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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 2. Accessing and Retrieving Data FREE CHAPTER 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

Parameterizing your data sources

Parameters can be used to store data source information, such as server and database names, file paths, filenames, and even input parameters to SQL stored procedures. With multiple queries leveraging the same M query parameter values, implementing changes, such as migrations from development or QA environments to production environments, becomes very straightforward.

Two examples of parameterized data sources are described in this recipe, including the server and database of an SQL Server database and the directory path and file name for an Excel workbook. Additionally, M query parameters are assigned to the input parameters of a SQL stored procedure.

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