1. Power BI A SQL table, Excel Spreadsheet, and a CSV File Walk into a Bar Chart
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5. Power BI – Overview Connect to over 150 data sources
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Connect to over 150 data sources
Transform and shape data
Explore and analyze your data
Prepare stunning visualizations
Share business intelligence

6. Power BI – Functional Components
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Power Query
DAX is the metrics, measures, and analysis engine of Power BI Desktop
DAX functions enable a wide variety of useful calculationsfor financial reporting and visuals
DAX is Excel-like, but has many extensions for accomplishing greater filtering and analysis functions.
Data Modeling
Visualizations
Data Analysis Expresssions (DAX)
Create logical connections between different data sources
Manage relationships between Power BI data model
Enables Power BI to know how those tables relate to one another, allowing you to create interesting visuals and reports
Power Query is used to discover, connect, combine, and refine data from a wide variety of data sources
Power Query is a self-service extract, transform, and load tool in Power BI and Excel
Power Query functionality is accessible through the user ribbon.
Visualizations display insights that can be discovered in the data
Cross-filtering can expose hidden relationships between data dimensions
Create your own visuals via the custom visuals SDK

7. Power BI – Connect
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Consolidate data from a broad range of data sources.
File
Database
Azure
Online Services
Other
Power BI
Excel
CSV
XML
Text
JSON
SharePoint Folder
SQL Server Database
Access Database
SQL Server Analysis Services Database
Oracle Database
IBM DB2 Database
IBM Informix database (Beta)
IBM Netezza
MySQL Database
PostgreSQL Database
Sybase Database
Teradata Database
SAP HANA Database
SAP Business Warehouse Application Server
SAP Business Warehouse Message Server
Amazon Redshift
Impala
Google BigQuery
Vertica
Snowflake
Essbase
AtScale cubes (Beta)
BI Connector
Dremio
Exasol
Indexima (Beta)
InterSystems IRIS (Beta)
Jethro (Beta)
Kyligence Enterprise (Beta)
MarkLogic (Beta)
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure Analysis Services database
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Table Storage
Azure Cosmos DB (Beta)
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1
Azure HDInsight (HDFS)
Azure HDInsight Spark
HDInsight Interactive Query
Azure Data Explorer (Kusto)
Azure Cost Management (Beta)
SharePoint Online List
Microsoft Exchange Online
Dynamics 365 (online)
Dynamics NAV
Dynamics 365 Business Central
Dynamics 365 Business Central (on-premises)
Common Data Service
Microsoft Azure Consumption Insights (Beta)
Azure DevOps (Beta)
Azure DevOps Server (Beta)
Salesforce Objects
Salesforce Reports
Google Analytics
Adobe Analytics
appFigures (Beta)
Data.World - Get Dataset (Beta)
Facebook
GitHub (Beta)
MailChimp (Beta)
Marketo (Beta)
Mixpanel (Beta)
Planview Enterprise One - PRM (Beta)
Planview Projectplace (Beta)
QuickBooks Online (Beta)
Smartsheet
SparkPost (Beta)
Stripe (Beta)
SweetIQ (Beta)
Planview Enterprise One - CMT (Beta)
Twilio (Beta)
tyGraph (Beta)
Webtrends (Beta)
Zendesk (Beta)
Emigo Data Source (Beta)
Entersoft Business Suite (Beta)
Industrial App Store
Intune Data Warehouse (Beta)
Microsoft Graph Security (Beta)
Quick Base
TeamDesk (Beta)
Web
SharePoint List
OData Feed
Hadoop File (HDFS)
Active Directory
Microsoft Exchange
ODBC
R Script
Blank Query
Power BI datasets
Power BI dataflows
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8. Power BI – Transform
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Power Query has over 600 functions to help transform and shape your data.
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Power BI Power Query Function Dashboard from GitHub

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Power Query has over 600 functions to help transform and shape your data
Explore data in a variety of ways and across multiple visualizations
Pivot and slice data
Drill into and across datasets
Date sort and filters including Min & Max functions
Change visualization types
Select, transform and mashup data via a freeform, drag-and-drop canvas
Filter data and use cross-filter capabilities
Run R scripts, and import the resulting datasets into a Power BI Desktop data model
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10. Power BI – Report
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Prepare your reports with over 170 visualizations to communicate results and measures
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The Visualization Reference from SQLBI

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Save Power BI Desktop report files and easily publish them to Power BI Service
Save Power BI Desktop reports on-prem by publishing and sharing with SQL Server Report Server
Share Paginated Reports in the Power BI Service
Embed interactive Power BI reports in SharePoint Online pages
Print to PDF
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12. Demo
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13. Demo
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Combine CSV natural gas price files into a single data source; load into the data model.
Connect to an Excel spreadsheet; combine the monthly worksheet tabs into one table.
Transform the monthly transportation expense table and load into the data model.
Connect to a SQL database and import data with a SQL query
Merge the SQL query with the natural gas price table.
Create a combined bar chart / line chart.
Voilà!
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14. Comments? Questions?

15. Links referenced in the session…..
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This is both cool and helpful; a Power BI Dashboard of Power Query functions.
The link to the SQLBI website that has the visual reference tool. This tool categorizes visualizations to help you pick the right visuals for your reports.