Beginning Power BI: A Practical Guide to Self-Service Data Analytics with Excel 2016 and Power BI Desktop

2nd ed. Edition 

by Dan Clark (Author) 

Analyze your company’s data quickly and easily using Microsoft’s latest tools. You will learn to 

build scalable and robust data models to work from, clean and combine different data sources effectively, and create compelling visualizations and share them with your colleagues.

Author Dan Clark takes you through each topic using step-by-step activities and plenty of screen shots to help familiarize you with the tools. This second edition includes new material on advanced uses of Power Query, along with the latest user guidance on the evolving Power BI platform. Beginning Power BI is your hands-on guide to quick, reliable, and valuable data insight.

What You'll Learn

• Simplify data discovery, association, and cleansing
  
• Build solid analytical data models
  
• Create robust interactive data presentations
  
• Combine analytical and geographic data in map-based visualizations
  
• Publish and share dashboards and reports

Who This Book Is For

Business analysts, database administrators, developers, and other professionals looking to better understand and communicate with data