Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide: The ultimate beginner's guide to data modeling, visualization, digital storytelling, and more

Throughout this book, you'll learn how to obtain data from a variety of  sources and clean it using the Power Query Editor. You'll also start  designing data models to navigate and explore relationships within your  data and building DAX formulas to make data easier to work with.  Visualizing data is a key element of this book, so there's an emphasis  on helping you get to grips with data visualization styles and enhanced  digital storytelling.

As you progress, you'll start building your  own dataflows, gain an understanding of the Common Data Model, and  automate dataflow refreshes to eradicate data cleaning inefficiency.  You'll learn how to administer your organization's Power BI environment  so that deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run  properly, and security can be fully implemented.

By the end of this Power BI book, you'll know how to get the most out of Power BI for better business intelligence.
What  you will learnConnect to data sources using import, DirectQuery, and  live connection optionsUse Power Query Editor for data transformation  and data cleansing processes, and write M and R scripts and dataflows to  do the same in the cloudDesign effective reports with built-in and  custom visuals to optimize user experienceImplement row-level and  column-level security in your dashboardsAdminister a Power BI cloud  tenant for your organizationUse built-in AI capabilities to enhance  Power BI data transformation techniquesDeploy your Power BI Desktop  files into Power BI Report ServerWho this book is for
This book is  for aspiring business intelligence and data professionals with a basic  understanding of BI concepts, who want to learn Power BI quickly.  Complete beginners with no BI background can also get plenty of useful  information from this book.