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Microsoft Power BI Cookbook
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Microsoft Power BI Cookbook

by Brett Powell
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced
802 pages
37h 6m
English
Packt Publishing
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Prepare a report for PowerPoint

  1. Identify the Power BI report that will serve as the source of the PowerPoint to be created and its dataset.
Similar to other planning and precautions with highly visible content such as executive dashboards, it's important to obtain knowledge and confidence in the data sources, refresh process, data quality, and ownership. For example, if the source dataset retrieves from multiple sources including ad hoc Excel files and has a history of refresh failures then the report might not be a good candidate for the PowerPoint presentation. A report based on an IT-managed SSAS model that's already been validated and has a clear owner would be a much better choice.
  1. If the report contains many pages, count the number ...
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ISBN: 9781788290142