Grant Gamble Book order (chronological)

Power BI empowers business users to engage with corporate data and extract necessary reports and insights. It facilitates access to reports and dashboards through familiar tools and devices, making self-service BI more user-friendly than ever. The Microsoft Power BI Step-by-Step series guides you in creating impactful visualizations and reports that yield deep insights into your data. This initial book in the series focuses on the three primary components: Power BI Desktop, the Power BI Service, and Power BI Mobile Apps. You will learn to connect to various data sources using both Power BI Desktop and the Power BI Service. The Query Editor will enable you to transform data into the desired format for reporting. You'll also explore complex data modeling operations, including relationships, calculated columns, measures, and DAX expressions. Sharing dashboards and reports with colleagues, business partners, and potential clients will be covered, along with utilizing Power BI’s advanced security features to control audience access. Ultimately, the series equips you with the skills needed to confidently utilize Power BI. G Com Solutions Limited offers Power BI training in Peterborough, London, and across the UK, with course details available online.

Self-Service Business Intelligence Power BI empowers business users to interact with corporate information and extract necessary reports and insights. With Power BI, users can access reports and dashboards through familiar tools and devices, making self-service BI more user-friendly than ever. This initial book in the Microsoft Power BI Step-by-Step series guides you through the three main components: Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, and Power BI Mobile Apps. You will learn to connect to various data sources using both Power BI Desktop and the Power BI Service. The Query Editor will help you transform data into the right format for reporting. You will perform complex data modeling with relationships, calculated columns, measures, and DAX expressions. Additionally, you'll discover how to share dashboards and reports securely with colleagues, business partners, and clients. The second book in the series focuses on connecting to data sources while providing further practice on report creation. It covers connecting to text files, Excel data, folders, web data, and SQL Server. You will learn about the Query Editor, including renaming queries, filtering rows, and creating custom columns. The book also addresses authentication, enhancing the data model, and monitoring query folding. Overall, the series equips you with the skills to use Power BI confidently.