Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide - Third Edition: The ultimate beginner's guide to data modeling, visualization, digital storytelling, and more

Bring your data to life with this accessible yet fast-paced introduction to MS Power BI, now in color

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format

Key Features:

• Learn faster with practical examples of the latest features of Power BI, including navigator buttons, column-level security, visualizing goals, and more
• Migrate your existing Excel and data analysis skills to Power BI
• Build accurate analytical models, reports, and dashboards, now in color

Book Description:

Updated with the latest features and improvements in Power BI, this fast-paced yet comprehensive guide will help you master the core concepts of data visualization quickly. You'll learn how to install Power BI, design effective data models, and build basic dashboards and visualizations to help you make better business decisions. This new edition will also help you bridge the gap between MS Excel and Power BI.

Throughout this book, you'll learn how to obtain data from a variety of sources and clean it using the Power Query Editor. You'll also start designing data models to navigate and explore relationships within your data and building DAX formulas to make data easier to work with. Visualizing data is a key element of this book, so there's an emphasis on helping you get to grips with data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling.

As you progress, you'll start building your own dataflows, gain an understanding of the Common Data Model, and automate dataflow refreshes to eradicate data cleaning inefficiency. You'll learn how to administer your organization's Power BI environment so that deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run properly, and security can be fully implemented.

By the end of this Power BI book, you'll know how to get the most out of Power BI for better business intelligence.

What You Will Learn:

• Connect to data sources using import and DirectQuery options
• Use Power Query Editor for data transformation and data cleansing processes, and write M and R scripts and dataflows to do the same in the cloud
• Design effective reports with built-in and custom visuals to optimize user experience
• Implement row-level and column-level security in your dashboards
• Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization
• Use built-in artificial intelligence capabilities to enhance Power BI data transformation techniques
• Deploy your Power BI Desktop files into Power BI Report Server

Who this book is for:

This book is for aspiring business intelligence and data professionals with a basic understanding of BI concepts, who want to learn Power BI quickly. Complete beginners with no BI background can also get plenty of useful information from this book.

以精確和專業的口吻翻譯如下:

「以這本易於理解且節奏快速的 MS Power BI 入門指南，讓您的數據活躍起來，現在還有彩色版」
「購買印刷版或 Kindle 版本的書籍，將附送 PDF 格式的免費電子書」
「主要特點:」
- 通過實際示例學習 Power BI 的最新功能，包括導航按鈕、列級安全性、目標可視化等，加快學習速度
- 將現有的 Excel 和數據分析技能轉移到 Power BI 上
- 構建準確的分析模型、報表和儀表板，現在還有彩色版

「書籍描述:」
「更新了 Power BI 的最新功能和改進，這本節奏快速但全面的指南將幫助您快速掌握數據可視化的核心概念。您將學習如何安裝 Power BI，設計有效的數據模型，並構建基本的儀表板和可視化，以幫助您做出更好的業務決策。這本新版還將幫助您彌合 MS Excel 和 Power BI 之間的差距。」

「在整本書中，您將學習如何從各種來源獲取數據並使用 Power Query Editor 進行清理。您還將開始設計數據模型，以瀏覽和探索數據內的關係，並構建 DAX 公式，使數據更易於處理。數據可視化是本書的重點，因此強調幫助您掌握數據可視化風格和增強的數字故事講述能力。」

「隨著學習的進展，您將開始構建自己的數據流程，了解通用數據模型，並自動化數據流程刷新，以消除數據清理的低效率。您將學習如何管理組織的 Power BI 環境，以實現無縫部署、正確運行數據刷新和完全實施安全性。」

「通過閱讀本書，您將學會如何充分利用 Power BI，實現更好的商業智能。」

「您將學到什麼:」
- 使用導入和 DirectQuery 選項連接數據源
- 使用 Power Query Editor 進行數據轉換和清理，並在雲端中編寫 M 和 R 腳本和數據流程
- 使用內置和自定義視覺效果設計有效的報表，以優化用戶體驗
- 在儀表板中實施行級和列級安全性
- 為組織管理 Power BI 雲租戶
- 使用內置的人工智能功能增強 Power BI 數據轉換技術
- 將 Power BI Desktop 文件部署到 Power BI 報表服務器

「本書適合對商業智能和數據專業有基本了解的人士，希望快速學習 Power BI。即使是沒有商業智能背景的初學者也可以從本書中獲得豐富的有用信息。」