Microsoft Power BI Cookbook
eBook - ePub

Microsoft Power BI Cookbook

  1. 802 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Microsoft Power BI Cookbook

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About This Book

Get more out of Microsoft Power BI turning your data into actionable insightsAbout This Book• From connecting to your data sources to developing and deploying immersive, mobile-ready dashboards and visualizations, this book covers it all• Over 90 hands-on, technical recipes, tips, and use cases from across the Power BI platform including the Power BI Service and Mobile Applications• Proven development techniques and guidance for implementing custom solutions with DAX and M languagesWho This Book Is ForThis book is for BI professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge of Power BI beyond and to enhance the value of the Power BI solutions they deliver to business users. Those who are looking at quick solutions to common problems while using Power BI will also find this book to be a very useful resource.Some experience with Power BI will be useful.What You Will Learn• Cleanse, stage, and integrate your data sources with Power BI• Abstract data complexities and provide users with intuitive, self-service BI capabilities• Build business logic and analysis into your solutions via the DAX programming language and dynamic, dashboard-ready calculations• Take advantage of the analytics and predictive capabilities of Power BI• Make your solutions more dynamic and user specific and/or defined including use cases of parameters, functions, and row level security• Understand the differences and implications of DirectQuery, Live Connections, and Import-Mode Power BI datasets and how to deploy content to the Power BI Service and schedule refreshes• Integrate other Microsoft data tools such as Excel and SQL Server Reporting Services into your Power BI solutionIn DetailMicrosoft Power BI is a business intelligence and analytics platform consisting of applications and services designed to provide coherent, visual and interactive insights of data.This book will provide thorough, technical examples of using all primary Power BI tools and features as well as demonstrate high impact end-to-end solutions that leverage and integrate these technologies and services. Get familiar with Power BI development tools and services, go deep into the data connectivity and transformation, modeling, visualization and analytical capabilities of Power BI, and see Power BI's functional programming languages of DAX and M come alive to deliver powerful solutions to address common, challenging scenarios in business intelligence.This book will excite and empower you to get more out of Power BI via detailed recipes, advanced design and development tips, and guidance on enhancing existing Power BI projects.Style and approachThis book consists of practical recipes on Power BI that target novices as well as intermediate Power BI users. It goes deep into the technical issues, covers additional protocols, and many more real-live examples.

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Publisher
Packt Publishing
Year
2017
ISBN
9781788293785
Edition
1
Topic
Computer Science
Subtopic
Data Visualisation
Index
Computer Science

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Credits
  4. Foreword
  5. About the Author
  6. About the Reviewers
  7. www.PacktPub.com
  8. Customer Feedback
  9. Preface
  10. Configuring Power BI Development Tools
  11. Accessing and Retrieving Data
  12. Building a Power BI Data Model
  13. Authoring Power BI Reports
  14. Creating Power BI Dashboards
  15. Getting Serious with Date Intelligence
  16. Parameterizing Power BI Solutions
  17. Implementing Dynamic User-Based Visibility in Power BI
  18. Applying Advanced Analytics and Custom Visuals
  19. Developing Solutions for System Monitoring and Administration
  20. Enhancing and Optimizing Existing Power BI Solutions
  21. Deploying and Distributing Power BI Content
  22. Integrating Power BI with Other Applications