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    Lesson 1 - Introduction To Power BI

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    Power BI is a self-service cloud-based business intelligence tool that can be used for reporting and data analysis from various sources. It provides a simple drag-and-drop interface so users can easily work with and get benefits from the data. Power BI produces interactive reports, dashboards, and graphs within minutes. It supports querying data from over 60 sources and performing transformations via Power Query, modeling data via Power Pivot, and creating visualizations with Power View. Users can access Power BI reports and dashboards on laptops and mobile devices.

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    Power BI is a self-service cloud-based business intelligence tool that can be used for reporting and data analysis from various sources. It provides a simple drag-and-drop interface so users can easily work with and get benefits from the data. Power BI produces interactive reports, dashboards, and graphs within minutes. It supports querying data from over 60 sources and performing transformations via Power Query, modeling data via Power Pivot, and creating visualizations with Power View. Users can access Power BI reports and dashboards on laptops and mobile devices.

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    Power BI is a self-service cloud-based business intelligence tool that can be used for reporting and data analysis from various sources. It provides a simple drag-and-drop interface so users can easily work with and get benefits from the data. Power BI produces interactive reports, dashboards, and graphs within minutes. It supports querying data from over 60 sources and performing transformations via Power Query, modeling data via Power Pivot, and creating visualizations with Power View. Users can access Power BI reports and dashboards on laptops and mobile devices.

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    Data Manipulation and Reporting

    with Power BI
    Introduction to Power BI
    Learning Objectives

    By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

    Understand the concepts of business intelligence and Power

    BI Understand the architecture of Power BI

    Identify the different offerings by Power BI

    Know the benefits and applications of Power BI

    Install a Power BI desktop


    Overview of Business Intelligence and Power BI
    What Is Business Intelligence?

    Capability to make intelligent business decisions


    Makes information discovery simple Helps you in analysis of the data
    Enables you to send the right information to the right people
    Provides data insights to everyone from any type / size / source of data
    What is Business Intelligence?

    Power BI is a self-service cloud based BI tool, which can be used for reporting and data analysis from a
    variety of data sources.
    Power BI provides a simple and user-friendly drag and drop interface so that users can work with it and get benefits from it.
    Power BI produces highly interactive and beautiful graphs, dashboards, and reports in a matter of
    minutes.
    Why Power BI?

    ▪ You can create a report and perform data manipulation easily.


    ▪ Power BI provides a 360-degree view to visualize the data and publish the resulting content.
    ▪ It supports natural query language.
    ▪ It allows you to fetch data from 60 different data sources.
    ▪ You can connect your data live or save it on your local machine.
    ▪ The product updates happen frequently and regularly.
    ▪ Power BI offers a simple learning curve.
    ▪ Performance of Power BI is much better as compared to the other BI tools in market.
    Power BI Architecture, Components, and Products
    Power BI Offerings

    You can choose from four different products that suit your need. They are:

    Power BI

    Power BI Desktop

    Power BI Mobile

    Power BI Embedded
    Power BI Desktop Architecture

    Power BI service
    Hundreds of data
    sources
    CO IMECT

    AECESS

    Power BI Desktop
    PUBLISH

    Power BI gateways

    0U 0 AT 0 DA

    °.irw‹y‹I; learn
    Power BI Desktop Components

    Power BI Desktop uses three components to perform different operations. They are:

    Power Query

    Power Pivot

    Power View
    Power BI Desktop Components—Power Query

    Power BI Desktop uses Power Query to:

    Store the results in an excel file or in a Power Pivot model


    Perform data
    transformation
    Power BI Desktop Components—Power Pivot

    With Power Pivot you can:

    Build a schema, relationships, and so on


    Perform data modeling Create user- defined fields
    Power BI Desktop Components— Power View

    Power View allows you to:

    Connect to different data sources


    Add interactivity
    Create views
    System Requirements and Installation
    Minimum Hardware Requirements

    Before you install Power BI Desktop, your system should meet the minimum hardware requirements. They are:

    Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2, or later

    .NET 4.5

    Internet Explorer 9 or later

    1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster x86- or x64-bit processor

    At least 1440x900 or 1600x900 (16:9)

    Minimum 1 GB space should be available, Recommended available space should be 1.5 GB or more
    Steps to Install Power BI Desktop

    Here are the steps to install Power BI Desktop on your system.

    Open a browser and navigate to the Power


    BI page.

    Click on the Download Free button and


    enter the required details.

    Click the Get Started button.

    Locate the installed file and run it.

    Follow the on-screen instructions.


    Knowledge Check
    Knowledge
    Check
    Is it possible to publish a dashboard using Power BI Desktop?
    1

    a. Yes

    b. No
    Knowledge 1
    Check
    Is it possible to publish a dashboard using Power BI Desktop?

    a. Yes

    b. No

    The correct answer is b

    The Power BI Desktop application only allows you to build and publish reports.
    Knowledge 2
    Check
    Which type of device can be used to access a dashboard designed using a web layout?

    a. Laptop

    b. Mobile device

    c. Laptop and mobile device

    d. None
    Knowledge
    Check
    Which type of device can be used to access a dashboard designed using a web layout?
    2

    a. Laptop

    b. Mobile device
    c. Laptop and mobile device

    d. None

    The correct answer is c

    Both mobile device and laptop can be used to access a dashboard designed using a web layout.
    Key Takeaways

    Now, you are able to:

    Understand the concepts of business intelligence and Power BI

    Understand the architecture of Power BI

    Identify the different offerings by Power

    BI

    Know the benefits and applications of Power

    BI Install a Power BI desktop

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