Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

A comprehensive guide to becoming a confident and certified Power BI professional

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

By: Orrin Edenfield and Edward Corcoran

Paid access

|Sep 2024

E-Book €27.99Institutions €125.95

Description

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to become a certified Microsoft Power BI data analyst and get the most out of Power BI

Key Features

Get the skills you need to pass the PL-300 certification exam with confidence
Create and maintain robust reports and dashboards to enable a data-driven enterprise
Test your new BI skills with the help of practice questions

Book Description

Microsoft Power BI enables organizations to create a data-driven culture with business intelligence for all. This guide to achieving the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification will help you take control of your organization's data and pass the exam with confidence.
From getting started with Power BI to connecting to data sources, including files, databases, cloud services, and SaaS providers, to using Power BI’s built-in tools to build data models and produce visualizations, this book will walk you through everything from setup to preparing for the certification exam. Throughout the chapters, you'll get detailed explanations and learn how to analyze your data, prepare it for consumption by business users, and maintain an enterprise environment in a secure and efficient way.
By the end of this book, you'll be able to create and maintain robust reports and dashboards, enabling you to manage a data-driven enterprise, and be ready to take the PL-300 exam with confidence.

What you will learn

Connect to and prepare data from a variety of sources
Clean, transform, and shape your data for analysis
Create data models that enable insight creation
Analyze data using Microsoft Power BI s capabilities
Create visualizations to make analysis easier
Discover how to deploy and manage Microsoft Power BI assets

Who this book is for

This book is for data analysts and BI professionals who want to become more competent in Microsoft Power BI. Although the content in this book will help you pass the PL-300 exam, there are plenty of other practical applications beyond exam preparation in the chapters. No prior experience with Power BI is needed.