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Learn Power BI: A beginner's guide to developing interactive business intelligence solutions using Microsoft Power BI

Greg Deckler

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3.5 (8 Ratings)

eBook Sep 2019 362 pages 1st Edition

Greg Deckler

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3.5 (8 Ratings)

eBook Sep 2019 362 pages 1st Edition

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Create effective storytelling reports by implementing simple-to-intermediate Power BI features
Develop powerful analytical models to extract key insights for changing business needs
Build, publish, and share impressive dashboards for your organization

Description

To succeed in today's transforming business world, organizations need business intelligence capabilities to make smarter decisions faster than ever before. This Power BI book is an entry-level guide that will get you up and running with data modeling, visualization, and analytical techniques from scratch. You'll find this book handy if you want to get well-versed with the extensive Power BI ecosystem. You'll start by covering the basics of business intelligence and installing Power BI. You'll then learn the wide range of Power BI features to unlock business insights. As you progress, the book will take you through how to use Power Query to ingest, cleanse, and shape your data, and use Power BI DAX to create simple to complex calculations. You'll also be able to add a variety of interactive visualizations to your reports to bring your data to life. Finally, you'll gain hands-on experience in creating visually stunning reports that speak to business decision makers, and see how you can securely share these reports and collaborate with others. By the end of this book, you'll be ready to create simple, yet effective, BI reports and dashboards using the latest features of Power BI.

Who is this book for?

If you’re an IT manager, data analyst, or BI user new to using Power BI for solving business intelligence problems, this book is for you. You’ll also find this book useful if you want to migrate from other BI tools to create powerful and interactive dashboards. No experience of working with Power BI is expected.

What you will learn

Explore the different features of Power BI to create interactive dashboards
Use the Query Editor to import and transform data
Perform simple and complex DAX calculations to enhance analysis
Discover business insights and tell a story with your data using Power BI
Explore data and learn to manage datasets, dataflows, and data gateways
Use workspaces to collaborate with others and publish your reports

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Product Details

Publication date : Sep 13, 2019

Length: 362 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781838646653

Vendor :

Microsoft

Category :

Data

Concepts :

Business Intelligence

Tools :

Power BI

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14 Chapters

Section 1: The Basics

Introduction to Business Intelligence and Power BI

Key concepts of business intelligence

The Power BI ecosystem

Power BI licensing

Power BI Desktop and Service

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Section 2: The Desktop

Up and Running with Power BI Desktop

Technical requirements

Downloading and installing Power BI Desktop

Touring the Desktop

Generating data

Creating visualizations

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Connecting and Shaping Data

Technical requirements

Getting data

Transforming data

Merging, copying, and appending queries

Verifying and loading data

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Creating Data Models and Calculations

Technical requirements

Creating a data model

Creating calculations

Checking and troubleshooting calculations

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Unlocking Insights

Technical requirements

Segmenting data

Using report navigation features

Advanced visualization techniques

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Creating the Final Report

Technical requirements

Preparing the final report

Creating the final report pages

Section 3: The Service

Publishing and Sharing

Technical requirements

Getting an account

Introducing the Service

Publishing and sharing

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Using Reports in the Service

Technical requirements

Viewing reports

Exporting reports

Embedding reports

Editing and creating reports

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Understanding Dashboards, Apps, and Security

Technical requirements

Understanding dashboards

Understanding apps

Understanding security and permissions

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Data Gateways and Refreshing Datasets

Technical requirements

Installing and using data gateways

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About the author

Greg Deckler

Greg Deckler is a 7-time Microsoft MVP for Data Platform and an active blogger and Power BI community member, having written over 6,000 solutions to community questions. Greg has authored many books on Power BI, including Learn Power BI 1st and 2nd Editions, DAX Cookbook, Power BI Cookbook 2nd Edition and Mastering Power BI 2nd Edition. Greg has also created several external tools for Power BI and regularly posts video content to his YouTube channels, Microsoft Hates Greg and DAX For Humans.

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