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Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

By : Edenfield, Corcoran
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Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

3.9 (26)
By: Edenfield, 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)
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Part 1 – Preparing the Data
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Part 2 – Modeling the Data
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Part 3 – Visualizing the Data
15
Part 4 – Analyzing the Data
18
Part 5 – Deploying and Maintaining Deliverables
21
Part 6 – Practice Exams

Managing columns

There are many kinds of transformations that can be done on columns. The first step for columns is often identifying which columns are needed and whether there are any that are not needed for the given data model.

Power Query makes it easy to change the order of columns; just simply drag and drop by clicking on the column name. It's also possible to remove columns by right-clicking and selecting Remove. Other column operations on the right-click menu include Remove Other Columns, Duplicate Column, and Add Column from Examples.

It's also possible to make these changes using buttons on the Home ribbon under Manage Columns. The Choose Columns capability under Manage Columns is an efficient way of selecting many columns to be removed at once because it presents you with a full list of all columns preselected with a checkbox and you only need to uncheck the columns you'd like to remove and click OK. After the operation completes, you'll be left...

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