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Getting Started with Power BI Guide

This document provides an overview of Power BI, including how to get acquainted with its cloud-based service and development tools. It describes Power BI's data modeling capabilities, types of reports and dashboards that can be created, and how to explore datasets using quick insights. The document also discusses Power BI's history and integration with Excel and SQL Server. It concludes by explaining how to choose between using Excel or Power BI Desktop as the development tool.

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Getting Started with Power BI Guide

This document provides an overview of Power BI, including how to get acquainted with its cloud-based service and development tools. It describes Power BI's data modeling capabilities, types of reports and dashboards that can be created, and how to explore datasets using quick insights. The document also discusses Power BI's history and integration with Excel and SQL Server. It concludes by explaining how to choose between using Excel or Power BI Desktop as the development tool.

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Getting Started with Power BI

INTRODUCING POWER BI

Stacia Varga
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

@_StaciaV_ blog.datainspirations.com
Overview
Getting acquainted with Power BI
Choosing a development tool
Getting Acquainted with Power BI

Cloud-based Service Cloud & On-premises Data Models


Data

Reports & Dashboards Natural Language Mobile Apps


Queries & Quick
Insights
Creating Datasets from Data Models and Data Files
Data Models Data

PBIX
XLSM
Power BI
Service
Using Quick Insights to Explore a Dataset

Majority Category Time Series Trends


Outliers Outliers

Seasonality Steady Share Correlation Change Points


Viewing Reports
Slicers
Map

Charts

Tables Pages
Exploring a Dashboard

Tiles Q&A
Combine content of different types Ask questions of the data using
from one or more datasets or natural language
external sources
History of Power BI

Excel 2013 PowerBI.com


Excel 2010 Azure
Power Query Power BI
PowerPivot Desktop Embedded
&
add-in Power BI
Power View Power BI Mobile

SQL Server
SQL Server 2012 2016
Office 365
Power View in Reporting
Power BI Pin report to
Services (SharePoint
subscriptions Power BI
integrated mode)
dashboard
Choosing a Development Tool

Excel Power BI
Desktop
Using Excel

Get & Transform


Data
(Excel 2016)
Power Pivot Power View

Power Query
(Excel 2013 and 2010)
Using Power BI Desktop

Get Data Model Report


Summary
Getting acquainted with Power BI
Choosing a development tool
Additional Resources

Download Power BI Desktop


- https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-
us/desktop/
Power Query add-in for Excel 2013
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/details.aspx?id=39379

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