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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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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

Visualizing log file data from SQL Server Agent jobs and from Office 365 audit searches

Log files containing SQL Server Agent job history and the Power BI usage activities stored in the Office 365 audit log can also be integrated into the Power BI monitoring solution described earlier in this chapter. For example, SQL Agent job data can reveal important trends such as the performance of a nightly job used to load a data warehouse and the duration and reliability of individual steps within these jobs. Likewise, detailed reporting and, optionally, alerts based on user activities in the Power BI service, such as deleting a dashboard, enable BI and IT administrators to better manage and govern Power BI deployments.

In this recipe, transformations are applied to the structure of the Power BI audit log to convert the audit data stored in JSON and adjust for local time reporting. Additionally...

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