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Mastering Microsoft Power BI

Mastering Microsoft Power BI - Second Edition

By : Greg Deckler, Brett Powell
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Mastering Microsoft Power BI

Mastering Microsoft Power BI

4.6 (57)
By: Greg Deckler, Brett Powell

Overview of this book

Mastering Microsoft Power BI, Second Edition, provides an advanced understanding of Power BI to get the most out of your data and maximize business intelligence. This updated edition walks through each essential phase and component of Power BI, and explores the latest, most impactful Power BI features. Using best practices and working code examples, you will connect to data sources, shape and enhance source data, and develop analytical data models. You will also learn how to apply custom visuals, implement new DAX commands and paginated SSRS-style reports, manage application workspaces and metadata, and understand how content can be staged and securely distributed via Power BI apps. Furthermore, you will explore top report and interactive dashboard design practices using features such as bookmarks and the Power KPI visual, alongside the latest capabilities of Power BI mobile applications and self-service BI techniques. Additionally, important management and administration topics are covered, including application lifecycle management via Power BI pipelines, the on-premises data gateway, and Power BI Premium capacity. By the end of this Power BI book, you will be confident in creating sustainable and impactful charts, tables, reports, and dashboards with any kind of data using Microsoft Power BI.
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Staged deployments

Staged deployments are a familiar process to technical IT teams involved with application development and the creation of data assets. Quite simply, staged deployments provide separate environments for different life cycle stages such as development, test, and production. Each stage of the life cycle is designed to accomplish specific tasks and ensure quality. Development stages are for work-in-progress content and are solely used by report authors and other content developers. Test is for users to perform user acceptance testing (UAT) to verify that the reports and other content function as desired. The production stage is only for content that has passed UAT.

Multiple workspaces and their corresponding apps are used to stage and manage the life cycle of Power BI content. Similar to the development, test, and production release cycles familiar to IT professionals, staged deployments in the Power BI service are used to isolate data, users, and content appropriate...

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