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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

Summary

In this chapter, we built upon the data model and calculations we created in the previous chapter and learned how to take advantage of the powerful features within Power BI. These features include the ability to segment our data into groups and hierarchies. In addition, we learned how to expand, collapse, and drill up and down through hierarchies, as well as how to use RLS. Next, we learned how additional Power BI features such as drill-through, buttons, Q&A, and bookmarks can be used to provide navigational pathways within reports that viewers can use to unlock self-service business intelligence insights.

Finally, we explored advanced analysis techniques such as Analyze, Summarize, Top-N filtering, gauge visualizations, KPI visualizations, what-if parameters, conditional formatting, quick measures, report tooltip pages, and the advanced key influencers visualization. These advanced analysis and visualization techniques allow the report author to build truly engaging...