Chapter 11. Power BI
With a rising number of cloud and on-premises databases on one hand and a high demand for self-service BI on the other hand, Microsoft has come up with a new product named Power BI. Power BI is a self-service BI solution for on-premises databases and cloud data. It is a part of the Office 365 product.
In this chapter, we will go through two main components of Power BI: Power Query and Power Map. Power Query is a self-service ETL tool, and Power Map is a 3D data visualization tool designed especially for geospatial information. Microsoft Power BI includes PowerPivot and Power View as well. PowerPivot is a tabular modeling engine that works like SSAS Tabular, but in an Excel environment. Power View is a data visualization ...
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