Learn Power BI - Second Edition: A comprehensive, step-by-step guide for beginners to learn real-world business intelligence

I'm just learning power bi this book has been really helping me out.

Just getting started and I jumped into Chapter 3 with building data and visualization. Outstanding, well written and easy to follow. I really enjoy the additional comments helping the user to understand the why behind the step or why Power BI does it a certain way.

This edition follows the latest updates from Power BI DesktopWith first edition I get hard times to follow the software until chapter 5, when even try to follow the latest updates make impossible to continues the taskThis second edition solves everything until page 63... I'm pretty sure that frow this page 'til the end I won't found any problem.Highly recomendedBy the way, the book Is printed in plain black and white... And although you can download any screenshoot un color PDF from GitHub.. Is so sad buying a book without coloured printed.

First, for a book about visualization software, it should be printed in color, not black and white. It's really doing a disservice to especially beginners. I've used Power BI before and several other BI products, but bought this book because I'm self taught and thought it may teach me things I didn't know. It has done that but right off the bat, when explaining the different views, it is wrong. It continuously says "Data view" but when you hover over what he calls "Data view" it says "Table view." Sure, I know what he means, but if you have someone that doesn't grasp that kind of thing, they're going to be looking forever.It's an ok book but I don't think I'd recommend it.

Power BI beginner books are tricky. Since the program is updated by Microsoft almost every month, content can quickly become outdated. Greg Deckler has taken a very smart approach to making this book as "evergreen" as possible. First, he has clearly updated all of the content in this book to capture the newest elements in Power BI. Second, and more importantly, he does an outstanding job explaining the *key concepts* relevant to each section, then following up with a summary, questions and a recommended list of further reading materials. Thus, even if the specific "click here, insert this" steps change over time, this book will remain a very valuable resource.Greg is one of my favorite Power BI authors. He has a tremendous breadth and depth of Power BI knowledge, explains complex concepts in a clear and intuitive way, but also always takes a unique and creative approach to his subject matter. In this book, he has included topics I've never seen addressed in any Power BI book, much less a beginner's guide. Rather than jumping right into the Power BI how-to's, an early chapter of this book focuses on properly planning Power BI projects, from identifying stakeholders, goals and requirements to discussing the different team roles required - content that I think would benefit even many experienced Power BI users.Similarly, at the end of the book, he provides an insightful exploration of the current BI job market including a detailed breakdown of the typical responsibilities, requirements and even salaries of different BI-related jobs, and practical BI-specific career advice, e.g., interview strategies and how to negotiate salary and benefits.For any Power BI beginner looking to quickly become a highly proficient, well-rounded practitioner, I would give this book my highest recommendation.

Great piece of work updated with newer content and capabilities. This book definitely hits the mark for its stated target audience who are not BI professionals. Greg does a good job introducing BI and projects, especially the point that the technology can change but most fundamental processes and techniques should not (e.g. Data modelling).I liked that it had a single use case that is built out over the course of the book. The problems chosen were realistic and steps required to solve them were not overly complex. I also liked the order in which the chapters flowed, for example getting a fully working simple report by Chapter 3 without loading any external data.Coverage of Power BI Desktop and Service was detailed and pretty thorough. The reader will definitely get experience with all important areas and more.The final section on taking up a career in BI is very good, complete with interview tips and salary negotiation advice!I only have one suggested improvement - I wish that best practices and other nuggets throughout the book were highlighted more obviously because they are so useful!Disclosure: I received a free copy of the book in return for my review.

Learn Power BI by Greg Deckler is an amazing book for every Power BI enthusiast who want to start their learning journey on this business intelligence tool. The book is a step-by-step guide that helps learning the real-world intelligence.The first key highlight for me in this book is that - Ever chapter ends with 3 concluding sections:Summary, Questions, Further ReadingEvery section has it's importance here and in my suggestion should not to be missed by the reader.Second key highlight for me is the references to the relevant resources used to explain every topic in the book. The reader can basically download sample data and get some practical hands-on while reading the book. So just not theoretical, it is practical hands-on hat makes you learn concepts. Coming from a Maths/Science background, this is something I really look in every book.Overall this is a well-written book with enough examples for one to try. Worth buying for a beginner learner. Great job be Greg on assembling Power BI topics in a single book.

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After returning back the Dummies book because of terrible printing quality, receiving and reading this book has been a big WOW :- Clear, simple, step-by-step explanaition of each feature of Power BI- Good printing quality- Downloadable exercises, easy to understand and 100% fonctional- A set of youtube videos that let you follow the excercises processWhat a professional work ! : I strongly recommend this book for Power BI beginners

A great introduction to Power BI!