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Microsoft Power BI Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft Power BI Cookbook Creating Business Intelligence Solutions of Analytical Data Models, Reports, and Dashboards

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788290142
Length 802 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Configuring Power BI Development Tools FREE CHAPTER 2. Accessing and Retrieving Data 3. Building a Power BI Data Model 4. Authoring Power BI Reports 5. Creating Power BI Dashboards 6. Getting Serious with Date Intelligence 7. Parameterizing Power BI Solutions 8. Implementing Dynamic User-Based Visibility in Power BI 9. Applying Advanced Analytics and Custom Visuals 10. Developing Solutions for System Monitoring and Administration 11. Enhancing and Optimizing Existing Power BI Solutions 12. Deploying and Distributing Power BI Content 13. Integrating Power BI with Other Applications

Constructing an enterprise dashboard

Power BI dashboards are valuable assets for specific stakeholders and focused use cases, but their greatest strength is in consolidating important information from across an enterprise. These dashboards generally source from multiple datasets, such as SSAS tabular models, and often integrate on-premise with cloud-borne data. Enterprise dashboards typically utilize card and KPI visuals to focus on strategic objectives and maximize canvas space. Given the scale and breadth of data sources for a modern enterprise, a significant level of coordination is required to ensure that all datasets supporting the dashboard represent an appropriate level of data quality and governance.

In this recipe, an enterprise dashboard is constructed based off of four datasets (models) to include key measures across sales, inventory, general ledger, and customer service...

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