Microsoft Power BI is a most popular and widely used business intelligence tool that empowers users to visualize and analyze data efficiently. With its intuitive interface and powerful features, Power BI offers several advantages.
One key feature is its ability to connect to diverse data sources, including databases and cloud services. This allows users to import and integrate data seamlessly, eliminating manual consolidation efforts.
Power BI provides a wide range of customizable visualizations such as charts, graphs, and maps. Users can easily create interactive dashboards and reports, enabling them to explore data and identify trends without coding skills.
Collaboration is facilitated through secure sharing of dashboards and reports, promoting real-time data sharing and informed decision-making across teams.
Data modeling capabilities in Power BI, including data cleansing and transformation, ensure accuracy and consistency in reporting. Users can shape and transform data using Query Editor and Data Modeling tools to meet their analysis requirements.
Integration with other Microsoft products and services, such as Excel, SharePoint, and Azure, enhances the value of existing data assets and streamlines workflows.
Microsoft Power BI is a comprehensive business intelligence tool with an intuitive interface, seamless data connectivity, customizable visualizations, collaborative features, robust data modeling capabilities, and integration with other Microsoft services.
Key Features of the Book:
- Gain proficiency in Power BI’s features, such as navigator buttons, column-level security, and visualizing goals, through practical examples.
- Seamlessly transition your existing Excel and data analysis skills to Power BI.
- Develop accurate analytical models, reports, and dashboards, now available in full color.
What you will learn from this Book:
- Learn how to connect to various data sources using import, DirectQuery, and live connection options.
- Utilize Power Query Editor for data transformation and cleansing tasks, and leverage M and R scripts and dataflows in the cloud.
- Create visually appealing and effective reports by utilizing both built-in and custom visuals to optimize user experience.
- Implement row-level and column-level security measures in your dashboards.
- Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization.
- Harness the power of built-in AI capabilities to enhance data transformation techniques in Power BI.
- Deploy your Power BI Desktop files to Power BI Report Server.
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.
