Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide: A comprehensive guide to becoming a confident and certified Power BI professional

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to become a certified Microsoft Power BI data analyst and get the most out of Power BI

Key Features

• Get the skills you need to pass the PL-300 certification exam with confidence
• Create and maintain robust reports and dashboards to enable a data-driven enterprise
• Test your new BI skills with the help of practice questions

Book Description

Microsoft Power BI enables organizations to create a data-driven culture with business intelligence for all. This guide to achieving the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification will help you take control of your organization's data and pass the exam with confidence.

From getting started with Power BI to connecting to data sources, including files, databases, cloud services, and SaaS providers, to using Power BI's built-in tools to build data models and produce visualizations, this book will walk you through everything from setup to preparing for the certification exam. Throughout the chapters, you'll get detailed explanations and learn how to analyze your data, prepare it for consumption by business users, and maintain an enterprise environment in a secure and efficient way.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to create and maintain robust reports and dashboards, enabling you to manage a data-driven enterprise, and be ready to take the PL-300 exam with confidence.

What you will learn

• Connect to and prepare data from a variety of sources
• Clean, transform, and shape your data for analysis
• Create data models that enable insight creation
• Analyze data using Microsoft Power BI's capabilities
• Create visualizations to make analysis easier
• Discover how to deploy and manage Microsoft Power BI assets

Who this book is for

This book is for data analysts and BI professionals who want to become more competent in Microsoft Power BI. Although the content in this book will help you pass the PL-300 exam, there are plenty of other practical applications beyond exam preparation in the chapters. No prior experience with Power BI is needed.

獲得成為認證的 Microsoft Power BI 資料分析師所需的知識和技能，並充分利用 Power BI。

主要特點：

- 以自信通過 PL-300 認證考試所需的技能
- 創建和維護強大的報告和儀表板，實現數據驅動型企業
- 通過練習問題測試您的新 BI 技能

書籍描述：

Microsoft Power BI 讓組織能夠創建一個以數據為基礎的文化，提供商業智能。這本指南將幫助您獲得 Microsoft Power BI 資料分析師認證，掌握組織的數據並自信通過考試。

從入門 Power BI 到連接數據來源（包括文件、數據庫、雲服務和 SaaS 提供商），再到使用 Power BI 內置工具建立數據模型和生成可視化報告，本書將從設置到考試準備的每個步驟進行詳細解釋。在各章中，您將獲得詳細的解釋，並學習如何分析數據、為業務用戶準備數據，以及以安全高效的方式維護企業環境。

通過閱讀本書，您將能夠創建和維護強大的報告和儀表板，實現數據驅動型企業，並準備自信通過 PL-300 考試。

學到的內容：

- 連接和準備各種來源的數據
- 清理、轉換和整理數據以進行分析
- 創建能夠產生洞察力的數據模型
- 使用 Microsoft Power BI 的功能進行數據分析
- 創建可視化報告以便於分析
- 發現如何部署和管理 Microsoft Power BI 資產

適合閱讀對象：

本書適合想在 Microsoft Power BI 上提升能力的數據分析師和商業智能專業人士。雖然本書的內容將幫助您通過 PL-300 考試，但在各章中還有許多其他實際應用。不需要具備 Power BI 的先前經驗。

1. Overview of Power BI and the PL-300 Exam
2. Connecting to Data Sources
3. Profiling the Data
4. Cleansing, Transforming, and Shaping Data
5. Designing a Data Model
6. Using Data Model Advanced Features
7. Creating Measures Using DAX
8. Optimizing Model Performance
9. Creating Reports
10. Creating Dashboards
11. Enhancing Reports
12. Exposing Insights from Data
13. Performing Advanced Analytics1
14. Managing Workspaces
15. Managing Datasets
16. Practice Exams

1. Power BI概述和PL-300考試概述
2. 連接數據源
3. 數據分析
4. 數據清理、轉換和整理
5. 設計數據模型
6. 使用數據模型的高級功能
7. 使用DAX創建度量
8. 優化模型性能
9. 創建報表
10. 創建儀表板
11. 增強報表
12. 從數據中提取洞察
13. 進行高級分析
14. 管理工作區
15. 管理數據集
16. 練習考試