Beginning Power BI
Description
Analyze your company's data quickly and easily using Microsoft's latest tools. You will learn to build scalable and robust data models to work from, clean and combine different data sources effectively, and create compelling visualizations and share them with your colleagues.
Author Dan Clark takes you through each topic using step-by-step activities and plenty of screen shots to help familiarize you with the tools. This second edition includes new material on advanced uses of Power Query, along with the latest user guidance on the evolving Power BI platform. Beginning Power BI is your hands-on guide to quick, reliable, and valuable data insight.
What You'll Learn
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Simplify data discovery, association, and cleansing
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Build solid analytical data models
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Create robust interactive data presentations
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Combine analytical and geographic data in map-based visualizations
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Publish and share dashboards and reports
Who This Book Is For
Business analysts, database administrators, developers, and other professionals looking to better understand and communicate with data
Reviews / Votes
"The goal of this book is to expose readers to the various tools in Microsoft's self-service BI stack, built over Excel 2016, comprising Power Pivot, Power BI Desktop, Power Query, and DAX to enable them to analyze and gain insight into their data. . The book is easy to read and use because of its lucid style. It should interest Excel users looking to enhance their data analysis skills." (Computing Reviews, August, 2017)More details
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Content
Part I: Building Models in Power Pivot.- 1. Introducing Power Pivot.- 2. Importing Data into Power Pivot.- 3. Data Munging with Power Query.- 4. Creating the Data Model.- 5. Creating Calculations with DAX.- 6. Creating Measures with DAX.- 7. Incorporating Time Intelligence.- 8. Data Analysis with Pivote Tables and Charts.- Part II. Building Interactive Reports and Dashboards with Power BI Desktop.- 9. Introducing Power BI Desktop.- 10. Creating Reports with Power BI Desktop.- 11. Publishing Reports and Creating Dashboards in the Power BI Portal.- 12. Creating a Complete Solution.- 13. Advanced Topics in Power Query.- 14. Advanced Topics in Power BI.
