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Using Microsoft Power BI to

Explore and Visualize Data


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Power BI
Power BI is a suite of
business analytics
tools to analyze data
and share insights,
with tools for
business users to gain
access to their most
important metrics in a
single location across
all devices and
platforms.
Tools & Platforms

Services Desktop Mobile Embedded

• Web-based • Windows only • Cross-platform • Report


• All platforms • Robust design • Report viewers integration
• Limited design tools • REST services
tools • Query and • Create custom
• Limited data modeling tools visualizations
sources
• Dashboards
• Publishing
Power BI Building Blocks

• Visualizations
• Datasets
• Reports
• Dashboards
• Tiles
Building Block Associations

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DATA DEVICES
SOURCES
REPORTS VISUALIZATIONS
DASHBOARDS
Getting Data
Power BI can connect to wide variety of data sources, including on-premises
databases, Azure storage, Excel worksheets and a large number of 3 rd party services.

• Clean and transform data


with the Query Editor
• Connect to advanced data
sources and create
transformations
• “Massage” irregularly
formatted data
Modeling
Modeling is the technique of creating a logical connections and
relationships between data sources.

• Create Calculated Columns


• Optimize data models for
better visuals
• Create Measures and work
with time-based functions
• Create Calculated Tables
Visualizations
A visualization is a visual representation of data, such as a chart,
graph, map, or other “visual” representations of data.

• Line, bar, pie, stacked


• Matrix/pivots
• Key performance
• Tree maps
• Geo and filled maps
• Slicers/filters
• Custom visualizations
Publishing & Sharing
• Publish reports from Power BI
Desktop to the Power BI Service
• Print and export dashboards
• Manually republish and refresh
data
• Create and connect to content
packs
• Integrate OneDrive for Business
Exploring Data
• Use Quick Insights
• Ask questions using
natural language
• Create custom Q&A
suggestions
• Share Dashboards with
your organization
• Edit Tile details
Data Analysis Expressions
DAX is a collection of functions, operators, and constants that can
be used in a formula, or expression, to calculate and return one or
more values.
• Measure
Calculation on a collection
of rows AFTER
aggregation.
• Calculated Column
Calculation on each
individual row BEFORE
aggregation.
Power BI Service Integration
Power BI Service
DEVELOPER
integration is facilitated AZURE
SUBSCRIPTION

via Power BI
Embedded. Power BI
Embedded is an Azure
AZURE
service that enables DATA
WORKSPACES WORKSPACE

developers to surface
Power BI data
experiences within their APP

applications.
Hands-On Lab
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