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.

Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference Guide gets you started with business intelligence by showing you how to install the Power BI toolset, design effective data models, and build basic dashboards and visualizations that make your data come to life.In this Learning Path, you will learn to create powerful interactive reports by visualizing your data and learn visualization styles, tips and tricks to bring your data to life. You will be able to administer your organization's Power BI environment to create and share dashboards. You will also be able to streamline deployment by implementing security and regular data refreshes.Next, you will delve deeper into the nuances of Power BI and handling projects. You will get acquainted with planning a Power BI project, development, and distribution of content, and deployment. You will learn to connect and extract data from various sources to create robust datasets, reports, and dashboards. Additionally, you will learn how to format reports and apply custom visuals, animation and analytics to further refine your data.By the end of this Learning Path, you will learn to implement the various Power BI tools such as on-premises gateway together along with staging and securely distributing content via apps. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide by Devin Knight et al. Mastering Microsoft Power BI by Brett Powell.

Microsoft Power BI is a cloud-based service that helps you easily visualize and share insights using your organization's data.This book will get you started with business intelligence using the Power BI toolset, covering essential concepts such as installation,designing effective data models, as well as building basic dashboards and visualizations to make your data come to lifeYou will learn how to get your data the way you want – connecting to data sources sources and how to clean your data with the Power BI Query Editor. You will next learn how to properly design your data model to make your data easier to work with.. You will next learn how to properly design your data model to navigate table relationships and build DAX formulas to make your data easier to work with.Visualizing your data is another key element of this book, and you will learn how to follow proper data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling techniques.By the end of this book, you will understand how to administer your organization's Power BI environment so deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run properly, and security can be fully implemented.

Microsoft Power BI is a cloud-based service that helps you easily visualize and share insights using your organization's data.This book will get you started with business intelligence using the Power BI toolset, covering essential concepts such as installation,designing effective data models, as well as building basic dashboards and visualizations to make your data come to lifeYou will learn how to get your data the way you want – connecting to data sources sources and how to clean your data with the Power BI Query Editor. You will next learn how to properly design your data model to make your data easier to work with.. You will next learn how to properly design your data model to navigate table relationships and build DAX formulas to make your data easier to work with.Visualizing your data is another key element of this book, and you will learn how to follow proper data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling techniques.By the end of this book, you will understand how to administer your organization's Power BI environment so deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run properly, and security can be fully implemented.

To succeed in today's transforming business world, organizations need business intelligence capabilities to make smarter decisions faster than ever before. This Power BI book is an entry-level guide that will get you up and running with data modeling, visualization, and analytical techniques from scratch.You'll find this book handy if you want to get well-versed with the extensive Power BI ecosystem. You'll start by covering the basics of business intelligence and installing Power BI. You'll then learn the wide range of Power BI features to unlock business insights. As you progress, the book will take you through how to use Power Query to ingest, cleanse, and shape your data, and use Power BI DAX to create simple to complex calculations. You'll also be able to add a variety of interactive visualizations to your reports to bring your data to life. Finally, you'll gain hands-on experience in creating visually stunning reports that speak to business decision makers, and see how you can securely share these reports and collaborate with others.By the end of this book, you'll be ready to create simple, yet effective, BI reports and dashboards using the latest features of Power BI.

本书对PowerBI产品进行了全面的介绍，从原理介绍到实践。PowerBI可以让微软云MicrosoftAzure的用户在使用数据库、数据仓库，HDInsight、RServer，机器学习等数据处理的同时更好的输出和展现数据。作为数据分析和报表制作的用户可以高效合理运用PowerBI进行数据分析和制作生动且可交互的报表，作为开发者可以根据需求集成和嵌入PowerBI服务。

本书对PowerBI产品进行了全面的介绍，从原理介绍到实践。PowerBI可以让微软云MicrosoftAzure的用户在使用数据库、数据仓库，HDInsight、RServer，机器学习等数据处理的同时更好的输出和展现数据。作为数据分析和报表制作的用户可以高效合理运用PowerBI进行数据分析和制作生动且可交互的报表，作为开发者可以根据需求集成和嵌入PowerBI服务。

本书由资深数据分析师结合多年实际工作经验精心编撰，结合丰富案例循序渐进地介绍Power BI在商业数据分析中的应用技巧。全书共15章，主要内容包括：商业数据分析的思维与流程，Power BI的三种视图、视图编辑器的窗格，连接数据源的方法，Power BI查询编辑器、数据分析表达式DAX、创建和管理表之间的关系，Power BI自带可视化视图，Power BI自定义可视化视图，如何制作Power BI数据报表，Power BI连接Cloudera Hadoop Hive、MapR Hadoop Hive集群，如何使用Spark SQL连接Apache Spark，如何通过DBeaver、Oracle SQL Developer等客户端工具连接Hadoop集群，最后通过某企业商品结构及销售业绩、销售经理的销售业绩、客户价值和流失率、商品的配送准时性情况和商品的退货情况5个案例介绍Power BI在实际业务中的操作技巧。 为了方便读者使用本书，本书还录制了全程教学视频，提供了案例练习素材以及PPT教学课件。 本书可作为初学者或从业者学习Microsoft Power BI软件进行数据可视化分析的用书，也可以作为大专院校管理、经济、社会人文等专业的教学用书。

本书由资深数据分析师结合多年实际工作经验精心编撰，结合丰富案例循序渐进地介绍Power BI在商业数据分析中的应用技巧。全书共15章，主要内容包括：商业数据分析的思维与流程，Power BI的三种视图、视图编辑器的窗格，连接数据源的方法，Power BI查询编辑器、数据分析表达式DAX、创建和管理表之间的关系，Power BI自带可视化视图，Power BI自定义可视化视图，如何制作Power BI数据报表，Power BI连接Cloudera Hadoop Hive、MapR Hadoop Hive集群，如何使用Spark SQL连接Apache Spark，如何通过DBeaver、Oracle SQL Developer等客户端工具连接Hadoop集群，最后通过某企业商品结构及销售业绩、销售经理的销售业绩、客户价值和流失率、商品的配送准时性情况和商品的退货情况5个案例介绍Power BI在实际业务中的操作技巧。 为了方便读者使用本书，本书还录制了全程教学视频，提供了案例练习素材以及PPT教学课件。 本书可作为初学者或从业者学习Microsoft Power BI软件进行数据可视化分析的用书，也可以作为大专院校管理、经济、社会人文等专业的教学用书。

This book is for developers, administrators, consultants, and power users who want to learn about best practices when extending Dynamics 365 for enterprises. You are expected to have a basic understand of the Dynamics CRM/365 platform.