Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide: The ultimate beginner's guide to data modeling, visualization, digital storytelling, and more
Devin Knight, Erin Ostrowsky, Mitchell Pearson, Bradley Schacht, 1804613495, 9781804613498, 978-1804613498
English | 2022 | PDF
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.