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Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide - Third Edition

By : Devin Knight, Erin Ostrowsky, Mitchell Pearson, Bradley Schacht
Book Image

Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide - Third Edition

By: Devin Knight, Erin Ostrowsky, Mitchell Pearson, Bradley Schacht

Overview of this book

Updated with the latest features and improvements in Power BI, this fast-paced yet comprehensive guide will help you master the core concepts of data visualization quickly. You’ll learn how to install Power BI, design effective data models, and build basic dashboards and visualizations to help you make better business decisions. This new edition will also help you bridge the gap between MS Excel and Power BI. Throughout this book, you’ll learn how to obtain data from a variety of sources and clean it using the Power Query Editor. You’ll also start designing data models to navigate and explore relationships within your data and building DAX formulas to make data easier to work with. Visualizing data is a key element of this book, so there’s an emphasis on helping you get to grips with data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling. As you progress, you’ll start building your own dataflows, gain an understanding of the Common Data Model, and automate dataflow refreshes to eradicate data cleaning inefficiency. You’ll learn how to administer your organization's Power BI environment so that deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run properly, and security can be fully implemented. By the end of this Power BI book, you’ll know how to get the most out of Power BI for better business intelligence.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Index

Index

Symbols

#shared

M Query library, exploring with 57, 58

A

Add Column From Examples 31, 33

aggregations 21

AI Insights 52, 53

sentiment analysis, with Text Analytics 53-55

analytics

visuals from 195

Append Query 46, 47

apps 231

ArcGIS Map visual 188-190

Area chart 172

Azure Cognitive Services 52

Azure maps visual 191

Azure Stream Analytics 243

B

bar chart 164, 165, 204

Base Transceiver Stations (BTSes) 95

bookmarks

used, for capturing report views 211-215

Bubble chart 170

C

CALCULATE()

used, for creating prior year calculations 130, 131

using, to modify filter context 126, 127

calculated columns

building 106-108

creating, with string functions 108-111

calculated measures

assignment 122, 123

creating 118, 119

folders, displaying 123-125

optional parameters 122

Profit Margin measure, creating 121

Profit measure, creating 121

Total Cost...