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Learn Power BI

By : Greg Deckler
Book Image

Learn Power BI

By: Greg 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 Power BI book is an entry-level guide that will get you up and running with data modeling, visualization, and analytical techniques from scratch. You'll find this book handy if you want to get well-versed with the extensive Power BI ecosystem. You'll start by covering the basics of business intelligence and installing Power BI. You'll then learn the wide range of Power BI features to unlock business insights. As you progress, the book will take you through how to use Power Query to ingest, cleanse, and shape your data, and use Power BI DAX to create simple to complex calculations. You'll also be able to add a variety of interactive visualizations to your reports to bring your data to life. Finally, you'll gain hands-on experience in creating visually stunning reports that speak to business decision makers, and see how you can securely share these reports and collaborate with others. By the end of this book, you'll be ready to create simple, yet effective, BI reports and dashboards using the latest features of Power BI.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: The Basics
3
Section 2: The Desktop
9
Section 3: The Service

Technical requirements

The following are some requirements to successfully complete the instructions in this chapter:

  • You will need a connection to the internet.
  • You will need Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, or Windows Server 2012 R2.
  • Microsoft Power BI Desktop requires Internet Explorer 10 or higher.
  • Microsoft Power BI Desktop is available for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) platforms.