Discover the utility of your organization’s data with Microsoft Power BI

Beginning Power BI for Business Users: Learning to Turn Data into Insights offers an intuitive and accessible handbook for professionals seeking to use Microsoft’s Power BI to access, analyze, understand, report, and act on organizational data. The book covers Power BI’s robust features, data ingestion and modeling, visualization and reporting, and the use of the DAX scripting language to enhance its utility.

Starting with principles suitable for readers with little or no experience in reporting or data analytics tools, the author guides you through manipulating common, publicly available data sources—including Excel files and relational databases. You will also learn to:

• Use the included and tested sample code to work through helpful examples provided by the author
• Conduct data orchestration and visualization to better understand and gain insights from your data

An essential resource for business analysts and Excel power users reaching the limits of that program’s capabilities, Beginning Power BI for Business Users will also benefit data analysts who seek to prepare reports for their organizations using Microsoft’s flexible and intuitive software.