Manage and work with business data effectively by 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 building optimal data models Book Description 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 confidently create data models using Power BI. You'll learn how to connect data from multiple sources, understand data, define and manage the relationship between data, and even shape data models. As you progress, you'll explore how to use data modeling and navigation techniques to define relationships and create data visualizations, before going on to define new metrics and perform custom calculations using the modeling feature. Later chapters will demonstrate how to create full-fledged data models, enabling you to write faster queries and simpler DAX code, along with facilitating easier maintenance. The book also comes packed with examples to help you solve business challenges by building optimal data models and making changes to your existing data models based on changing business requirements. Finally, you will learn how to enhance your data models to carry out a wide variety of complex tasks. By the end of this book, you will 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 how to implement them in Query Editor using Power Query * Deal with advanced data preparation scenarios while building star schema * Explore common best practices in data preparation and data modeling * Deal with different hierarchies and their common pitfalls * Work with complex data models and understand how to decrease the level of model complexity with different data modeling approaches Who This Book Is For This MS Power BI book is for BI users, data analysts, and analysis developers who want to get well-versed with data modeling techniques to make the most of Power BI. Basic knowledge of Power BI will be beneficial to grasp the concepts covered in this book effectively.

Book Information
ISBN 9781800205697
Author Soheil Bakhshi
Format Paperback
Page Count 403
Imprint Packt Publishing Limited
Publisher Packt Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 75g