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Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

By : Orrin Edenfield, Edward Corcoran
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Book Image

Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

5 (1)
By: Orrin Edenfield, Edward Corcoran

Overview of this book

Microsoft Power BI enables organizations to create a data-driven culture with business intelligence for all. This guide to achieving the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification will help you take control of your organization's data and pass the exam with confidence. From getting started with Power BI to connecting to data sources, including files, databases, cloud services, and SaaS providers, to using Power BI’s built-in tools to build data models and produce visualizations, this book will walk you through everything from setup to preparing for the certification exam. Throughout the chapters, you'll get detailed explanations and learn how to analyze your data, prepare it for consumption by business users, and maintain an enterprise environment in a secure and efficient way. By the end of this book, you'll be able to create and maintain robust reports and dashboards, enabling you to manage a data-driven enterprise, and be ready to take the PL-300 exam with confidence.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Preparing the Data
6
Part 2 – Modeling the Data
11
Part 3 – Visualizing the Data
15
Part 4 – Analyzing the Data
18
Part 5 – Deploying and Maintaining Deliverables
21
Part 6 – Practice Exams

Creating a paginated report

Paginated reporting is another style of reporting than the interactive reports you can produce with Power BI. Paginated reports are reports that are meant to be consumed in a tightly controlled way. Often, this is referred to as "pixel perfect" because it allows reports to be rendered onscreen and printed on pages without losing the fidelity of the original design made by the report designer. Paginated reports are not meant to be interactive like typical Power BI reports.

Paginated reports can have headers and footers on every page and typically follow the design of reports that have been created for decades by enterprises and organizations using tools such as SQL Server Reporting Services.

When report requirements include user stories such as printing reports, or the data being displayed often includes dozens of columns or perhaps hundreds of rows of data, then it's typically a good idea to explore the use of Power BI paginated reports...