Fuller Paul D. Beginning Power BI for Business Users: Learning to Turn Data into Insights

Wiley, 2024. — 290 р. — ISBN 9781394190294.In Beginning Power BI for Business Users: Learning to Turn Data into Insights, accomplished data professional and business intelligence expert Paul Fuller delivers an intuitive and accessible handbook for professionals seeking to use Microsoft’s Power BI to access, analyze, understand, report, and act on the data available to their organizations. In the book, you’ll discover Power BI’s robust feature set, learn to ingest and model data, visualize and report on that data, and even use the DAX scripting language to unlock still more utility from Microsoft’s popular program.Beginning with general principles geared to readers with no or little experience with reporting or data analytics tools, the author walks you through how to manipulate common, publicly available data sources—including Excel files and relational databases. Beginning with general principles geared to readers with no or little experience with reporting or data analytics tools, the author walks you through how to manipulate common, publicly available data sources—including Excel files and relational databases. You’ll also learn to:Introduction
Introducing Power BI
From Data to Insight
Power BI Guided Walk-Throughs
Let’s Take a Flyover!
Building Your First Report
Preparing Data
Modeling Data
Going Deeper into Power BI
Relationships and Filtering
Enhancing Your Report
Refreshing, Sharing, and Collaborating
Introducing DAX
Conclusion