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Beginning Power BI: A Practical Guide to Self-Service Data Analytics with Excel 2016 and Power BI Desktop, Second Edition
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Beginning Power BI: A Practical Guide to Self-Service Data Analytics with Excel 2016 and Power BI Desktop, Second Edition

by Dan Clark
February 2017
Beginner
348 pages
7h 46m
English
Apress
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© Dan Clark 2017

Dan Clark, Beginning Power BI, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2577-6_9

9. Introducing Power BI Desktop

Dan Clark1 

(1)Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA

As you have seen in the previous chapters, Excel is an excellent tool for developing analytic solutions. It works quite well for individual analysis and sharing the results among a small group of consumers. But where it is lacking is when you need to share the results of your analysis with a broader audience. This is where the Power BI portal and Power BI Desktop come in to play. The Power BI portal is where you can host, share, and secure interactive dashboards and reports with others. Power BI Desktop is where you create the model and visuals on which the dashboards in the portal are based. The great ...

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