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Learn Power BI - Second Edition

By : Gregory Deckler
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Book Image

Learn Power BI - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Gregory Deckler

Overview of this book

To succeed in today's transforming business world, organizations need business intelligence capabilities to make smarter decisions faster than ever before. This updated second edition of Learn Power BI takes you on a journey of data exploration and discovery, using Microsoft Power BI to ingest, cleanse, and organize data in order to unlock key business insights that can then be shared with others. This newly revised and expanded edition of Learn Power BI covers all of the latest features and interface changes and takes you through the fundamentals of business intelligence projects, how to deploy, adopt, and govern Power BI within your organization, and how to leverage your knowledge in the marketplace and broader ecosystem that is Power BI. As you progress, you will learn how to ingest, cleanse, and transform your data into stunning visualizations, reports, and dashboards that speak to business decision-makers. By the end of this Power BI book, you will be fully prepared to be the data analysis hero of your organization – or even start a new career as a business intelligence professional.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Section 1:The Basics
4
Section 2:The Desktop
10
Section 3:The Service
15
Section 4:The Future

Viewing and using reports

The reporting interface within Power BI provides a number of useful functions when viewing reports. Some of these functions are similar to the features within Power BI Desktop, while others are unique to the service. You will see different options depending on whether you own a report or have read permissions to a report. The features and functionality described here encompass all of the options present as if you owned the report.

The first difference between Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service that most users will notice is that there is a Pages pane located to the left of the report versus the Page tabs in the Desktop version. All pages in the report except for hidden pages will be listed in the Pages pane. This Pages pane can be collapsed or expanded using the << and >> icons, respectively.

The functions for reports within the service can be accessed by using the slim ribbon bar that appears above your report, as shown in the following...