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Mastering Microsoft Power BI

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Product type Book

Published in Mar 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788297233

Pages 638 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Business Intelligence

Author (1):

Brett Powell

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Planning Power BI Projects

2. Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M

3. Designing Import and DirectQuery Data Models

4. Developing DAX Measures and Security Roles

5. Creating and Formatting Power BI Reports

6. Applying Custom Visuals, Animation, and Analytics

7. Designing Power BI Dashboards and Architectures

8. Managing Application Workspaces and Content

9. Managing the On-Premises Data Gateway

10. Deploying the Power BI Report Server

11. Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution

12. Administering Power BI for an Organization

13. Scaling with Premium and Analysis Services

14. Other Books You May Enjoy

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A new version of the Power BI Report Server is released approximately every 4 months. For example, the June 2017 release was followed by an October 2017 version, which included additional features, such as support for imported data in Power BI reports. As of this writing, the next version of Power BI Report Server (following October 2017) will likely be released in the first quarter of 2018. This new version is expected to incorporate the features introduced in the monthly updates to Power BI Desktop in Q4 of 2017, such as the Bookmarks feature described in Chapter 6, Applying Custom Visuals, Animation, and Analytics.

The following diagram describes the support provided for three hypothetical releases of the Power BI Report Server (October of 2017, February of 2018, and June of 2018):

Support for Power BI Report Server releases

Per the diagram, a new release and...

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Authors (1)

Brett Powell

Brett Powell is the owner of and business intelligence consultant at Frontline Analytics LLC, a data and analytics research and consulting firm and Microsoft Power BI partner. He has worked with Power BI technologies since they were first introduced as the PowerPivot add-in for Excel 2010 and has been a Power BI architect and lead BI consultant for organizations across the retail, manufacturing, and financial services industries. Additionally, Brett has led Boston's Power BI User Group, delivered presentations at technology events such as Power BI World Tour, and maintains the popular Insight Quest Microsoft BI blog.

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