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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

Introducing Power BI dashboards

Dashboards in Power BI are where users of the business intelligence solution can go to see all the important information without having to switch between multiple reports. A dashboard is a type of content that is created and used from a Power BI workspace. Dashboards are only created with the Power BI service (https://www.powerbi.com) and not with Power BI Desktop. Dashboards tend to rely on visuals created in reports; however, it is possible to use tools such as Q&A to dynamically create visuals and directly pin them to a dashboard. Dashboards rely on the underlying datasets and data models used in reports, and they provide a new way of consuming the data, which provides some unique advantages over reports.

It should also be said that it's important to understand the distinction here between what Power BI refers to as a dashboard and what Power BI calls a report. Reports are typically created using the Desktop tool (sometimes can be created...