Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide
Build dashboards and visualizations to make your data come to life
Published on 30. July 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
202 pages
978-1-78913-822-1 (ISBN)
Description
Bring your data to life with Power BI
Key Features
Get to grips with the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI and its Business Intelligence capabilities
Build accurate analytical models, reports and dashboards
Get faster and more intuitive insights from your data using Microsoft Power BI
Book DescriptionMicrosoft Power BI is a cloud-based service that helps you easily visualize and share insights using your organization's data.This book will get you started with business intelligence using the Power BI toolset, covering essential concepts such as installation,designing effective data models, as well as building basic dashboards and visualizations to make your data come to life
You will learn how to get your data the way you want - connecting to data sources sources and how to clean your data with the Power BI Query Editor. You will next learn how to properly design your data model to make your data easier to work with.. You will next learn how to properly design your data model to navigate table relationships and build DAX formulas to make your data easier to work with.
Visualizing your data is another key element of this book, and you will learn how to follow proper data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling techniques.
By the end of this book, you will understand how to administer your organization's Power BI environment so deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run properly, and security can be fully implementedWhat you will learn
Connect to data sources using both import and DirectQuery options
Use the Query Editor to apply data transformations and data cleansing processes, including learning how to write M and R scripts
Design optimized data models by designing relationships and DAX calculations
Leverage built-in and custom visuals to design effective reports
Use the Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service to implement Row Level Security on your model
Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization
Deploy your Power BI Desktop files into the Power BI Report Server
Who this book is forThis book is for aspiring Business Intelligence professionals who want to get up and running with Microsoft Power BI. If you have a basic understanding of BI concepts and want to learn how to apply them using Microsoft Power BI, this book is for you.
Key Features
Get to grips with the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI and its Business Intelligence capabilities
Build accurate analytical models, reports and dashboards
Get faster and more intuitive insights from your data using Microsoft Power BI
Book DescriptionMicrosoft Power BI is a cloud-based service that helps you easily visualize and share insights using your organization's data.This book will get you started with business intelligence using the Power BI toolset, covering essential concepts such as installation,designing effective data models, as well as building basic dashboards and visualizations to make your data come to life
You will learn how to get your data the way you want - connecting to data sources sources and how to clean your data with the Power BI Query Editor. You will next learn how to properly design your data model to make your data easier to work with.. You will next learn how to properly design your data model to navigate table relationships and build DAX formulas to make your data easier to work with.
Visualizing your data is another key element of this book, and you will learn how to follow proper data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling techniques.
By the end of this book, you will understand how to administer your organization's Power BI environment so deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run properly, and security can be fully implementedWhat you will learn
Connect to data sources using both import and DirectQuery options
Use the Query Editor to apply data transformations and data cleansing processes, including learning how to write M and R scripts
Design optimized data models by designing relationships and DAX calculations
Leverage built-in and custom visuals to design effective reports
Use the Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service to implement Row Level Security on your model
Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization
Deploy your Power BI Desktop files into the Power BI Report Server
Who this book is forThis book is for aspiring Business Intelligence professionals who want to get up and running with Microsoft Power BI. If you have a basic understanding of BI concepts and want to learn how to apply them using Microsoft Power BI, this book is for you.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
384 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78913-822-1 (9781789138221)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Devin Knight | Brian Knight | Mitchell Pearson
Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide
Build dashboards and visualizations to make your data come to life
E-Book
06/2024
Packt Publishing
€23.49
Available for download
Persons
Devin Knight is the President at Pragmatic Works Training. There he determines which courses are created, delivered, and updated for customers, including 60+ Power BI courses. This is the eleventh SQL Server and Business Intelligence book that he has authored. Devin often speaks at conferences such as PASS Summit, Power Platform Community Conference, SQL Saturdays, and Code Camps. Making his home in Jacksonville, FL, Devin is a contributor at the local technology community groups. He is passionate about mentoring the next generation of data professionals and sharing practical insights gained through years of hands-on experience. His training content has helped thousands of users around the world better understand and leverage Microsoft's data tools. Brian Knight is the owner and founder of Pragmatic Works, and is a serial entrepreneur, starting up other companies. Brian is a contributing columnist at several technical magazines. He is the author of 16 technical books. Brian has spoken at conferences like PASS Summit, SQL Connections, TechEd, SQLSaturdays, and Code Camps. He has received a number of awards from the State of Florida, governor, and press, including the Business Ambassador Award (Governor) and Top CEO (Jacksonville Magazine). His blog can be found at Pragmatic Works website. Mitchell Pearson has worked as a Data Platform Consultant and Trainer for the last 8 years. Mitchell has authored books on SQL Server, Power BI and the Power Platform. Data Platform experience includes designing and implementing enterprise level Business Intelligence solutions with the Microsoft SQL Server stack (T-SQL, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS), the Power Platform and Microsoft Azure.
Mitchell is very active in the community: Running the local Power BI User Group, presenting at user groups locally and virtually, and creating YouTube videos for MitchellSQL Manuel Quintana is a Training Content Manager at Pragmatic Works. Previously he was senior manager working in the hotel industry. He joined the Pragmatic Works team in 2014 with no knowledge in the Business Intelligence space but now speaks at SQL Saturday's and SQL Server User Groups locally and virtually. He also teaches various BI technologies to many different fortune 500 companies on behalf of Pragmatic Works. Since 2014 he has called Jacksonville home and before that Orlando but he was born on the island of Puerto Rico and loves to go back and visit his family. When he isn't working on creating new content for Pragmatic Works you can probably find him playing board games or watching competitive soccer matches.
Mitchell is very active in the community: Running the local Power BI User Group, presenting at user groups locally and virtually, and creating YouTube videos for MitchellSQL Manuel Quintana is a Training Content Manager at Pragmatic Works. Previously he was senior manager working in the hotel industry. He joined the Pragmatic Works team in 2014 with no knowledge in the Business Intelligence space but now speaks at SQL Saturday's and SQL Server User Groups locally and virtually. He also teaches various BI technologies to many different fortune 500 companies on behalf of Pragmatic Works. Since 2014 he has called Jacksonville home and before that Orlando but he was born on the island of Puerto Rico and loves to go back and visit his family. When he isn't working on creating new content for Pragmatic Works you can probably find him playing board games or watching competitive soccer matches.
Content
Table of Contents
Getting Started with Importing Data Options
Data Transformation Strategies
Building the Data Model
Leveraging DAX
Visualizing Data
Digital Storytelling with Power BI
Using a Cloud Deployment with the Power BI Service
On-Premises Solutions with Power BI Report Server
Getting Started with Importing Data Options
Data Transformation Strategies
Building the Data Model
Leveraging DAX
Visualizing Data
Digital Storytelling with Power BI
Using a Cloud Deployment with the Power BI Service
On-Premises Solutions with Power BI Report Server