❯ design→power-bi→fabric→fabric-apps→agentic-dev

From design, to data, to agents.

Azmir W. Murad. Analytics Engineer, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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I translate. Someone asks a question, and I turn it into a number they can trust, designed so it reads at a glance.

I came up through design, making charts for people who didn’t want to read spreadsheets. It left me the rule I still build by: a visual is a sentence, so make it say one thing clearly.

Then I followed the data down the stack: Power BI, the semantic model, Microsoft Fabric underneath. Each layer I learned made the one above it better.

Along the way I started teaching it, through talks and hands-on workshops for the data community, and through the skills and tools I share in the open.

Now agents sit on top. I write the contract, an agent writes the code, and a test proves every number before anyone sees it.

This site was built that way too.

whatis awmium

Awmium is a made-up element. AWM: Azmir W. Murad. -ium: the ending every element earns, from sodium to calcium. One part design, one part data, a trace of agents. Stable under pressure. Reacts well with messy spreadsheets.

Experience

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2610rundesign/The eye behind all of it: report design systems, app interfaces, brand and this site, so data reads clearly at a glance.

2610runfabric-apps/Data apps that live inside Microsoft Fabric, built with Rayfin: real web apps on the same semantic models as the reports.

2610runagent-kit/Skills and small tools for working with agents, like claude-stats and claude-progress in the VS Code status bar, and skills that teach an agent how I design and build.

2610runagentic-dev/Agent-first development: I write the contract, an agent builds the model and the report, and tests prove the numbers.

2609rundata-agents/Fabric data agents that answer business questions in plain language, grounded in a governed model.

2609runsemantic-models/Semantic models people can trust and AI can read: one model, many reports, every measure proven.

2609runplanning/Planning and budgeting on Fabric: plans and forecasts sitting next to the actuals they are measured against.

18 sleeping processes, earlier work

2610sleepclaude-brain-kit/One memory for every Claude Code project: a small open-source kit that mirrors each project’s memory into a single synced brain at the end of every session.

2608sleepworkshop-kits/Models and hands-on labs built for other people’s workshops and conference sessions.

2607sleepmeasure-chain/A Fabric app that maps how a model’s measures depend on each other, rebuilt from a TMDL export with one command.

2607sleepsales-app/A Power BI sales report rebuilt as an eight-page Fabric data app, with layered filters people steer themselves.

2607sleepblog-series/A co-authored series comparing planning visuals with native Power BI, visual by visual.

2606sleepwriteback-app/A Fabric app with drag-and-drop write-back to a managed database, feeding semantic models and data agents.

2606sleepflight-tracker/A live flight tracker that runs entirely inside Fabric, my first Rayfin app.

2510sleeppbip-git/PBIP and TMDL in Git: source-controlled models and reports, promoted through environments by pull request.

2509sleepwriting/Long-form notes on Power BI, from choosing the right chart to KPI card design to DAX user-defined functions.

2509sleepdax-udfs/An early hands-on with DAX user-defined functions for formatting and colour, shared as copyable TMDL.

2505sleepkpi-cards/Card design in depth, from the new Card visual’s small multiples to a library of 20 KPI card designs.

2501sleepsvg-visuals/Visuals drawn in SVG from DAX: chips, gradients, filter counters, and a whole dashboard laid out like a website.

2501sleepreport-design/Layouts, colour systems and visual hierarchy that make every dashboard read the same way.

2412sleepchallenge-dashboards/Community challenge and classroom dashboards on music, retail, sports, HR and IT-service data.

2401sleeptheme-switching/Light and dark report themes switched from a slicer, built in DAX instead of bookmarks.

2401sleepopen-data/Dashboards on public data closer to home, like a decade of crime statistics in Bangladesh.

2301sleepjob-simulation/Dashboard simulations on call-centre, retention and inclusion data.

2208sleepbangla-characters/An open-source Python package for working with Bangla text.

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7 commits · 2017 → now · newest first, open any one for the diff

bc2451aAnalytics EngineerHEAD → nowclient delivery · Microsoft Fabric & Power BIJan 2025 · present1 yr 10 mos

End-to-end analytics on Microsoft Fabric: lakehouses, pipelines and notebooks feeding the semantic models and reports people use.
Took analytics past the dashboard with data agents and Fabric data apps, so people can ask questions and use tools, not only read charts.
Model work at enterprise scale: designing, consolidating and migrating models so the numbers hold up under real use.
Source-controlled delivery with PBIP and TMDL in Git, promoted through environments by pull request.
Report design systems that keep every dashboard consistent, now packaged as skills an agent can follow.
Moved to agent-first development: I write the contract, agents build, tests prove it. The step from analyst to engineer.
DP-700 completed the set of three Microsoft associate certifications.

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5c97960Junior Data Analyst, Power BIclient delivery · Power BIApr 2024 · Jan 202510 mos

Dashboards and reports for business users, built around the decisions they make.
The modelling underneath in Power Query and DAX, where I learned that the model matters more than the visual.
DP-600 and the first steps down the stack into Fabric.

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28cbee4Data Analyst Internclient delivery · Power BIJan 2024 · Mar 20243 mos

Data preparation, report building and testing on real delivery work: the bridge from practice projects to production.
PL-300, the first Microsoft certification.

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185fff4Data ArtistAdiva GraphicsMar 2023 · Oct 20238 mos

Presentation-ready charts for client deliverables, with every number checked before it left the studio.
Where the rule I still build by came from: a visual is a sentence, it should say one thing clearly.

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a1eb10aData Analyst, virtual internshipPwC job simulationJan 20231 mo

Dashboard simulations for a business audience: the first time analysis had to answer someone else’s question.

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cf186beArticle Writer & Community ModeratorMultiversX · remoteAug 2022 · Mar 20238 mos

Technical writing and community moderation: explaining complex things plainly, which is still half the job.

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f853b4eB.Sc. in Computer Science & EngineeringrootPort City International University2017 · 20214 yrs

Where the engineering came from. Design, data and agents were all built on top of it.

Speaking & community

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2026-06How AI is Transforming Power BIspeakerGlobal Fabric Day 2026 · DhakaThe headline AI session: how AI is changing the way Power BI and Fabric work gets built and shared, from Fabric IQ and Rayfin apps to PBIP and PBIR for collaboration and version control.

Azmir speaking at Global Fabric Day 2026 · Dhaka

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2025-06Fabric Analyst in a DayspeakerGlobal Fabric Community Day 2025 · IUT, DhakaA hands-on day taking around a hundred analysts from Power BI into Microsoft Fabric.

Azmir speaking at Global Fabric Community Day 2025 · IUT, Dhaka

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2025-03Data visualization and hands-on report buildingtrainerDashboard in a Day · Bangladesh Fabric & Power BI User GroupTaught 50+ participants visual formatting, drill-down, custom visuals, bookmarks, navigators and themes, laptops open the whole way.

Azmir training at Dashboard in a Day · Bangladesh Fabric & Power BI User Group

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2024-12Launching ceremonymoderatorBangladesh Fabric & Power BI User GroupHelped open the country’s Fabric and Power BI user group, the community behind the events above.post ↗

2024-01Analysts You Can Hire: Winter 2024featuredMaven AnalyticsOne of 21 analysts Maven Analytics featured worldwide: “Data is my canvas of endless possibilities.”read ↗