Microsoft Power BI Cookbook: Gain expertise in Power BI with over 90 hands-on recipes, tips, and use cases, 2nd Edition

Build effective analytical data models, reports, and dashboards using the advanced features of Power BIKey FeaturesUpdated with new recipes on query optimization, aggregation tables, Power BI API, and paginated reportsWork with recipes across diverse Power BI platforms including the Power BI Service and Mobile ApplicationsImplement custom solutions with M and DAX languages through actionable guidance and proven development techniquesBook DescriptionMicrosoft Power BI is a leading business intelligence and data analytics platform that provides tools and services for deriving insights from data. With revised practical recipes, Microsoft Power BI Cookbook, Second Edition helps you navigate Power BI tools and their advanced features. It also demonstrates the use of end-to-end solutions that integrate those features to get the most out of Power BI. This cookbook provides advanced design and development tips, and guidance on enhancing existing Power BI projects.The updated edition enables you to implement evergreen frameworks that will stay relevant as Power BI updates. Get familiar with Power BI development tools and services by going deep into the data connectivity, transformation, modeling, visualization, and analytical capabilities of Power BI. Microsoft Power BI Cookbook, Second Edition enables Power BI’s functional programming languages of DAX and M to come alive to deliver powerful solutions to common business intelligence challenges.What you will learnCleanse, stage, and integrate your data sources with Power Query (M)Remove data complexities and provide users with intuitive, self-service BI capabilitiesBuild business logic and analysis into your solutions via the DAX programming language and dashboard-ready calculationsImplement aggregation tables to accelerate query performance over large data sourcesCreate and integrate paginated reportsUnderstand the differences and implications of DirectQuery, Live Connections, Import, and Composite model datasetsIntegrate other Microsoft data tools into your Power BI solutionWho This Book Is ForThis book is for BI professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge of Power BI and the value of the Power BI solutions they deliver to business users. Those who are looking at quick solutions to common problems while using Power BI will also find this book to be an extremely useful resource. Familiarity with Power BI and working with datasets is essential. This book is not for beginners.Table of ContentsConfiguring Power BI ToolsAccessing and Retrieving DataBuilding a Power BI Data ModelAuthoring Power BI ReportsWorking in the ServiceGetting Serious with Date IntelligenceParameterizing Power BI SolutionsImplementing Dynamic User-Based Visibility in Power BIApplying Advanced Analytics and Custom VisualsAdministering and Monitoring Power BIEnhancing and Optimizing Existing Power BI SolutionsDeploying and Distributing Power BI ContentIntegrating Power BI with Other Applications