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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800205697

Length 612 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

DAX

Tools

Power BI

Concepts

Data Analysis

Author (1):

Soheil Bakhshi

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Data Modeling in Power BI

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Data Modeling in Power BI FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Data Analysis eXpressions and Data Modeling

4. Section 2: Data Preparation in Query Editor

5. Chapter 3: Data Preparation in Power Query Editor

6. Chapter 4: Getting Data from Various Sources

7. Chapter 5: Common Data Preparation Steps

8. Chapter 6: Star Schema Preparation in Power Query Editor

9. Chapter 7: Data Preparation Common Best Practices

10. Section 3: Data Modeling

11. Chapter 8: Data Modeling Components

12. Chapter 9: Star Schema and Data Modeling Common Best Practices

13. Section 4: Advanced Data Modeling

14. Chapter 10: Advanced Data Modeling Techniques

15. Chapter 11: Row-Level Security

16. Chapter 12: Extra Options and Features Available for Data Modeling

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