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Hands-On Microsoft Lists

By : João Ferreira, Rene Modery
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Book Image

Hands-On Microsoft Lists

5 (1)
By: João Ferreira, Rene Modery

Overview of this book

Microsoft Lists is an extremely flexible and powerful platform for creating custom data models. Hands-On Microsoft Lists is an easy-to-read guide for those who want to get started with Lists, as well as those who are already familiar with the basic concepts and want to create custom and flexible Lists that are easily available through a web interface. This comprehensive introduction to Lists will show you how to get up to speed in no time with the help of practical guidance and examples. Complete with hands-on tutorials and projects, you’ll understand how to use and implement Microsoft Lists effectively. You’ll start by covering all the basic concepts that will help you to build your Microsoft Lists and get the most out of the platform. As you progress, you’ll explore how to customize Microsoft Lists layouts and forms. Later chapters will guide you through integrating Microsoft Lists with the Power Platform. Throughout the book, you’ll work with practical scenarios that you can use daily to improve the collaboration in your organization. By the end of this Microsoft book, you’ll have learned how to create custom data models to improve the way your data is put together, managed, and consumed in your workplace.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Exploring Power BI and Microsoft Lists

Power BI is Microsoft's business intelligence solution to connect to, model, and visualize data. It allows you to connect to different data sources, transform your data, and create models from it, and finally visualize it in appropriate and appealing dashboards for your audience. You can use it to get further insights into your existing data and make decisions based on the information obtained.

It should be noted that Power BI is not available as a free version and requires a license. Depending on your existing Office 365 licensing, this may or may not be available to you. However, to get started with exploring it and its possibilities, you can use the free trial option.

Creating dashboards using Microsoft Lists data and Power BI

The best way to quickly understand what Power BI can offer to get more value out of Microsoft Lists is through an example. To get started, open the Power BI Desktop application. You then have the option...