Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference: Bring your data to life with the powerful features of Microsoft Power BI

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
What you will learn
Connect to data sources using both import and DirectQuery options
Leverage built-in and custom visuals to design effective reports
Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization
Deploy your Power BI Desktop files into the Power BI Report Server
Build efficient data retrieval and transformation processes
Who this book is for
Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference Guide is for those who want to learn and use the Power BI features to extract maximum information and make intelligent decisions that boost their business. If you have a basic understanding of BI concepts and want to learn how to apply them using Microsoft Power BI, then Learning Path is for you. It consists of real-world examples on Power BI and goes deep into the technical issues, covers additional protocols, and much more.

Table of Contents
Getting Started with Importing Data Options
Data Transformation Strategies
Building the Data Model
Leveraging DAX
Visualizing Data
Using a Cloud Deployment with the Power BI Service
Planning Power BI Projects
Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M
Designing Import and DirectQuery Data Models
Developing DAX Measures and Security Roles
Creating and Formatting Power BI Reports
Applying Custom Visuals, Animation, and Analytics
Designing Power BI Dashboards and Architectures
Managing Application Workspaces and Content
Managing the On-Premises Data Gateway
Deploying the Power BI Report Server
Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution
Administering Power BI for an Organization
Scaling with Premium and Analysis Services