Tech Today Beginning Power BI for Business Users

Unlock the astonishing capabilities of Microsoft Power BI for your business In Beginning Power BI for Business Users: Learning to Turn Data into Insights, veteran business intelligence and data professional Paul Fuller delivers a uniquely practical take on using the latest version of Microsoft Power BI to analyze, understand, report, and act on the data available to your organization. You’ll explore Power BI’s huge and robust feature set and learn how to ingest and model data, how to conduct orchestration and visualization, and how to use the DAX language to extract even more utility from Microsoft’s powerful program. Starting from general principles appropriate for readers without experience in reporting or data analytics tools, the author walks you through every relevant Power BI feature you need to manipulate common, publicly available data sources, including Excel files and relational databases. The book includes working and tested sample code you can use to work through the helpful examples provided within. A can’t-miss resource for business analysts and Excel power users reaching the limits of that program’s capabilities, Beginning Power BI for Business Users is the straightforward, hands-on guide to Power BI you’ve been waiting for. Discover the utility of your organization’s data with Microsoft Power BI 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. You’ll also learn to: Use the included and tested sample code to work through the helpful examples included by the author Conduct data orchestration and visualization to better understand and gain insights from your data An essential resource for business analysts and Excel power users reaching the limits of that program’s capabilities, Beginning Power BI for Business Users will also benefit data analysts who seek to prepare reports for their organizations using Microsoft’s flexible and intuitive software.