Beginning Power BI with Excel 2013

Self-Service Business Intelligence Using Power Pivot, Power View, Power Query, and Power Map

Dan Clark (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

324 Seiten

2014
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4302-6445-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Understanding your company's data has never been easier than with Microsoft's new Power BI package for Excel 2013. Consisting of four powerful tools--Power Pivot, Power View, Power Query and Power Maps--Power BI makes self-service business intelligence a reality for a wide range of users, bridging the traditional gap between Excel users, business analysts and IT experts and making it easier for everyone to work together to build the data models that can give you game-changing insights into your business. Beginning Power BI with Excel 2013 guides you step by step through the process of analyzing and visualizing your data. Daniel R. Clark, an expert in BI training and a regular speaker on these topics, takes you through each tool in turn, using hands-on activities to consolidate what you've learned in each chapter. Starting with Power Pivot, you will create robust scalable data models which will serve as the foundation of your data analysis. Once you have mastered creating suitable data models, you will use them to build compelling interactive visualizations in Power View. It's often necessary to combine data from disparate sources into a data model.
Power Query allows you to easily discover, combine, and refine data from a variety of sources, so you can make accurate judgments with all the available information. Geographical awareness is another common requirement of data analysis. Using Power Maps you will create captivating visualizations that map your data in space and time. Beginning Power BI with Excel 2013 is your practical guide to getting maximum insight from your data, and presenting it with impact.

Autor

Dan Clark is a senior business intelligence (BI)/programming consultant specializing in Microsoft technologies. He is focused on learning new BI/data technologies and on training others how to best implement the technology. Dan has published several books and numerous articles on .NET programming and BI development. He is a regular speaker at various developer/database conferences and user group meetings and enjoys interacting with the Microsoft developer and database communities. In a previous life, he was a physics teacher; he is still inspired by the wonder and awe of studying the universe and figuring out why things behave the way they do. Dan can be reached at [e-mail].

Inhalt

Part I - Building Models in Power Pivot Chapter 1: Introducing Power Pivot Chapter 2: Importing Data into Power Pivot Chapter 3: Creating the Data Model Chapter 4: Creating Calculations with DAX Chapter 5: Creating Measures with DAX Chapter 6: Incorporating Time Intelligence Chapter 7: Data Analysis with Pivot Tables and Charts Part II -- Building Interactive Reports and Dashboards with Power View Chapter 8: Optimizing Power Pivot Models for Power View Chapter 9: Creating Standard Visualizations with Power View Chapter 10: Creating Interactive Dashboards with Power View Part III -- Exploring and presenting Data with Power Query and Power Map Chapter 11: Data Discovery with Power Query Chapter 12: Geospatial Analysis with Power Map Chapter 13: Mining Your Data with Excel Chapter 14: Creating a Complete Solution

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.9.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 345 black & white illustrations, biography
• Verlagsort: Berkley
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 178 x 254 mm
• Gewicht: 613 g
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Office Programme ► Excel
• Schlagworte: Excel 2013; Spezielle Anwendungsbereiche
• ISBN-10: 1-4302-6445-4 / 1430264454
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-6445-3 / 9781430264453
• Zustand: Neuware