Microsoft Power BI For Dummies

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Jack Hyman is Chief Executive Officer of HyerTek, an IT consulting firm specializing in Microsoft's business platforms. He is Associate Professor in the Computer Information Sciences department at the University of the Cumberlands. He has written several books in the For Dummies series, as well as certification study guides for the Microsoft Azure technology.

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Reveal the insights behind your company's data with Microsoft Power BI Microsoft Power BI allows intuitive access to data that can power intelligent business decisions and insightful strategies. The question is, do you have the Power BI skills to make your organization's numbers spill their secrets? In Microsoft Power BI For Dummies, expert lecturer, consultant, and author Jack Hyman delivers a start-to-finish guide to applying the Power BI platform to your own firm's data. You'll discover how to start exploring your data sources, build data models, visualize your results, and create compelling reports that motivate decisive action. Tackle the basics of Microsoft Power BI and, when you're done with that, move on to advanced functions like accessing data with DAX and app integrations Guide your organization's direction and decisions with rock-solid conclusions based on real-world data * Impress your bosses and confidently lead your direct reports with exciting insights drawn from Power BI's useful visualization tools It's one thing for your company to have data at its disposal. It's another thing entirely to know what to do with it. Microsoft Power BI For Dummies is the straightforward blueprint you need to apply one of the most powerful business intelligence tools on the market to your firm's existing data.

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Introduction 1 Part 1: Put Your BI Thinking Caps On 7 Chapter 1: A Crash Course in Data Analytics Terms: Power BI Style 9 Chapter 2: The Who, How, and What of Power BI 23 Chapter 3: Oh, the Choices: Power BI Versions 33 Chapter 4: Power BI: The Highlights 47 Part 2: It's Time to Have a Data Party 65 Chapter 5: Preparing Data Sources 67 Chapter 6: Getting Data from Dynamic Sources 85 Chapter 7: Cleansing, Transforming, and Loading Your Data 103 Part 3: The Art and Science of Power BI 127 Chapter 8: Crafting the Data Model 129 Chapter 9: Designing and Deploying Data Models 145 Chapter 10: Perfecting the Data Model 167 Chapter 11: Visualizing Data 183 Chapter 12: Pumping Out Reports 213 Chapter 13: Diving into Dashboarding 233 Part 4: Oh, No! There's a Power BI Programming Language! 247 Chapter 14: Digging Into DAX 249 Chapter 15: Fun with DAX Functions 265 Chapter 16: Digging Deeper into DAX 289 Chapter 17: Sharing and the Power BI Workspace 305 Part 5: Enhancing Your Power BI Experience 325 Chapter 18: Making Your Data Shine 327 Chapter 19: Extending the Power BI Experience 343 Part 6: The Part of Tens 367 Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Optimize DAX Using Power BI 369 Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Make Compelling Reports Accessible and User-Friendly 379 Index 389