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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

Growing your job and career

As covered in the Understanding the business intelligence opportunity section, there are many exciting jobs and roles available in the business intelligence market. In addition, the jobs and roles available form a potential career path, from starting as a business intelligence analyst, developer, or project manager to becoming the CDO of an organization. However, there is even more diversity when it comes to a career in the business intelligence space. Let's dig deeper into the different jobs and career paths available to business intelligence professionals.

Understanding the employment and career opportunities

It is important to understand that organizations deliver business intelligence solutions to the business in one of two ways:

  • Leveraging internal employees that fulfill the jobs and roles identified and explained in the Understanding the business intelligence opportunity section
  • Leveraging consulting firms that employ business...