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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

Applying AI insights

When you have a dataset and don't know where to start, there is a feature that can help you. Quick insights is a machine learning-based capability built into Power BI that can automatically build visualizations and make some insights stand out. It is also useful to use on datasets that have been published but allows you to look for any insights that may have been missed. This capability can be used on some datasets that have been published to a Power BI workspace.

To use quick insights, click Get quick insights from the dataset menu for a dataset that has been published to the Power BI service. The service will then run statistical algorithms to automatically generate visualizations.

Figure 13.14 – After clicking on Get quick insights, a popup will appear telling you that your insights are ready

Once the process has completed, you need to click View insights to view the insights that have been generated by the service. When...