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Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide

You're reading from Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide The ultimate beginner's guide to data modeling, visualization, digital storytelling, and more

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804613498

Length 330 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Power Query

Tools

Power BI

Concepts

Business Intelligence

Authors (4):

Mitchell Pearson

Devin Knight

Bradley Schacht

Erin Ostrowsky

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Gaining Data Literacy with Power BI FREE CHAPTER

2. Connecting to Data

3. Data Transformation Strategies

4. Building the Data Model

5. Leveraging DAX

6. Visualizing Data

7. Digital Storytelling with Power BI

8. Using a Cloud Deployment with the Power BI Service

9. Data Cleansing in the Cloud with Dataflows

10. On-Premises Solutions with Power BI Report Server

11. Other Books You May Enjoy

12. Index

DirectQuery

Many of you have likely been trying to envision how you may implement these data imports in your environment. You may have asked yourself questions such as the following:

If data imported into Power BI uses an in-memory technology, has my company provided me with a machine that has enough memory to handle this?
Am I really going to import my source table with tens of billions of rows into memory?
How do I handle the requirement of displaying results in real time from the source?

These are all excellent questions that would have many negative answers if the only way to connect to your data was by importing your source into Power BI. Fortunately, there is another way. Using DirectQuery, Power BI allows you to connect directly to a data source so that no data is imported or copied into Power BI Desktop.

Why is this a good thing? Consider the questions that were asked at the beginning of this section. Since no data is imported to Power BI...

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Authors (5)

Devin Knight

Devin Knight

Devin Knight a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and the President at Pragmatic Works Training. At Pragmatic Works, Devin determines which courses are created, delivered, and updated for customers, including 15+ Power BI courses. This is the tenth SQL Server and Business Intelligence book that he has authored. Devin often speaks at conferences such as PASS Summit, PASS Business Analytics Conference, SQL Saturdays, and Code Camps. He is also a contributing member to several PASS Virtual Chapters. Making his home in Jacksonville, FL, Devin is a contributor at the local Power BI User Group.

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Bradley Schacht

Bradley Schacht

Bradley Schacht is a principal program manager on the Microsoft Fabric product team based in Saint Augustine, Florida. Bradley is a former consultant and trainer and has co-authored five books on SQL Server and Power BI. As a member of the Microsoft Fabric product team, Bradley works directly with customers to solve some of their most complex data problems and helps shape the future of Microsoft Fabric. Bradley gives back to the community by speaking at events, such as the PASS Summit, SQL Saturday, Code Camp, and user groups across the country, including locally at the Jacksonville SQL Server User Group (JSSUG). He is a contributor on SQLServerCentral and blogs on his personal site, BradleySchacht.

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Erin Ostrowsky

Erin Ostrowsky

Erin Ostrowsky is a creative and passionate lifelong learner. She began her career as a business journalist and researcher and found herself drawn to the power of beautifully visualized data analysis. After living overseas, Erin returned to the USA looking to marry her communication background with a technical focus and found a life changing opportunity to work as a trainer for Pragmatic Works where she focused on creating new educational materials and delivering Power BI training around the country. Erin focuses on the Power Platform tools and loves working on teams to build business intelligence solutions that businesses use and enjoy.

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Schacht

Schacht

Bradley Schacht is a principal program manager on the Microsoft Fabric product team based in Saint Augustine, Florida. Bradley is a former consultant and trainer and has co-authored five books on SQL Server and Power BI. As a member of the Microsoft Fabric product team, Bradley works directly with customers to solve some of their most complex data problems and helps shape the future of Microsoft Fabric. Bradley gives back to the community by speaking at events, such as the PASS Summit, SQL Saturday, Code Camp, and user groups across the country, including locally at the Jacksonville SQL Server User Group (JSSUG). He is a contributor on SQLServerCentral and blogs on his personal site, BradleySchacht.

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Mitchell Pearson

Mitchell Pearson

Mitchell Pearson has worked as a Data Platform Consultant and Trainer for the last 8 years. Mitchell has authored books on SQL Server, Power BI and the Power Platform. Data Platform experience includes designing and implementing enterprise level Business Intelligence solutions with the Microsoft SQL Server stack (T-SQL, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS), the Power Platform and Microsoft Azure. Mitchell is very active in the community: Running the local Power BI User Group, presenting at user groups locally and virtually, and creating YouTube videos for MitchellSQL

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