You're reading from Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide A comprehensive guide to becoming a confident and certified Power BI professional

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803238562

Length 398 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

DAX

Tools

Power BI

Concepts

IT Certification

Authors (2):

Edward Corcoran

Orrin Edenfield

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Preparing the Data

2. Chapter 1: Overview of Power BI and the PL-300 Exam FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Connecting to Data Sources

4. Chapter 3: Profiling the Data

5. Chapter 4: Cleansing, Transforming, and Shaping Data

6. Part 2 – Modeling the Data

7. Chapter 5: Designing a Data Model

8. Chapter 6: Using Data Model Advanced Features

9. Chapter 7: Creating Measures Using DAX

10. Chapter 8: Optimizing Model Performance

11. Part 3 – Visualizing the Data

12. Chapter 9: Creating Reports

13. Chapter 10: Creating Dashboards

14. Chapter 11: Enhancing Reports

15. Part 4 – Analyzing the Data

16. Chapter 12: Exposing Insights from Data

17. Chapter 13: Performing Advanced Analysis

18. Part 5 – Deploying and Maintaining Deliverables

19. Chapter 14: Managing Workspaces

20. Chapter 15: Managing Datasets

21. Part 6 – Practice Exams

22. Chapter 16: Practice Exams

23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix: Practice Question Answers

Using Power BI datasets in Excel PivotTables

You can bring Power BI datasets into Excel with Analyze in Excel. You can then view and interact with your Power BI dataset using PivotTables, charts, slicers, and other Excel features.

To do this, you must go to the Power BI dataset in the Power BI workspace you want to connect to. Once there, click on the ellipsis and select Analyze in Excel.

Figure 9.47 – Analyze in Excel option for Power BI datasets

The Analyze in Excel feature should install automatically, if not already installed. Then, an Excel workbook will be downloaded. Once you open the workbook, you may need to select Enable Editing and Enable Content in Excel.

At this point, your Excel workbook is connected to the Power BI dataset and you can use the data as you need.

Figure 9.48 – Excel workbook connected to Power BI dataset

You get all the data cleaning, organization, and security of Power BI, and your...