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The Complete Power BI Interview Guide

You're reading from   The Complete Power BI Interview Guide A modern approach to acing the data analyst interview and landing your dream job

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805120674
Length 482 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sandielly Ortega Polanco Sandielly Ortega Polanco
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Preface 1. Part 1:Getting Your First Interview FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Exposing Your Profile 3. Chapter 2: Support Skills for Power BI Developers 4. Part 2: Beyond the Borders of Power BI
5. Chapter 3: The Power BI Workflow 6. Chapter 4: Data Analysis with Power BI 7. Chapter 5: Preparing, Transforming, and Modeling Data 8. Chapter 6: Exploring, Visualizing, and Sharing Data and Deploying Solutions 9. Chapter 7: DAX Programming 10. Chapter 8: Expert Report Building 11. Chapter 9: Effective Data Storytelling 12. Chapter 10: Using Dashboards and Apps and Implementing Security 13. Part 3: The Final Stretch – Preparing for the HR Round and Beyond
14. Chapter 11: Understanding the HR Interview Process and Preparing for Success 15. Chapter 12: Tips for Negotiating Salary and Benefits 16. Chapter 13: Best Practices for Accepting and Rejecting Job Offers – Onboarding and Beyond 17. Index 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Visualizing data with Power BI

In the previous section, we explored data using Power BI. Our exploration ended with the discovery of insights. These insights are helpful for decision-making. Hence, it is always a good idea to structure your analysis and its results for later use. For instance, if you were looking for some specific insights, or if you found some interesting insights after ad hoc analysis of a hunch you were following, there’s a good chance that you would want this information to be updated with the latest data each month.

Creating Power BI reports

When we explored data in the previous section, we inadvertently used the Report view. This is the same canvas that we would use to turn the analysis that we have into a report. As we discussed in the previous section, it is a good idea to have reports independent of their models.

Creating a report against a published model can be done by using Power BI Desktop or directly from Power BI. However, the Desktop...

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