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D. DingTransitioning to Microsoft Power Platformhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9239-6_1

1. Power BI First Report

David Ding1  
(1)
Sydney, NSW, Australia
 

Microsoft defines Power BI as follows: “Connect to and visualize any data using the unified, scalable platform for self-service and enterprise business intelligence (BI) that’s easy to use and helps you gain deeper data insight.”

Whereas this makes sense, no one else would describe Power BI that way. Over the past seven years, I have worked with many new Power BI users, including many from a technology background. Some of them see Power BI as a glorified Excel, while others mainly focus on the visualization ...

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