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Microsoft Power BI Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft Power BI Cookbook Gain expertise in Power BI with over 90 hands-on recipes, tips, and use cases

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801813044
Length 656 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Greg Deckler Greg Deckler
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Brett Powell Brett Powell
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Configuring Power BI Tools 2. Accessing and Retrieving Data FREE CHAPTER 3. Building a Power BI Data Model 4. Authoring Power BI Reports 5. Working in the Service 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. Administering and Monitoring Power BI 11. Enhancing and Optimizing Existing Power BI Solutions 12. Deploying and Distributing Power BI Content 13. Integrating Power BI with Other Applications 14. Other Book You May Enjoy
15. Index

Building a Power BI Data Model

"The data model is what feeds and what powers Power BI."

- Kasper de Jonge, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

The data models developed in Power BI Desktop are at the center of Power BI projects. These data models support data exploration and drive the analytical queries visualized in reports and dashboards. Properly designed data models leverage the data connectivity and transformation capabilities described in Chapter 2, Accessing and Retrieving Data, to provide an integrated view of distinct business processes and entities. Additionally, data models contain predefined calculations, hierarchies and groupings, and metadata to greatly enhance both the analytical power of the dataset and its ease of use. The combination of accessing and retrieving data coupled with the additional enhancements available in the data model serves as the foundation for the BI and analytical capabilities of Power BI.

In this chapter, we explore the primary...

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