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Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Get the best out of Power BI by 作者: building optimized data models for reporting and business needs
by 作者: Soheil Bakhshi and Christian Wade
Publisher Finelybook 出版社: Packt Publishing (11 Jun. 2021)
Language 语言: English
pages 页数: 612 pages
ISBN-10 书号: 1800205694
ISBN-13 书号: 9781800205697
Book Description
Manage and work with business data effectively by 作者: learning data modeling techniques and leveraging the latest features of Power BI
Key Features
Understand data modeling techniques to get the best out of data using Power BI
Define the relationships between data to extract valuable insights
Solve a wide variety of business challenges by 作者: building optimal data models
Microsoft Power BI is one of the most popular business intelligence tools available on the market for desktop and the cloud. This book will be your guide to understanding the ins and outs of data modeling and how to create data models using Power BI confidently. You’ll learn how to connect data from multiple sources,understand data,define and manage relationships between data,and shape data models.
In this book,you’ll explore how to use data modeling and navigation techniques to define relationships and create a data model before defining new metrics and performing custom calculations using modeling features. As you advance through the chapters,the book will demonstrate how to create full-fledged data models,enabling you to create efficient data models and simpler DAX code with new data modeling features. With the help of examples,you’ll discover how you can solve business challenges by 作者: building optimal data models and changing your existing data models to meet evolving business requirements. Finally,you’ll learn how to use some new and advanced modeling features to enhance your data models to carry out a wide variety of complex tasks.
by 作者: the end of this Power BI book,you’ll have gained the skills you need to structure data coming from multiple sources in different ways to create optimized data models that support reporting and data analytics.
What you will learn
Implement virtual tables and time intelligence functionalities in DAX to build a powerful model
Identify Dimension and Fact tables and implement them in Power Query Editor
Deal with advanced data preparation scenarios while building Star Schema
Explore best practices for data preparation and data modeling
Discover different hierarchies and their common pitfalls
Understand complex data models and how to decrease the level of model complexity with different data modeling approaches
