Preface

Microsoft Power BI is a collection of business intelligence and analytics applications and services designed to work in coordination with each other to provide visual, interactive insights into data.

This book provides detailed, step-by-step examples of using all the primary Power BI tools and features and also demonstrates end-to-end solutions that leverage and integrate with Power BI technologies and services.

The third edition of this book is the first one published in color and includes even more recipes covering the latest enhancements and integrations to Power BI as well as Microsoft Fabric. All other recipes have been updated and revised to make the recipes more detailed, easier to follow, and entirely based on the stock Adventure Works DW database.

You will become familiar with Power BI development tools and services; go deep into the data connectivity and transformation, modeling, visualization, and analytical capabilities of Power BI; and see Power BI’s functional programming languages of DAX and M come alive to deliver powerful solutions that address challenging scenarios common to business intelligence.

This book is designed to excite and empower you to get more out of Power BI via detailed, step-by-step recipes, advanced design and development tips, and guidance on enhancing existing Power BI projects.