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Learn Power BI - Second Edition

By : Gregory Deckler
5 (1)
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

Questions

As an activity, try to answer the following questions on your own:

  • What is a Power BI usage model?
  • What usage model is used by many new Power BI deployments?
  • What are the strengths and weaknesses of the centralized usage model?
  • How do the distributed and golden dataset usage models address the weaknesses of the centralized usage model?
  • What are the overall goals of governance in terms of Power BI?
  • What approach is recommended when it comes to configuring Power BI tenant settings?
  • How are Power BI tenant settings accessed?
  • A phased approach for the development and deployment of content is called what?
  • What feature in Power BI Premium enables the phased development and deployment of content?
  • What is an important trait of early adopters?