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Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

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

Chapter 2, Connecting to Data Sources

Which data sources can Power BI connect to?
1. Only local, on-premises data sources
2. On-premises, cloud, and SaaS sources
3. Only SaaS sources
4. On-premises and cloud sources
What are some ways to tune the performance of Power BI queries?
1. Running a shrink on the data model
2. Importing only the required data
3. Zipping the PBIX file
4. Removing all queries
XMLA is the protocol used for which software or service?
1. Microsoft Analysis Services
2. Microsoft Excel
3. Azure Synapse Analytics
4. Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

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Authors (4)

Edenfield

Edenfield

Orrin Edenfield has 20 years of experience designing and implementing data & analytics solutions. Orrin contributes to Microsoft certification exams as well as architecture best practices and blueprints, helping to solve BI problems using Power BI and more. A Cloud Solution Architect, Orrin helps customers solve technical obstacles and helps develop Azure platforms.

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Orrin Edenfield

Orrin Edenfield

Orrin Edenfield has 20 years of experience designing and implementing data & analytics solutions. Orrin contributes to Microsoft certification exams as well as architecture best practices and blueprints, helping to solve BI problems using Power BI and more. A Cloud Solution Architect, Orrin helps customers solve technical obstacles and helps develop Azure platforms.

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Corcoran

Corcoran

Ed Corcoran has spent 20 years in data warehousing and business intelligence work. A Cloud Solution Architect, Ed helps customers use Microsoft data & analytics services to solve technical obstacles and help develop customer implementation projects to ensure easy adoption. Ed also collaborates with product engineering to aid development of Microsoft products and Azure platforms.

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Edward Corcoran

Edward Corcoran

Ed Corcoran has spent 20 years in data warehousing and business intelligence work. A Cloud Solution Architect, Ed helps customers use Microsoft data & analytics services to solve technical obstacles and help develop customer implementation projects to ensure easy adoption. Ed also collaborates with product engineering to aid development of Microsoft products and Azure platforms.

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