Ana Voicu
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Ana Voicu
@anavoicu.bsky.social
Experienced Data Engineer | Pluralsight Author | Specializing in Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and data integration | 15+ years of simplifying complex data into insights that matter
A stakeholder sees the average spend is $160 and raises prices by 10%. But half the customers spend less than $75.
Is raising prices really a good idea?

Learn how Power BI distributions reveal the truth behind misleading averages in my article
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Beyond the Average: Exploring Customer Spending Distributions in Power BI
Introduction Picture this: a stakeholder opens your Power BI sales report. The dashboard looks great.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Power BI loves sorting bins alphabetically 🔤 but your audience doesn’t.
In my latest article, I show how to fix custom sort order with a simple helper column. Clean charts, no confusion 🎯
👉https://tinyurl.com/5amhev4a

#PowerBI #DAX #DataVisualization #BusinessIntelligence
How to Control Sort Order for Custom Bins in Power BI
I was working on a project and I ran into a situation which I think is worth describing in more detail: sorting categories the way humans expect is a common pain in Power BI. In this short guide, I wi...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
In DAX:
Row context = what’s happening 💻
Filter context = who’s watching 🕵️‍♂️
CALCULATE = the plot twist 😱
#PowerBI #DAX #EvaluationContext #DataVisualization
October 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Averages can lie.

Two products can have the same average sales but very different behaviors: one stable, one volatile.
That’s why standard deviation matters in BI.

I wrote an article showing how to spot volatility & outliers in Power BI 👉 tinyurl.com/stddevpbi

#PowerBI #DataAnalytics #Statistics
Spotting Volatility and Outliers with Standard Deviation in Power BI
Dashboards are full of numbers that go up and down (sales, website traffic, customer support tickets). Actually, everything in life is full of things that go up and down.
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September 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
That “sales boost” in your dashboard? Might just be noise.

In my latest post, I show how moving averages in Power BI can provide more value hidden in your data than the plain old average.

👉 datacorner.io/moving-avera...

#PowerBI #DataAnalytics #BI
Why Your Average Isn’t Enough: The Case for Moving Averages - Data Corner
Learn how to calculate and use a moving average in Power BI to smooth data, reveal real trends, and build dashboards that give clearer insights.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚀 Exciting news! My new #Pluralsight course on Data Integration & Orchestration with Microsoft Fabric is live! 🎉

In just 1 hour, learn how to build pipelines, automate workflows, and optimize data integration in Fabric 💪

🔗 Watch here: app.pluralsight.com/library/cour...

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February 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📊 Dive into the world of R with my new course: "Data Import and Wrangling in R"!
🎯Learn to import, clean, and combine data from CSV, Excel, databases & more.
🎯Tackle real-world challenges and uncover insights with ease.
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December 23, 2024 at 8:32 AM