Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition: Expert techniques to create interactive insights for effective data analytics and business intelligence , Second Edition

Greg Deckler

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4.6 (56 Ratings)

eBook Jun 2022 712 pages 2nd Edition

Greg Deckler

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4.6 (56 Ratings)

eBook Jun 2022 712 pages 2nd Edition

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Master the latest dashboarding and reporting features of Microsoft Power BI
Combine data from multiple sources, create stunning visualizations and publish Power BI apps to thousands of users
Get the most out of Microsoft Power BI with real-world use cases and examples

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Mastering Microsoft Power BI, Second Edition, provides an advanced understanding of Power BI to get the most out of your data and maximize business intelligence. This updated edition walks through each essential phase and component of Power BI, and explores the latest, most impactful Power BI features. Using best practices and working code examples, you will connect to data sources, shape and enhance source data, and develop analytical data models. You will also learn how to apply custom visuals, implement new DAX commands and paginated SSRS-style reports, manage application workspaces and metadata, and understand how content can be staged and securely distributed via Power BI apps. Furthermore, you will explore top report and interactive dashboard design practices using features such as bookmarks and the Power KPI visual, alongside the latest capabilities of Power BI mobile applications and self-service BI techniques. Additionally, important management and administration topics are covered, including application lifecycle management via Power BI pipelines, the on-premises data gateway, and Power BI Premium capacity. By the end of this Power BI book, you will be confident in creating sustainable and impactful charts, tables, reports, and dashboards with any kind of data using Microsoft Power BI.

Who is this book for?

Business Intelligence professionals and intermediate Power BI users looking to master Power BI for all their data visualization and dashboarding needs will find this book useful. An understanding of basic BI concepts is required and some familiarity with Microsoft Power BI will be helpful to make the most out of this book.

What you will learn

Build efficient data retrieval and transformation processes with the Power Query M language and dataflows
Design scalable, user-friendly DirectQuery, import, and composite data models
Create basic and advanced DAX measures
Add ArcGIS Maps to create interesting data stories
Build pixel-perfect paginated reports
Discover the capabilities of Power BI mobile applications
Manage and monitor a Power BI environment as a Power BI administrator
Scale up a Power BI solution for an enterprise via Power BI Premium capacity

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Matvey Osipov Jul 02, 2022

Great resource for developers that have been assigned a PBI project, this book covers each concept in great detail for an end-to-end solution (From PBI desktop, to service, general security, RLS, Admin Center, DAX, M, etc). I was very impressed with this book as a lot of concepts covered in other books take the high level approach or refer you to Microsoft's documentation (which can sometimes be brief as well). Looking back to when I was studying to take the DA-100 (now PL-300), this book would have been a great resource as well!In summary - this is a one stop shop book! I highly recommend it and am very impressed!

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Gus Reyes Sep 09, 2022

Mastering Power BI, this book ended on my hands at the right time, I was contacted by our dear friend Valerie Connor and she asked me if I would like to review a Power BI book. I said: I would love to, actually, it is the time that I am reading lots of books related to Power BI because I am planning to go for the PL-300 certification.Then Vidhi Vashisth very kindly sent me a copy of this amazing book.This book is not for those starting their path on Power BI, it is for those with previous and solid knowledge of the Power BI environment, so if you are thinking to start your journey here let me tell you that this is not for beginners.I liked chapters 7, 8 and 9 dedicated to Data visualisations and formatting, applying advanced analytics, and dashboard designs. My data career has been linked to these topics when analysing data. I loved the part about ArcGis for Power BI, brought back a lot of memories of when I was involved in a mobile shop and live data collection project.DAX was a bit short, as my brother Ugochukwu Onyeka said, if you are looking to dive deep into DAX there are more books about DAXing including one from one of the writers of this book.Here you have a brief list of the things I refreshed from this book: - How to setup your environment and use Power BI Desktop to connect to SQL Server databases and get data (for your models) - I have been dealing with the AdventureWorks DB recently :) - How to design and implement master pages to manage page titles, column captions, and page navigation - How to design and implement workbooks to manage reports, reports page setup, report content, and page navigation - How to use dashboards to design and implement dashboards with multiple pages that display live data from the same model - How to establish and enforce security permissions on a Dashboard page, including user memberships - How to display reports in an interactive page with live data, including report filter and page navigation - How to use the Report Parts feature in the Power BI Desktop to create reusable content that you can package and reuse in reports on dashboards - How to get started with using the Power BI Service - How to use Power BI on the web - How to get started with published reports on mobile apps - How to implement and manage reports with data refreshes - How to publish a report to SharePoint and Teams.The chapter that was new and intriguing for me was Chapter 14, Administering Power BI for an Organisation. It got me thinking about the application of GDPR, local policies, and rules. I have not had the chance to apply this in real life yet.I am sure that you may release another edition because Power BI is being updated constantly.I enjoyed this book a lot and I will use it for my PL-300 exam preparation.Thank you, Val and Vidhi.

Paul Turley Jul 08, 2022

This is one of the best Power BI resources I have seen as of late. I own a lot of books on the Microsoft BI platform and I'm super-impressed with the great work that Greg and Brett have done. They are regarded as true experts and this book is a reflection of their terrific work in the Microsoft BI community. I don't give praise easily and quite honestly have been unimpressed with some early Packt titles but this book is a gem. This is a comprehensive end-to-end guide that promotes best-practices and shares a wealth of deep expertise from these two gentlemen. The writing is clear, articulate and the topical coverage is thorough. I highly recommend this book as a companion to DAX and Tabular Modeling books from SQLBI.

BI P. Aug 19, 2022

The book is both writing such a way that a beginner can understand it, as well as providing enough in depth details that a professional can delve deep into the technology behind Power BI.

Mr Joseph Morlino Jul 25, 2022

I received an early release version of this book and after having purchased the first edition some time ago, I was keen to see what has changed and it became clear immediately that this book has moved with the times and been kept up to to date.Pros - up to date, excellent chapter on the Power BI gateway, great explanation on the questions we all ask regularly such as the difference between import and direct query, superb explanation of the different visualisations and what they all do.Cons - touches on M and DAX but if you want to learn how to utilise these (you will definitely need a grasp of DAX), you'd be better buying a book dedicated to these topics.All in all, this is the ultimate Power BI book and I can't recommend it highly enough.

Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition: Expert techniques to create interactive insights for effective data analytics and business intelligence , Second Edition

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