The Absolute Guide to Dashboarding & Reporting with Power BI


March 2019

The Absolute Guide to Dashboarding & Reporting with Power BI

LEARN POWER BI DASHBOARDING TECHNIQUES BY WATCHING A PRO!

Kasper de Jonge does a great job of walking you through a data model, all the way to the finished product. This book really excites me as it has so many nuggets of information that are relevant to data models and Power BI. The data model can be a complex item and can impact your reports in so many ways, but Kasper helps navigate it for you and keeps you on the right course. If you follow the items he has laid out for you, your reports will be in great shape. Pay attention to the sidebars as they can really help you out. You will definitely thank yourself for having read this book!

Adam Saxton, "Guy in a Cube" on YouTube
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category: Power BI
covers: Microsoft 365

Product Details
  • 148 Pages
  • Publisher: Holy Macro! Books
  • ISBN: 978-1-61547-057-0
  • PDF ISBN: 978-1-61547-140-9

Microsoft Power BI is a business analytics solution that allows you to create and transform data into reports and dashboards in new and much more powerful ways. It is designed to connect to hundreds of data sources and transform raw data into interactive visualizations you can share with individuals, teams, or even everyone in your organization.

This book, written by a member of Microsoft’s Power BI team, provides a practical step-by-step guide to creating financial dashboards and reports. The book covers in detail how to combine and shape the relevant data, build reports in Power BI Desktop, prepare the model to work with fiscal dates, and show calculations used in many financial reports, including year-to-date, percentage-of-total, and running total. It shows how to set up Power BI, create carefully designed dashboards, collaborate with others, and distribute dashboards and reports to others.

  1. Introduction
  2. Understanding Dashboards and Reports
  3. Collecting and Preparing the Data
  4. Building the Main Report
  5. Building Detailed Reports
  6. Sharing Dashboards and Reports Within an Organization
  7. Index

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If you are using assistive reading technology (for low-vision, dyslexia, mobility impairments, attention issues, or if you need to read hands free), this e-book is "born accessible", with a complete description attached to each screenshot, so you can follow along with the text.

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