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

Introducing Power BI dashboards

Dashboards in Power BI are where users of the business intelligence solution can go to see all the important information without having to switch between multiple reports. A dashboard is a type of content that is created and used from a Power BI workspace. Dashboards are only created with the Power BI service (https://www.powerbi.com) and not with Power BI Desktop. Dashboards tend to rely on visuals created in reports; however, it is possible to use tools such as Q&A to dynamically create visuals and directly pin them to a dashboard. Dashboards rely on the underlying datasets and data models used in reports, and they provide a new way of consuming the data, which provides some unique advantages over reports.

It should also be said that it's important to understand the distinction here between what Power BI refers to as a dashboard and what Power BI calls a report. Reports are typically created using the Desktop tool (sometimes can be created...