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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

AI visuals

Artificial intelligence (AI) visuals incorporate aspects of machine learning such as pattern recognition and natural (human) language parsing. Machine learning is a form of AI that uses statistical models and algorithms to analyze and make inferences from complex data patterns.

In the past, the application of AI or machine learning required a data scientist, but Microsoft has made tremendous strides in democratizing machine learning within Power BI both with the Auto ML features of dataflows in the Power BI service and AI visuals within Power BI Desktop. The use of the advanced capabilities of AI visuals can add analytical punch to many reports.

Power BI Desktop contains four AI visuals as follows:

  • Key influencers
  • Decomposition tree
  • Q&A
  • Smart narrative

We explore each of these visuals in turn, starting with the key influencers visual.

Key influencers

The key influencers visual is a powerful analytic tool included...