Power BI and Power Query can connect to files such as Excel, CSV, text files and on-premises databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL. Power BI can connect to many data sources on cloud such as Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse and etc. In this part you will learn how to connect from Read more about Power BI Get Data: From Azure SQL Database[…]
In Previous section you learned about Power Query through an example of data mash-up of movies. Also prior than that you’ve learned about Power BI and its components in Power BI online book from rookie to rockstar. In this section I would like to start exploration of different data sources in Power BI, and I Read more about Power BI Get Data From Excel: Everything You Need to Know[…]
As another section of the Power BI online book: from Rookie to Rockstar, I would like to get start working with Power Query. From my point of view learning through an example is the best way to learn new technology. For this post I have decided to use movie’s data to be mashed up. I Read more about Get Started with Power Query: Movies Data Mash-Up[…]
When you get data in Power BI you actually use Power Query Component. In this chapter you will learn about What Power Query is, and what are different types of sources that Power Query can connect. Power Query has also great list of transformations that can be applied on the data set as well (which Read more about What Is Power Query? Introduction to Data Mash-up Engine of Power BI[…]
In previous section (from the Power BI from Rookie to Rockstar book) you’ve learned about Power BI Desktop, and you’ve developed a sample report with that and published it to Power BI website. In this section I’ll explain some of Power BI website’s functionality. You will understand at the end of this section that Power Read more about Power BI Website: You’ll Need Just A Web Browser[…]
As promised I started writing blog post series for the Online Book: Power BI from Rookie to Rockstar, and this is the first post. Power BI is not a new name in the BI market, components of Power BI has been in the market through different time periods. Some components such As Power BI Desktop Read more about Introduction to Power BI: What is Power BI?[…]
The idea of writing a book on Power BI is not new for me, I’ve been thinking about it for a while, even before the first release of Power BI Designer. However, Power BI is fast-paced technology, Microsoft Product team is doing a great job with monthly, and sometimes even more frequent updates. With this Read more about Online Book: Power BI From Rookie to Rockstar[…]