Chapter 8. Using Microsoft Power BI in your company

With Power BI, you can create a dashboard using some data in a Microsoft Excel workbook, or you can connect to existing structured databases in your company. The previous chapters in this book demonstrate how you can create data models, reports, and dashboards, gathering information from different data sources. They also show you how you can consume these results on different devices. This chapter shows you techniques to obtain a deeper integration with existing systems and applications.

You can get data from many existing data sources in your company. You can embed a dashboard visualization in Microsoft Office with minimal effort. If you have developer skills, you also can take advantage of ...

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