Microsoft Power BI Cookbook: Creating Business Intelligence Solutions of Analytical Data Models, Reports, and Dashboards
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Publisher’s note: This edition from 2017 is outdated and does not make use of the most recent Power BI updates. A new third edition, updated to the latest release is now available in color
Key FeaturesFrom connecting to your data sources to developing and deploying immersive, mobile-ready dashboards and visualizations, this book covers it allOver 90 hands-on, technical recipes, tips, and use cases from across the Power BI platform including the Power BI Service and Mobile ApplicationsProven development techniques and guidance for implementing custom solutions with DAX and M languagesBook Description
Microsoft Power BI is a business intelligence and analytics platform consisting of applications and services designed to provide coherent, visual and interactive insights of data.
This book will provide thorough, technical examples of using all primary Power BI tools and features as well as demonstrate high impact end-to-end solutions that leverage and integrate these technologies and services. Get familiar with Power BI development tools and services, go deep into the data connectivity and transformation, modeling, visualization and analytical capabilities of Power BI, and see Power BI’s functional programming languages of DAX and M come alive to deliver powerful solutions to address common, challenging scenarios in business intelligence.
This book will excite and empower you to get more out of Power BI via detailed recipes, advanced design and development tips, and guidance on enhancing existing Power BI projects.
What you will learnCleanse, stage, and integrate your data sources with Power BIAbstract data complexities and provide users with intuitive, self-service BI capabilitiesBuild business logic and analysis into your solutions via the DAX programming language and dynamic, dashboard-ready calculationsTake advantage of the analytics and predictive capabilities of Power BIMake your solutions more dynamic and user specific and/or defined including use cases of parameters, functions, and row level securityUnderstand the differences and implications of DirectQuery, Live Connections, and Import-Mode Power BI datasets and how to deploy content to the Power BI Service and schedule refreshesIntegrate other Microsoft data tools such as Excel and SQL Server Reporting Services into your Power BI solutionWho this book is for
This book is for BI professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge of Power BI beyond and to enhance the value of the Power BI solutions they deliver to business users. Those who are looking at quick solutions to common problems while using Power BI will also find this book to be a very useful resource .Some experience with Power BI will be useful.
Table of ContentsConfiguring Your Power BI Development ToolsAccessing and Retrieving DataBuilding a Power BI Data ModelAuthoring Power BI ReportsCreating Power BI DashboardsGetting Serious with Date IntelligenceParameterizing Your Power BI SolutionsImplementing Dynamic User-Based Visibility in Power BIApplying Advanced Analytics and Custom VisualsDeveloping Solutions for System Monitoring and AdministrationEnhancing and Optimizing Existing Power BI SolutionsDeploying and Distributing Power BI ContentIntegrating Power BI with other Applications
ASIN : B074M5C98Y
Publisher : Packt Publishing; 1st edition (September 27, 2017)
Publication date : September 27, 2017
Language : English
File size : 30146 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Not Enabled
Print length : 1663 pages
Customers say
Customers find the book content good, great, and a great resource. They also say it has delightful gems within the pages. However, some readers find the pacing unreadable, hard to understand, and difficult to find the right topic. They mention the formatting is very bad and the book is not for beginners.
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MissM –
Wonderful book!
Simply put, this is a wonderful book. I am an intermediate Power BI user, and I am basically reading it cover to cover because I don’t want to miss a detail. I have found so many delightful gems within the pages. The author not only presents tactics for utilizing Power BI, but also strategy for overall product usage that will benefit my clients tremendously in the simplicity, efficiency, elegance, and relevancy of the reports and solutions that I am enabled to create. A huge thank you to the author for this great resource!
D. Millsap –
Great applied knowledge from a system architecture perspective.
Great book… Lays out the enterprise way of building a business intelligence solution.. not just how to build dashboards and ad hoc analyses.The datasets aren’t provided, but you should know how to install SQL Server Dev Edition (free) and restore an AdventureWorksDW sample database from a bak file from SQL Server Management Studio (free) if you’re in this field of work.
Martin –
A great many Power BI topics are described
This technical book is very well written. A great many Power BI topics are described. I love picking up the book from time to time from my reference shelf and discovering something new about Power BI, especially how it interacts with other software. Instead of a beginner, as other reviewers have mentioned, this book would suit someone who possibly is an IT professional (or an accountant!) who has already used Power BI; done some visualisations and learned some of its DAX formula language because as Brett shows you – there is just so much more to learn about Power BI…
NotForHire –
great book for the enterprise Power BI developer
This is the best book I have yet seen for those who already have some experience with Power BI in an enterprise setting, and seek to enhance their skills. The author uses his recipes to teach fundamental principles as well as Power BI features. The recipes in the book are well-chosen and immediately useful to the busy practitioner. Highest recommendation and congratulations to the author for his outstanding work.
A. Whitfield –
Kindle Edition Unreadable
Formatting of the Kindle Cloud Reader version is almost unreadable. Too bad because the author is very solid and has some very good information to share. Frustrating seeing how this edition was sold carelessly without being reviewed. Don’t spend your money on this electronic version, buy the hard copy instead.
Rumpole –
Great Resource!
This is an excellent resource for beginners as well as intermediate and advanced users. It breaks down some important concepts in a manner that is clear and understandable for problem solving.
Imke Feldmann –
Very comprehensive resource for Power BI deployments
This book is packed with tips and tricks on how to establish a powerful and robust Power BI implementation in your company. The examples given are very well written and documented, making it easy to follow along. It covers the Power BI infrastructure to an extend Iâve never seen before in any book on this subject.BI professionals will appreciate the high density of information and aspiring BI professionals will get a good overview of whatâs required and possible in this area.The author not only shares his outstanding expertise and experience in this field, but also provides links to countless sources where you can find further information. This book has helped me solving a current task instantly after quickly flipping through the table of content. Iâm sure I will further get much value in form of useful solutions and saved time searching through the web for information.
J. Zhou –
Very bad formatting
To be fair, I think the book content is good. But the Kindle edition is horribly formatted, to the degree that almost unreadable (especially on Kindle Reader on Windows). Very disappointed.
Alexsandro Pereira de Almeida –
Excelente produto
Cliente de Kindle –
Muy bueno
JPH –
Très complet, clair et riche : Une mine de renseignements…
Lorenzo –
Ottimo testo, molto più di un classico cookbook, con l’indicazione del “come si fa” qualcosa.Un’ottima guida su come strutturare un progetto completo di Power BI, con tanti esempi spiegati molto bene.Io ho preso la versione ebook, che ha qualche piccolo difetto di impaginazione che però non ha dato alcun problema in fase di lettura.consigliato.
M. Riedmueller –
Der Autor beschreibt nicht nur, was man beim Entwickeln von Lösungen mit Power BI tun muss, sondern erläutert auch die Hintergründe. Insbesondere veranlasst er den Leser, sich vor einer Aktivität darüber Gedanken zu machen, was man erreichen will und wie das in die allgemeinen Rahmenbedingungen passt.Was evtl. ein wenig fehlt sind Kapitel für Einsteiger. Da das Buch aber schon jetzt sehr umfangreich ist, kann man sich das auch im Netz beschaffen.