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Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition

You're reading from   Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition Expert techniques to create interactive insights for effective data analytics and business intelligence

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801811484
Length 712 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Greg Deckler Greg Deckler
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Brett Powell Brett Powell
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Planning Power BI Projects 2. Preparing Data Sources FREE CHAPTER 3. Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M 4. Designing Import, DirectQuery, and Composite Data Models 5. Developing DAX Measures and Security Roles 6. Planning Power BI Reports 7. Creating and Formatting Visualizations 8. Applying Advanced Analytics 9. Designing Dashboards 10. Managing Workspaces and Content 11. Managing the On-Premises Data Gateway 12. Deploying Paginated Reports 13. Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution 14. Administering Power BI for an Organization 15. Building Enterprise BI with Power BI Premium 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index

Planning Power BI Reports

Effective and sustainable Power BI reports and Power BI solutions more generally reflect thoughtful planning and process. To this end, this chapter contains foundational concepts and features to support the design of Power BI reports including visualization best practices, report filter scopes, and Live connections to Power BI datasets.

In this chapter, we review the following topics:

  • Report planning process
  • Visualization best practices
  • Choosing the right visual
  • Visual interactions
  • Drillthrough report pages
  • Report filter scopes
  • Bookmarks
  • Live connections to Power BI datasets
  • Report design summary

Before jumping into creating visuals, it is important to properly plan reports in order to ensure a good user experience and maximize the value to the business. Thus, we’ll first take a look at the report planning process.

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