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Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference

You're reading from   Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference Bring your data to life with the powerful features of Microsoft Power BI

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Product type Course
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789950045
Length 794 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Brett Powell Brett Powell
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Mitchell Pearson Mitchell Pearson
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Brian Knight Brian Knight
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Manuel Quintana Manuel Quintana
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters Close

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 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Live connections to Power BI datasets


One of the most important features released in 2017 was the ability to use published Power BI datasets as a source for Power BI reports. With Live connections to Power BI datasets, report authors can develop reports in Power BI Desktop files containing only the visualization layer (for example, report pages of visuals) while leveraging a single dataset.

The dataset, which is generally developed and managed by a different user or team, already includes the data retrieval supporting tables and columns, the data model relationships, and the DAX measures or calculations as described in previous chapters. Once the Live connection report is developed and published to Power BI, it will maintain its connection to the source dataset and will be refreshed with the refresh schedule configured for the dataset.

Prior to Live connection reports to Power BI datasets, users within teams would frequently create multiple versions of the same dataset in order to create different...

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