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Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837639533

Length 814 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Power BI

Concepts

Business Intelligence

Author (1):

Luca Zavarella

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Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Preface

1. Where and How to Use R and Python Scripts in Power BI FREE CHAPTER

2. Configuring R with Power BI

3. Configuring Python with Power BI

4. Solving Common Issues When Using Python and R in Power BI

5. Importing Unhandled Data Objects

6. Using Regular Expressions in Power BI

7. Anonymizing and Pseudonymizing Your Data in Power BI

8. Logging Data from Power BI to External Sources

9. Loading Large Datasets Beyond the Available RAM in Power BI

10. Boosting Data Loading Speed in Power BI with Parquet Format

11. Calling External APIs to Enrich Your Data

12. Calculating Columns Using Complex Algorithms: Distances

13. Calculating Columns Using Complex Algorithms: Fuzzy Matching

14. Calculating Columns Using Complex Algorithms: Optimization Problems

15. Adding Statistical Insights: Associations

16. Adding Statistical Insights: Outliers and Missing Values

17. Using Machine Learning without Premium or Embedded Capacity

18. Using SQL Server External Languages for Advanced Analytics and ML Integration in Power BI

19. Exploratory Data Analysis

20. Using the Grammar of Graphics in Python with plotnine

21. Advanced Visualizations

22. Interactive R Custom Visuals

23. Other Books You May Enjoy

24. Index

Appendix 1: Answers

1. Appendix 2: Glossary

Installing Python and R custom runtimes for SQL Server

In Chapter 8, Logging Data from Power BI to External Sources, you installed an instance of SQL Server 2019 to test its ability to use Python and R to log information from Power BI. Our goal now is to install the latest Python and R engines on SQL Server 2019. As mentioned in the previous section, we need to have at least SQL Server 2019 with at least CU3 installed. We assume that you have system administrator privileges on your machine. So, let’s take a look at how to do it.

Updating SQL Server

Referring to the SQL Server 2019 builds table (available at https://bit.ly/sqlserver2019-build-numbers), you can see that the minimum allowed version corresponding to CU3 is 15.0.4023.6: