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Dan Clark
Beginning Power BI
A Practical Guide to Self-Service Data Analytics with Excel 2016 and Power BI Desktop
2. Aufl. 2017. xvii, 348 S. 10 SW-Abb., 370 Farbabb. 254 mm
Verlag/Jahr: SPRINGER, BERLIN; APRESS 2017
ISBN: 1-484-22576-7 (1484225767)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-484-22576-9 (9781484225769)
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Analyze your company´s data quickly and easily using Microsoft´s latest tools. You will learn to build scalable and robust data models to work from, clean and combine different data sources effectively, and create compelling visualizations and share them with your colleagues.
Author Dan Clark takes you through each topic using step-by-step activities and plenty of screen shots to help familiarize you with the tools. This second edition includes new material on advanced uses of Power Query, along with the latest user guidance on the evolving Power BI platform. Beginning Power BI is your hands-on guide to quick, reliable, and valuable data insight.
What You´ll Learn
Simplify data discovery, association, and cleansing
Build solid analytical data models
Create robust interactive data presentations
Combine analytical and geographic data in map-based visualizations
Publish and share dashboards and reports
Who This Book Is For
Business analysts, database administrators, developers, and other professionals looking to better understand and communicate with data
Part I: Building Models in Power Pivot
Chapter 1: Introducing Power Pivot
Chapter 2: Importing Data into Power Pivot
Chapter 3: Data Munging with Power Query
Chapter 4: Creating the Data Model
Chapter 5: Creating Calculations with DAX
Chapter 6: Creating Measures with DAX
Chapter 7: Incorporating Time Intelligence
Chapter 8: Data Analysis with Pivote Tables and Charts
Part II: Building Interactive Reports and Dashboards with Power BI Desktop
Chapter 9: Introducing Power BI Desktop
Chapter 10: Creating Reports with Power BI Desktop
Chapter 11: Publishing Reports and Creating Dashboards in the Power BI Portal
Chapter 12: Creating a Complete Solution
Chapter 13: Advanced Topics in Power Query
Chapter 14: Advanced Topics in Power BI
"The goal of this book is to expose readers to the various tools in Microsoft´s self-service BI stack, built over Excel 2016, comprising Power Pivot, Power BI Desktop, Power Query, and DAX to enable them to analyze and gain insight into their data. ... The book is easy to read and use because of its lucid style. It should interest Excel users looking to enhance their data analysis skills." (Computing Reviews, August, 2017)
Dan Clark is a senior business intelligence (BI)/programming consultant specializing in Microsoft technologies. He is focused on learning new BI/data technologies and on training others how to best implement the technology. Dan has published several books and numerous articles on .NET programming and BI development. He is a regular speaker at various developer/database conferences and user group meetings and enjoys interacting with the Microsoft developer and database communities. In a previous life, he was a physics teacher; he is still inspired by the wonder and awe of studying the universe and figuring out why things behave the way they do.