Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide

The ultimate beginner's guide to data modeling, visualization, digital storytelling, and more, 3rd Edition

By: Devin Knight

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eText | 25 November 2022 | Edition Number 3

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Bring your data to life with this accessible yet fast-paced introduction to Power BI, now in full color

Key Features

Learn faster with practical examples of the latest features of Power BI, including navigator buttons, column-level security, visualizing goals, and more
Migrate your existing Excel and data analysis skills to Power BI
Build accurate analytical models, reports, and dashboards, now in full color

Book Description

Updated with the latest features and improvements in Power BI, this fast-paced, yet comprehensive guide will help you master the core concepts of data visualization with Power BI quickly. You'll learn how to install it, design effective data models, and build basic dashboards and visualizations to help you make better business decisions. This new edition will also help you bridge the gap between Excel and Power BI.

Throughout this book, you'll learn how to obtain data from a variety of sources and clean it using Power BI Query Editor. You'll also start designing your data models to navigate and explore relationships within your data, and build DAX formulas to make data easier to work with. Visualizing data is a key element in 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 data flow refreshes to eradicate data cleansing 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 learn

Connect to data sources using import and DirectQuery options
Use Query Editor for data transformation and data cleansing processes, and write M and R scripts and dataflows to do the same in the cloud
Design effective reports with built-in and custom visuals to optimize user experience
Implement row-level and column-level security in your dashboards
Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization
Use built-in AI capabilities to enhance Power BI data transformation techniques
Deploy your Power BI desktop files into the Power BI Report Server

Who 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.