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

Power BI datasets

Data used in Power BI reports uses a Power BI dataset. Power BI datasets are basically a connection string and credentials that Power BI uses to connect to a data source. Every report that is created in Power BI must have a dataset associated with it. This ensures the report has data to visualize.

Power BI datasets are often created using the Power BI Desktop tool. At the time a report is published, both the report (containing visuals) and the dataset are published to the Power BI service. It is important to note that credentials are not sent to the Power BI service and must be re-entered upon publishing – this is useful to allow report developers to create reports locally using their own credentials (often with development data sources) but then change the connection string and credentials after reports are published (to production data sources).

Datasets can be used or shared among reports or can come from uploading Excel files to the Power BI service...