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Learn Power BI

You're reading from   Learn Power BI A comprehensive, step-by-step guide for beginners to learn real-world business intelligence

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801811958
Length 458 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Greg Deckler Greg Deckler
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1:The Basics
2. Chapter 1: Understanding Business Intelligence and Power BI FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Planning Projects with Power BI 4. Section 2:The Desktop
5. Chapter 3: Up and Running with Power BI Desktop 6. Chapter 4: Connecting to and Transforming Data 7. Chapter 5: Creating Data Models and Calculations 8. Chapter 6: Unlocking Insights 9. Chapter 7: Creating the Final Report 10. Section 3:The Service
11. Chapter 8: Publishing and Sharing 12. Chapter 9: Using Reports in the Power BI Service 13. Chapter 10: Understanding Dashboards, Apps, Goals, and Security 14. Chapter 11: Refreshing Content 15. Section 4:The Future
16. Chapter 12: Deploying, Governing, and Adopting Power BI 17. Chapter 13: Putting Your Knowledge to Use 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Touring the desktop

If you are familiar with Microsoft Office programs, many of the user interface elements of the Power BI Desktop will look familiar. The following screenshot depicts the nine major interface elements of Power BI Desktop:

Figure 3.1 – Power BI Desktop interface elements

The Power BI Desktop user interface comprises nine areas, as shown in the preceding screenshot. Let's delve deeper into each of these areas.

Header

In the preceding screenshot (Figure 3.1), the Header is the small strip at the top of Power BI Desktop. This area is standard for Windows applications, including the Minimize, Restore down/Maximize, and Close icons in the upper-right corner.

In the far-left corner are icons for Save, Undo the last action, and Redo the last action. To the right of these icons is the name of the currently opened file, or Untitled if the file has not been saved; next to that is the name of the application. For Power BI Desktop...

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