An insightful tour that provides an authoritative yet independent view of this exciting technology, this guide introduces Microsoft Power BI - a cloud-hosted, business intelligence and analytics platform that democratizes and opens BI to everyone. Information workers will learn how to connect to popular cloud services to derive instant insights, create interactive reports and dashboards, and view them in the browser and on the go. Data analysts will discover how to integrate and transform data from virtually everywhere and then implement sophisticated self-service models. The book teaches BI and IT pros how to establish a trustworthy environment that promotes collaboration and how to implement Power BI-centric solutions for descriptive, real-time, and predictive analytics. Developers will find how to integrate custom applications with Power BI, embed reports, and implement custom visuals to present effectively any data. Ideal for both experienced BI practitioners or beginners, this book doesn’t assume any prior data analytics experience. It's designed as an easy-to-follow guide that introduces new concepts with step-by-step instructions and hands-on demos.

What's Inside:

Power BI for Information Workers
Get instant insights from cloud services and files
Explore data with interactive reports
Assemble dashboards with a few clicks
Access BI content on mobile devices

Power BI for Data Analysts
Import data from virtually anywhere
Cleanse, transform and shape data
Create sophisticated data models
Implement business calculations
Get insights from data

Power BI for Pros
Enable sharing and collaboration
Deploy to cloud and on premises
Implement organizational BI solutions

Power BI for Developers
Automate Power BI
Report-enable custom applications
Build custom visuals
and much more ...

The book website at prologika.com provides sample chapters, source code, and discussion forum.