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Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Gregory Deckler, Brett Powell
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Book Image

Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition - Second Edition

4.5 (2)
By: Gregory 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.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Index

Managing gateway clusters

Once a gateway is installed, the Power BI account used to register the gateway during installation can access the Manage gateways portal in the Power BI service to assign administrators for the gateway.

The Manage gateways portal is available via the gear icon in the top-right corner of the Power BI service, as shown in Figure 11.15:

Figure 11.15: Manage gateways

The Manage gateways portal exposes all gateway clusters where the user is assigned as an administrator. The following sections describe the management of gateways within the Power BI Service. However, it is important to note that certain essential gateway management features have been moved to the Power Platform Admin Center.

Specifically, the gateway security roles and permissions described in the Defining gateway roles and permissions section of this chapter are only available in the Power Platform Admin Center. In addition, the Power Platform Admin Center also provides...