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Published inSep 2021
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781801813044
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Gregory Deckler
Gregory Deckler
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Gregory Deckler

Greg Deckler is a 7-time Microsoft MVP for Data Platform and an active blogger and Power BI community member, having written over 6,000 solutions to community questions. Greg has authored many books on Power BI, including Learn Power BI 1st and 2nd Editions, DAX Cookbook, Power BI Cookbook 2nd Edition and Mastering Power BI 2nd Edition. Greg has also created several external tools for Power BI and regularly posts video content to his YouTube channels, Microsoft Hates Greg and DAX For Humans.
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Brett Powell
Brett Powell
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Brett Powell

Brett Powell is the owner of and business intelligence consultant at Frontline Analytics LLC, a data and analytics research and consulting firm and Microsoft Power BI partner. He has worked with Power BI technologies since they were first introduced as the PowerPivot add-in for Excel 2010 and has been a Power BI architect and lead BI consultant for organizations across the retail, manufacturing, and financial services industries. Additionally, Brett has led Boston's Power BI User Group, delivered presentations at technology events such as Power BI World Tour, and maintains the popular Insight Quest Microsoft BI blog.
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Building Rich and Intuitive Reports

Power BI Desktop provides the means to design reports that are both highly customized to specific use cases and requirements and aligned with a corporate BI standard. The design and development process for a report should naturally flow from the data modeling process as the measures, relationships, and dimensions from the model are utilized to visualize and analyze business questions. As the purpose and scope of Power BI reports can range widely, from dashboard visualizations to interactive analytical experiences to role-specific detail reporting, it is essential that report authoring features are aligned closely to these distinct use cases.

In this recipe, a report design planning process is shared to bring clarity to the primary design elements of Power BI reports, such as visualization types. Two finished report pages are described with supporting details included in the How it works section, and additional report design features and practices...

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Microsoft Power BI Cookbook. - Second Edition
Published in: Sep 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801813044

Authors (2)

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Gregory Deckler

Greg Deckler is a 7-time Microsoft MVP for Data Platform and an active blogger and Power BI community member, having written over 6,000 solutions to community questions. Greg has authored many books on Power BI, including Learn Power BI 1st and 2nd Editions, DAX Cookbook, Power BI Cookbook 2nd Edition and Mastering Power BI 2nd Edition. Greg has also created several external tools for Power BI and regularly posts video content to his YouTube channels, Microsoft Hates Greg and DAX For Humans.
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Brett Powell

Brett Powell is the owner of and business intelligence consultant at Frontline Analytics LLC, a data and analytics research and consulting firm and Microsoft Power BI partner. He has worked with Power BI technologies since they were first introduced as the PowerPivot add-in for Excel 2010 and has been a Power BI architect and lead BI consultant for organizations across the retail, manufacturing, and financial services industries. Additionally, Brett has led Boston's Power BI User Group, delivered presentations at technology events such as Power BI World Tour, and maintains the popular Insight Quest Microsoft BI blog.
Read more about Brett Powell