Bring your data to life with this accessible yet fast-paced introduction to Power BI, now in color.

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.

Key Features:

- Learn faster with practical examples of the latest features of Power BI, including navigator buttons, column-level security, visualizing goals, and more

- Migrate your existing Excel and data analysis skills to Power BI

- Build accurate analytical models, reports, and dashboards, now in color

Book Description:

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.

What You Will Learn:

- Connect to data sources using import, DirectQuery, and live connection options

- Use Power Query Editor for data transformation and data cleansing processes, and write M and R scripts and dataflows to do the same in the cloud

- Design effective reports with built-in and custom visuals to optimize user experience

- Implement row-level and column-level security in your dashboards

- Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization

- Use built-in AI capabilities to enhance Power BI data transformation techniques

- Deploy your Power BI Desktop files into Power BI Report Server

Who this book is for:

This book is for aspiring business intelligence and data professionals with a basic understanding of BI concepts, who want to learn Power BI quickly. Complete beginners with no BI background can also get plenty of useful information from this book.

Table of Contents

- Gaining Data Literacy with Power BI

- Connecting to Data

- Data Transformation Strategies

- Building the Data Model

- Leveraging DAX

- Visualizing Data

- Digital Storytelling with Power BI

- Using a Cloud Deployment with the Power BI Service

- Data Cleansing in the Cloud with Dataflows

- On-Premises Solutions with Power BI Report Server

An accessible fast paced introduction to all aspects of Power BI for new or aspiring BI professionals, data analysts, and data visualizers

Key Features

• Updated with the latest features in Power BI including Dataflow, AI insights, visuals and row level security
• Get faster and more intuitive data insights using Microsoft Power BI and its business intelligence capabilities
• Build accurate analytical models, reports, and dashboards

Book Description

This revised edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest enhancements to Power BI. It includes a new chapter dedicated to dataflow, and covers all the essential concepts such as installation, designing effective data models, as well as building basic dashboards and visualizations to help you and your organization make better business decisions.

You'll learn how to obtain data from a variety of sources and clean it using Power BI Query Editor. You'll then find out how you can design your data model to navigate and explore relationships within it and build DAX formulas to make your data easier to work with. Visualizing your data is a key element in this book, and you'll get to grips rapidly with data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling techniques.

In addition, you will acquire the skills to build your own dataflows, understand the Common Data Model, and automate data flow refreshes to eradicate data cleansing inefficiency.

This guide will help you understand 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 have a better understanding of how to get the most out of Power BI to perform effective business intelligence.

What you will learn

• Connect to data sources using import and DirectQuery options
• Use Query Editor for data transformation and data cleansing processes, including writing M and R scripts and dataflows to do the same in the cloud
• Design optimized data models by designing relationships and DAX calculations
• Design effective reports with built-in and custom visuals
• Adopt Power BI Desktop and Service to implement row-level security
• Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization
• Use built-in AI capabilities to enhance Power BI data transformation techniques
• Deploy your Power BI desktop files into the Power BI Report Server

Who this book is for

Aspiring business intelligence professionals who want to learn Power BI will find this book useful. If you have a basic understanding of BI concepts and want to learn how to apply them using Microsoft Power BI, this book is for you.

Bring your data to life with Power BI

• Get to grips with the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI and its Business Intelligence capabilities
• Build accurate analytical models, reports and dashboards
• Get faster and more intuitive insights from your data using Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft Power BI is a cloud-based service that helps you easily visualize and share insights using your organization's data.This book will get you started with business intelligence using the Power BI toolset, covering essential concepts such as installation, designing effective data models, as well as building basic dashboards and visualizations to make your data come to life

You will learn how to get your data the way you want - connecting to data sources sources and how to clean your data with the Power BI Query Editor. You will next learn how to properly design your data model to make your data easier to work with.. You will next learn how to properly design your data model to navigate table relationships and build DAX formulas to make your data easier to work with.

Visualizing your data is another key element of this book, and you will learn how to follow proper data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling techniques.

By the end of this book, you will understand how to administer your organization's Power BI environment so deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run properly, and security can be fully implemented

• Connect to data sources using both import and DirectQuery options
• Use the Query Editor to apply data transformations and data cleansing processes, including learning how to write M and R scripts
• Design optimized data models by designing relationships and DAX calculations
• Leverage built-in and custom visuals to design effective reports
• Use the Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service to implement Row Level Security on your model
• Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization
• Deploy your Power BI Desktop files into the Power BI Report Server

This book is for aspiring Business Intelligence professionals who want to get up and running with Microsoft Power BI. If you have a basic understanding of BI concepts and want to learn how to apply them using Microsoft Power BI, this book is for you.

1. Getting Started with Importing Data Options
2. Data Transformation Strategies
3. Building the Data Model
4. Leveraging DAX
5. Visualizing Data
6. Digital Storytelling with Power BI
7. Using a Cloud Deployment with the Power BI Service
8. On-Premises Solutions with Power BI Report Server

Design, develop, and master efficient Power BI solutions for impactful business insights

Key Features:

• Get to grips with the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI
• Combine data from multiple sources, create visuals, and publish reports across platforms
• Understand Power BI concepts with real-world use cases

Book Description:

Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference Guide gets you started with business intelligence by showing you how to install the Power BI toolset, design effective data models, and build basic dashboards and visualizations that make your data come to life.

In this Learning Path, you will learn to create powerful interactive reports by visualizing your data and learn visualization styles, tips and tricks to bring your data to life. You will be able to administer your organization's Power BI environment to create and share dashboards. You will also be able to streamline deployment by implementing security and regular data refreshes.

Next, you will delve deeper into the nuances of Power BI and handling projects. You will get acquainted with planning a Power BI project, development, and distribution of content, and deployment. You will learn to connect and extract data from various sources to create robust datasets, reports, and dashboards. Additionally, you will learn how to format reports and apply custom visuals, animation and analytics to further refine your data.

By the end of this Learning Path, you will learn to implement the various Power BI tools such as on-premises gateway together along with staging and securely distributing content via apps.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

- Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide by Devin Knight et al.

- Mastering Microsoft Power BI by Brett Powell

What You Will Learn:

• Connect to data sources using both import and DirectQuery options
• Leverage built-in and custom visuals to design effective reports
• Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization
• Deploy your Power BI Desktop files into the Power BI Report Server
• Build efficient data retrieval and transformation processes

Who this book is for:

Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference Guide is for those who want to learn and use the Power BI features to extract maximum information and make intelligent decisions that boost their business. If you have a basic understanding of BI concepts and want to learn how to apply them using Microsoft Power BI, then Learning Path is for you. It consists of real-world examples on Power BI and goes deep into the technical issues, covers additional protocols, and much more.