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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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M queries

With the SQL views created, the data sources configured, and the Power BI Desktop environment options applied, the dataset designer can finally develop the data retrieval queries and parameters of the dataset.

Within the Power Query Editor of Power BI Desktop, group folders can be used to organize M queries into common categories such as Data Source Parameters, Staging Queries, Fact table Queries, Dimension Table Queries, and Bridge Table Queries as shown in the following screenshot:

Power Query Editor in Power BI Desktop with group folders

The parameters and queries displayed with a gray font are included in the refresh process of the dataset but not loaded to the data modeling layer. For example, the AdWorksSQLServer query displayed in the preceding image merely exposes the objects of the SQL Server database via the Sql.Database() M function for other queries to reference. This query, along with the data source parameters, all have a gray font and are used to streamline the data...

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