Beginning Power BI for Business Users: Learning to Turn Data into Insights

Beginning Power BI for Business Users: Learning to Turn Data into Insights covers a broad overview of how Power BI fits into the world of data and analytics. Author Paul Fuller shares his expertise, guiding you through each of the specific areas of using Power BI, including:  Data ingestion Modeling Orchestration Visualization Introduction to the DAX language Power BI is an interactive data visualization software product developed by Microsoft with a primary focus on business intelligence. Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights. It is part of the Microsoft Power Platform.If you have no experience with reporting or data analytics tools, this book serves as a primer to understanding data analysis. General principles introduced in this book are time-tested and apply broadly while new Power BI features are introduced. If you have experience in other analytical tools, this book serves as a helpful reference book for learning a new tool. Examples cover utilizing common, publicly available data sources such as Excel files, relational databases, and web API data. Edge cases of using features like streaming data, built-in AI, and premium features are also included either as Advanced Topics chapters or Appendices. The author provides sample code you can use to work through the examples he shows to illustrate concepts.