Langbeschreibung
This book provides all you need to find data from external sources and load and transform that data into Power BI where you can mine it for business insights and a competitive edge. This ranges from connecting to corporate databases such as Azure SQL and SQL Server to file-based data sources, and cloud- and web-based data sources. The book also explains the use of Direct Query and Live Connect to establish instant connections to databases and data warehouses and avoid loading data.
Hauptbeschreibung
Teaches you to cleanse, prepare, and transform external data
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Discovering and Loading Data with Power BI Desktop.- 2. Discovering and Loading File-Based Data with Power BI Desktop.- 3. Loading Data From Databases and Data Warehouses.- 4. DirectQuery and Live Connect.- 5. Loading Data from the Web and Cloud.- 6. Loading Data from Other Data Sources.- 7. Power Query.- 8. Structuring Data.- 9. Shaping Data.- 10. Data Cleansing.- 11. Data Transformation.- 12. Complex Data Structures.- 13. Organizing, Managing, and Parameterizing Queries.- 14. The M Language.- 15. Appendix A: Sample Data.