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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

Understanding the business intelligence opportunity

The business intelligence market is a vast and fragmented space with at least 20 different companies making Gartner's list for their Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms. Market reports generally place the total global market for business intelligence solutions and services at around USD 25–30 billion in 2021/2022 with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of around 10%–11%, reaching USD 40 billion by 2025–2026. That's a lot of numbers, but the important thing to realize is that the business intelligence market is growing because business intelligence is important to all types of organizations, which are becoming increasingly reliant on business intelligence in order to make informed business decisions about how to operate more efficiently, effectively, and profitably.

The data analytics and business intelligence space has seen explosive growth over the last few years, and...