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

Accessing Power Query in Power BI

Power Query is accessible inside the Power BI Desktop tool by connecting to a data source and then clicking Transform Data (rather than Load or Cancel). For existing data models, Power Query can be accessed by right-clicking on the query in the Fields pane and clicking Edit query.

The Power Query window provides a ribbon at the top with tabs for Home, Transform, Add Column, View, Tools, and Help. There is also a Query Settings pane on the right-hand side that shows the name of the query and the steps applied to the data that get built up as you transform the data. The Applied Steps pane makes it easy to undo or redo different transforms and immediately see the impact of those transforms on the data, which is shown in the center of the window. The last part of the user interface is the Queries pane on the left-hand side of the window. This shows all queries that make up the data model and allows you to flip back and forth between them as you&apos...