Deliver eye-catching and insightful business intelligence with Microsoft
Power BI Desktop. This new edition has been updated to cover all the
latest features of Microsoft's continually evolving visualization
product. New in this edition is help with storytelling-adapted to PCs,
tablets, and smartphones-and the building of a data narrative. You will
find coverage of templates and JSON style sheets, data model
annotations, and the use of composite data sources. Also provided is an
introduction to incorporating Python visuals and the much awaited
Decomposition Tree visual.
Pro Power BI Desktop shows you how to use source data to produce
stunning dashboards and compelling reports that you mold into a data
narrative to seize your audience's attention. Slice and dice the data
with remarkable ease and then add metrics and KPIs to project the
insights that create your competitive advantage. Convert raw data into
clear, accurate, and interactive information with Microsoft's free
self-service BI tool.
This book shows you how to choose from a wide range of built-in and
third-party visualization types so that your message is always enhanced.
You will be able to deliver those results on PCs, tablets, and
smartphones, as well as share results via the cloud. The book helps you
save time by preparing the underlying data correctly without needing an
IT department to prepare it for you.
What You Will Learn
- Deliver attention-grabbing information, turning data into insight
- Find new insights as you chop and tweak your data as never before
- Build a data narrative through interactive reports with drill-through
and cross-page slicing
- Mash up data from multiple sources into a cleansed and coherent data
model
- Build interdependent charts, maps, and tables to deliver visually
stunning information
- Create dashboards that help in monitoring key performance indicators
of your business
- Adapt delivery to mobile devices such as phones and tablets
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Who This Book Is For**
Power users who are ready to step up to the big leagues by going beyond
what Microsoft Excel by itself can offer. The book also is for
line-of-business managers who are starved for actionable data needed to
make decisions about their business. And the book is for BI analysts
looking for an easy-to-use tool to analyze data and share results with
C-suite colleagues they support.
