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Published in Dec 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789950045

Length 794 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Power BI

Concepts

Business Intelligence

Authors (5):

Brett Powell

Mitchell Pearson

Brian Knight

Devin Knight

Manuel Quintana

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Title Page

About Packt

Contributors

Preface

1. Getting Started with Importing Data Options

2. Data Transformation Strategies FREE CHAPTER

3. Building the Data Model

4. Leveraging DAX

5. Visualizing Data

6. Using a Cloud Deployment with the Power BI Service

7. Planning Power BI Projects

8. Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M

9. Designing Import and DirectQuery Data Models

10. Developing DAX Measures and Security Roles

11. Creating and Formatting Power BI Reports

12. Applying Custom Visuals, Animation, and Analytics

13. Designing Power BI Dashboards and Architectures

14. Managing Application Workspaces and Content

15. Managing the On-Premises Data Gateway

16. Deploying the Power BI Report Server

17. Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution

18. Administering Power BI for an Organization

19. Scaling with Premium and Analysis Services

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Report Server Desktop Application

As shown in the Installation section earlier, a PowerBIDesktopRS_x64.msi file is also available for download from the MS Download center. This is the application used to create Power BI reports to be published to this version (October 2017) of the Power BI Report Server.

As shown in the following screenshot, this application can be distinguished from the standard Power BI Desktop via the title bar (here, October 2017) and the Save As menu:

Power BI Desktop optimized for Power BI Report Server

As suggested by the Save as menu in the preceding screenshot, a report created via the Power BI Report Server optimized application can be saved directly to the report server. In other words, a PBIX file doesn't necessarily have to be saved to a user's machine—the Power BI Report Server can serve as a network file share. If a report needs to be modified, the user (with a Power BI Pro license), could open the file directly from the web portal described in the following...

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