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Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Gregory Deckler, Brett Powell
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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

Sharing content

In addition to Power BI apps, Power BI Pro users can share individual dashboards, reports, scorecards, and Excel workbooks directly with users, groups, and even guest users from outside the organization.

For example, unlike a Power BI app built for the sales organization containing several dashboards and many reports, a single dashboard or report could be shared with two or three users in the customer service department. In this scenario, the few customer service department users may have limited or undefined reporting needs, or the corporate BI team may not have a full Power BI app for their department prepared yet.

Recipients of directly shared content receive the same essential benefits of Power BI apps in terms of easy access as well as the latest updates and modifications to the content. In terms of user access, the Shared with me menu in the left navigation of the Power BI service provides easy access. The Shared with me menu option is also available...