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Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition
Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition

Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition: Expert techniques to create interactive insights for effective data analytics and business intelligence , Second Edition

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  • Master the latest dashboarding and reporting features of Microsoft Power BI
  • Combine data from multiple sources, create stunning visualizations and publish Power BI apps to thousands of users
  • Get the most out of Microsoft Power BI with real-world use cases and examples

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Mastering Microsoft Power BI, Second Edition, provides an advanced understanding of Power BI to get the most out of your data and maximize business intelligence. This updated edition walks through each essential phase and component of Power BI, and explores the latest, most impactful Power BI features. Using best practices and working code examples, you will connect to data sources, shape and enhance source data, and develop analytical data models. You will also learn how to apply custom visuals, implement new DAX commands and paginated SSRS-style reports, manage application workspaces and metadata, and understand how content can be staged and securely distributed via Power BI apps. Furthermore, you will explore top report and interactive dashboard design practices using features such as bookmarks and the Power KPI visual, alongside the latest capabilities of Power BI mobile applications and self-service BI techniques. Additionally, important management and administration topics are covered, including application lifecycle management via Power BI pipelines, the on-premises data gateway, and Power BI Premium capacity. By the end of this Power BI book, you will be confident in creating sustainable and impactful charts, tables, reports, and dashboards with any kind of data using Microsoft Power BI.

Who is this book for?

Business Intelligence professionals and intermediate Power BI users looking to master Power BI for all their data visualization and dashboarding needs will find this book useful. An understanding of basic BI concepts is required and some familiarity with Microsoft Power BI will be helpful to make the most out of this book.

What you will learn

  • Build efficient data retrieval and transformation processes with the Power Query M language and dataflows
  • Design scalable, user-friendly DirectQuery, import, and composite data models
  • Create basic and advanced DAX measures
  • Add ArcGIS Maps to create interesting data stories
  • Build pixel-perfect paginated reports
  • Discover the capabilities of Power BI mobile applications
  • Manage and monitor a Power BI environment as a Power BI administrator
  • Scale up a Power BI solution for an enterprise via Power BI Premium capacity

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Terry Frank Jul 08, 2022
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Mastering Microsoft Power BI is the perfect book for those starting out or reference for those that have been at it a while. The book takes a comprehensive approach to the Microsoft Power BI Eco-System. Many Power BI Books out there just deal with the development, while this one takes it much further. The book covers planning a Power BI Environment, as well as planning out actual reports that you are going to build. It also deals with the oft covered Administration and actual development in Dax and M. I would highly recommend this book for someone trying to figure out Power BI, as well as the seasoned vet.
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Darnell Grantham Jr. Jun 30, 2022
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This book gives a great introduction on the diversity of license choices from Pro, Premium, Free and Embedded and does a good job removing the confusion that many organizations have when making a decision for on-premise setup of Power BI. This book goes into good detail about data, calculations, M-Query, Power Query, Visuals, Azure integration for security and other resources that Power Bi offers. It is definitely worth the purchase as a permanent resource for developers of all skill levels.
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Stefan Sep 03, 2022
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I have recently read Mastering Microsoft Power BI and it was a great read. The book gives a great overview, hits all the fundamentals and even covers some of the topics that I personally find very interesting, such as modelling, governance and administration. I highly recommend this book to anyone that works with Power BI or simply wants to start their journey.
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Johnny Winter Aug 19, 2022
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This book is impressively thorough! I'm not sure that such a comprehensive guide to Power BI all in one place is available elsewhere. I have to admit, this isn't a book that I read cover to cover - I use it more like a kind of reference book that allows me to dip in to specific topics. Especially glad to see paginated reports get some deserved attention, as reference material in this area is hard to come by.
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Ian Jul 04, 2022
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I’ve read many books relating to Power BI, and I’ve even written one myself on the use of the DAX query language, but this book really takes it to the next level.I’ve always struggled to find information on using Power BI, which goes beyond the basics, but this book finally gives me what I’ve been looking for. It’s aimed at the business intelligence professional who is looking to plan and implement a Power BI Project that involves the distribution of Power BI apps to a large group of users. I am currently involved in just such project, and this second edition of the book has come along at just the right time.Although I was provided with an early review copy of this book to give feedback on and review, I will be purchasing copies of it to give to members of my team, as I believe it will help them to successfully implement the use of Power BI reports and apps within our organisation.Running to over 600 pages, this book provides a comprehensive look at developing and distributing Power BI apps, kicking off with planning a Power BI project. The book goes on to look at preparing your data sources, transforming data with the M language, designing data models, through to creating Power BI apps and managing the administration of the Power BI service. In addition to showing you how to do things, it also goes into great depth on how and why you should take certain approaches to what needs to be done, helping you to really understand the product.One of the problems with writing a book about Power BI is that the pace of change with the product quickly renders content out of date. However, with this second edition, the authors have done a good job of bringing the content up to date with changes and additions that have taken place since the first edition was released.Overall, this is a really great book, and one that I will find very useful in my own work. However, it is also aimed at the advanced Power BI user, so some knowledge of working with Power BI Desktop to create content and the Power BI Service to share content would be helpful.
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