoft Power Apps customer directory started in the previous post will now be enhanced. This post demonstrates how to add integration with SharePoint and providing a lightweight interface to contact customers via… Read More ›

• Microsoft PowerApps – Filter Collection using List Box Control and Distinct

  By Christopher Brotsos on September 10, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Let’s continue building on the customers list from the previous post by demonstrating how we can filter the collection that drives our customers data table. Our simple filter UI will be built using a List Box control and will also… Read More ›

• Microsoft PowerApps – Customer Data Table with Collections

  By Christopher Brotsos on September 9, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  This post covers how to use Collection functions to work with a list of business customers, displayed in a Data Table control, in Microsoft PowerApps. Future posts will refine this example into a real-world final release which integrates SharePoint as… Read More ›

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Advanced Find

  By Christopher Brotsos on September 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  This is a quick post to highlight the default location for Advanced Find in Microsoft Dynamics 365. I’m taking screenshots from an on-premises tenant. I was compiling documentation and wanted to cover the topic, “How to find the Microsoft Dynamics… Read More ›