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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

Configuring row-level security group membership

As you saw in Chapter 5, Designing a Data Model, you can use DAX to filter your reports for row-level security. Once you publish your dataset to the Power BI service, you can enforce row-level security by assigning users or groups to the roles you created.

Power BI uses Azure Active Directory (AAD) for security. You can add members or AAD security groups to the roles created in a report. Row-level security can use distribution groups, security groups, or mail-enabled security groups.

Test Tip

Row-level security cannot use Microsoft 365 groups.

It is important to note that row-level security only applies to users that have Viewer access to the workspace. If a user is directly assigned or a member of a group is assigned to a role with more elevated permissions, row-level security will not apply. That means that anyone who has been assigned the Contributor, Member, or Admin role in the workspace will see all the data, unfiltered...