{"product_id":"a-power-bi-compendium-answers-to-65-commonly-asked-questions-on-power-bi-9781484297643","title":"A Power BI Compendium: Answers to 65 Commonly Asked Questions on Power BI","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e This book is a comprehensive resource for users to implement more challenging visuals, build better data models, use DAX with more confidence, and execute more complex queries. It is written in a question-and-answer format, exploring everyday data analysis scenarios in Power BI. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Unspecified\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 359 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 14 November 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: APress\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre you a reasonably competent Power BI user but still struggling to generate reports that truly tell the story of your data? Or do you simply want to extend your knowledge of Power BI by exploring more complex areas of visualizations, data modeling, DAX, and Power Query? If so, this book is for you. This book serves as a comprehensive resource for users to implement more challenging visuals, build better data models, use DAX with more confidence, and execute more complex queries so they can find and share important insights into their data.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contents of the chapters are in a question-and-answer format that explore everyday data analysis scenarios in Power BI. These questions have been generated from the authors' own client base and from commonly sought-for information from the Power BI community. They cover a wide and diverse range of topics that many Power BI users often struggle to get to grips with or don't fully understand. Examples of such questions are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can I generate dynamic titles for visuals? How can I control subtotals in a Matrix visual? Why do I need a date dimension? How can I show the previous N months sales in a column chart? Why do I need a Star Schema? Why aren't my totals correct? How can I bin measures into numeric ranges? Can I import a Word document? Can I dynamically append data from different source files?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSolutions to these questions and many more are presented in non-technical and easy-to-follow explanations, negating the requirement to perform tiresome and fruitless \"google\" searches. There are also companion Power BI Desktop files that set out the answers to each question so you can follow along with the examples given in the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter working through this book, you will have extended your knowledge of Pow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 696g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 175 x 253 x 26 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781484297643\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1st ed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alison Box","offers":[{"title":"Unspecified","offer_id":44845504463098,"sku":"9781484297643","price":45.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1701455093896_book.jpg?v=1701787435","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/a-power-bi-compendium-answers-to-65-commonly-asked-questions-on-power-bi-9781484297643","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}