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Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference
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Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference

by Devin Knight, Brian Knight, Mitchell Pearson, Manuel Quintana
December 2018
Beginner to intermediate
794 pages
19h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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DATASETS

The DATASETS area of Power BI holds the raw data that makes up your reports. When you left-click on one of your datasets, the designer opens to build reports from the dataset. The designer can be used to do the following things:

  • Create more Quick Insights
  • Create new reports
  • Refresh or schedule refreshes
  • Manage permissions
  • Download the Power BI Desktop file (.pbix)

When you start with a dataset, users can create new reports from your data, even when accessing it through the web. The entire user interface will feel nearly identical to Power BI Desktop, but you will be lacking the ability to modify the model, query, and relationships. The best part of building reports here is that you have a central dataset that IT can own, modify, ...

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