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Microsoft Power BI Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Greg Deckler, Brett Powell
Book Image

Microsoft Power BI Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Greg Deckler, Brett Powell

Overview of this book

The complete everyday reference guide to Power BI, written by an internationally recognized Power BI expert duo, is back with a new and updated edition. Packed with revised practical recipes, Microsoft Power BI Cookbook, Second Edition, helps you navigate Power BI tools and advanced features. It also demonstrates the use of end-to-end solutions that integrate those features to get the most out of Power BI. With the help of the recipes in this book, you’ll gain advanced design and development insight, practical tips, and guidance on enhancing existing Power BI projects. The updated recipes will equip you with everything you need to know to implement evergreen frameworks that will stay relevant as Power BI updates. You’ll familiarize yourself with Power BI development tools and services by going deep into the data connectivity, transformation, modeling, visualization, and analytical capabilities of Power BI. By the end of this book, you’ll make the most of Power BI’s functional programming languages of DAX and M and deliver powerful solutions to common business intelligence challenges.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Index

Utilizing Graphical Visualizations

Data visualization and exploration is central to Power BI, and the visualization types chosen in reports contribute greatly to user comprehension and adoption. Power BI Desktop includes an array of modern visuals, such as the Treemap and the Funnel, but also includes a set of rich formatting options for traditional line, bar/column, combination, and scatter charts. Additionally, five map visuals are available to analyze geographical data, and an entire library of custom visuals is available via the AppSource store, which is integrated into the Home ribbon and Visualizations pane of Power BI Desktop.

A common mistake of inexperienced report developers is the overuse of fancy or complex graphical visuals. Report developers should choose visuals based on their alignment to the business questions within the scope of the report and should always prioritize simplicity and ease-of-use.

This recipe provides examples of utilizing various graphical...