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Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Jun 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801811484
Pages 712 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Gregory Deckler Gregory Deckler
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Brett Powell Brett Powell
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface 1. Planning Power BI Projects 2. Preparing Data Sources 3. Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M 4. Designing Import, DirectQuery, and Composite Data Models 5. Developing DAX Measures and Security Roles 6. Planning Power BI Reports 7. Creating and Formatting Visualizations 8. Applying Advanced Analytics 9. Designing Dashboards 10. Managing Workspaces and Content 11. Managing the On-Premises Data Gateway 12. Deploying Paginated Reports 13. Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution 14. Administering Power BI for an Organization 15. Building Enterprise BI with Power BI Premium 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index

AI visuals

Artificial intelligence (AI) visuals incorporate aspects of machine learning such as pattern recognition and natural (human) language parsing. Machine learning is a form of AI that uses statistical models and algorithms to analyze and make inferences from complex data patterns.

In the past, the application of AI or machine learning required a data scientist, but Microsoft has made tremendous strides in democratizing machine learning within Power BI both with the Auto ML features of dataflows in the Power BI service and AI visuals within Power BI Desktop. The use of the advanced capabilities of AI visuals can add analytical punch to many reports.

Power BI Desktop contains four AI visuals as follows:

  • Key influencers
  • Decomposition tree
  • Q&A
  • Smart narrative

We explore each of these visuals in turn, starting with the key influencers visual.

Key influencers

The key influencers visual is a powerful analytic tool included...

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