Features
- Authoritative and complete MCSA Exam 70-778 preparation content, straight from Microsoft
- Covers consuming and transforming data with Power BI Desktop; modeling and visualizing data; and configuring dashboards in the Power BI Service
- Organized by exam objectives for efficient study
- Strategic, what-if scenarios challenges exam candidates, helping them master the big-picture thinking the exam demands
- Contains up-to-date exam preparation tips from a leading Microsoft business intelligence consultant
- Copyright 2018
- Dimensions: 7-3/8" x 9"
- Pages: 368
- Edition: 1st
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Book
- ISBN-10: 1-5093-0702-8
- ISBN-13: 978-1-5093-0702-9
Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-778–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Power BI data analysis and visualization. Designed for experienced BI professionals and data analysts ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
- Consume and transform data by using Power BI Desktop
- Model and visualize data
- Configure dashboards, reports, and apps in the Power BI Service
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
- Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
- Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
- Assumes you have experience consuming and transforming data, modeling and visualizing data, and configuring dashboards using Excel and Power BI
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Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Consuming and transforming data by using Power BI Desktop
- Skill 1.1: Connect to data sources
- Skill 1.2: Perform transformations
- Skill 1.3: Cleanse data
- Chapter 2 Modeling and visualizing data
- Skill 2.1: Create and optimize data models
- Skill 2.2: Create calculated columns, calculated tables, and measures
- Skill 2.3: Measure performance by using KPIs, gauges, and cards
- Skill 2.4: Create hierarchies
- Skill 2.5: Create and format interactive visualizations
- Skill 2.6: Manage custom reporting solutions
- Chapter 3 Configure dashboards, reports, and apps in the Power BI Service
- Skill 3.1: Access on-premises data
- Skill 3.2: Configure a dashboard
- Skill 3.3: Publish and embed reports
- Skill 3.4: Configure security for dashboards, reports, and apps
- Skill 3.5 Configure apps and apps workspaces