High Impact Data Visualization with Power View, Power Map, and Power BI - Brossura

Aspin, Adam

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ISBN 10: 1430266163 ISBN 13: 9781430266167

Casa editrice: Apress, 2014

Riassunto

High Impact Data Visualization with Power View, Power Map,and Power BI helps you take business intelligence delivery to a new levelthat is interactive, engaging, even fun, all while driving commercial successthrough sound decision-making. Learn to harness the power of Microsoft’sflagship, self-service business intelligence suite to deliver compelling andinteractive insight with remarkable ease. Learn the essential techniques neededto enhance the look and feel of reports and dashboards so that you can seizeyour audience’s attention and provide them with clear and accurateinformation. Also learn to integrate data from a variety of sources andcreate coherent data models displaying clear metrics and attributes.

Power View is Microsoft's ground-breaking tool for ad-hoc datavisualization and analysis. It's designed to produce elegant and visuallyarresting output. It's also built to enhance user experience through polishedinteractivity. Power Map is a similarly powerful mechanism for analyzing dataacross geographic and political units. Power Query lets you load, shape andstreamline data from multiple sources. PowerPivot can extend and develop datainto a dynamic model. Power BI allows you to share your findings withcolleagues, and present your insights to clients.

High Impact Data Visualization with Power View, Power Map,and Power BI helps you master this suite of powerful tools from Microsoft.You'll learn to identify data sources, and to save time by preparing yourunderlying data correctly. You'll also learn to deliver your powerfulvisualizations and analyses through the cloud to PCs, tablets and smartphones.

• Simple techniques take raw data and convert it into information.
• Slicing and dicing metrics delivers interactive insight.
• Visually arresting output grabs and focuses attention on key indicators.

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L'autore

Adam Aspin is an independent Business Intelligence consultant based in the United Kingdom. He has worked with SQL Server for seventeen years, and Business Intelligence has been his principal focus for the last ten years. He has applied his skills for a range of clients, including J.P. Morgan, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Tesco, Centrica, Harrods, Vodafone, Crédit Agricole, Cartier, Alfred Dunhill, The RAC and EMC Conchango.Adam is a graduate of Oxford University. He is a frequent contributor to SQLServerCentral.com. He has written numerous articles for various French IT publications. A fluent French speaker, Adam has worked in France and Switzerland for many years. He is the author of SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes (Apress, 2012), and of High Impact Data Visualization with Power View Power Map, and Power BI (Apress, 2014).

Contenuti

1. Self-Service Business Intelligence
2. Power View and Tables
3. Filtering Data in Power View
4. Charts in Power View
5. Advanced Charting with Power View
6. Interactive Data Selection
7. Images and Presentations
8. Mapping Data in Power View
9. Power Pivot Basics
10. Extending the Excel Data Model Using PowerPivot
11. Power Pivot for Self-Service BI
12. Discovering and Loading Data with Power Query
13. Transforming Data with Power Query
14. Power Map
15. Self-Service Business Intelligence with Power BI
16. Appendix A: Sample Data

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Apress
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1430266163
• ISBN 13: 9781430266167
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 552