This book, "Extending Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps with Power Platform", is your comprehensive guide to mastering the integration of Power Platform tools with Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (F&O). Dive into practical scenarios and learn how to leverage tools like Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI to maximize efficiency and streamline operations. What this Book will help me do Learn to extend Dynamics 365 F&O functionalities using Dataverse and other Power Platform tools. Understand practical integration techniques including dual-write and virtual tables. Explore automation of workflows and tasks with Power Automate in an F&O context. Utilize Power BI for creating insightful reports with Azure Data Lake Storage. Gain insights into governance and lifecycle management for the Power Platform in your F&O projects. Author(s) Adrià Ariste Santacreu, a seasoned expert in Power Platform and Microsoft Dynamics, shares his rich industry experience through this book. He has implemented numerous real-world solutions integrating Power Platform with Dynamics 365, and his expertise is evident in the clear and actionable guidance provided herein. Adrià's approach helps both novices and experts discover the true potential of these technologies. Who is it for? This book is ideal for Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations consultants and Power Platform professionals seeking to extend their knowledge and capabilities. It is particularly suitable for technical and solutions architects who aim to implement innovative solutions for business requirements using the Power Platform. If you aim to leverage low-code/no-code tools for dynamics projects, this book has you covered.

Want to jump into data science but don't know where to start? Let's be real, data science is presented as something mystical and unattainable without the most powerful software, hardware, and data expertise. Real data science isn't about technology. It's about how you approach the problem. In this updated edition of Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight, award-winning data scientist and bestselling author Jordan Goldmeier shows you how to implement data science problems using Excel while exposing how things work behind the scenes. Data Smart is your field guide to building statistics, machine learning, and powerful artificial intelligence concepts right inside your spreadsheet. Inside you'll find: Four-color data visualizations that highlight and illustrate the concepts discussed in the book Tutorials explaining complicated data science using just Microsoft Excel How to take what you’ve learned and apply it to everyday problems at work and life Advice for using formulas, Power Query, and some of Excel's latest features to solve tough data problems Smart data science solutions for common business challenges Explanations of what algorithms do, how they work, and what you can tweak to take your Excel skills to the next level Data Smart is a must-read for students, analysts, and managers ready to become data science savvy and share their findings with the world.

Discover the utility of your organization’s data with Microsoft Power BI In Beginning Power BI for Business Users: Learning to Turn Data into Insights, accomplished data professional and business intelligence expert Paul Fuller delivers an intuitive and accessible handbook for professionals seeking to use Microsoft’s Power BI to access, analyze, understand, report, and act on the data available to their organizations. In the book, you’ll discover Power BI’s robust feature set, learn to ingest and model data, visualize and report on that data, and even use the DAX scripting language to unlock still more utility from Microsoft’s popular program. Beginning with general principles geared to readers with no or little experience with reporting or data analytics tools, the author walks you through how to manipulate common, publicly available data sources—including Excel files and relational databases. You’ll also learn to: Use the included and tested sample code to work through the helpful examples included by the author Conduct data orchestration and visualization to better understand and gain insights from your data An essential resource for business analysts and Excel power users reaching the limits of that program’s capabilities, Beginning Power BI for Business Users will also benefit data analysts who seek to prepare reports for their organizations using Microsoft’s flexible and intuitive software.

Learn Microsoft Power Apps is your complete guide to building personalized business applications using Microsoft's low-code platform. You'll discover how to create interactive, secure apps tailored to your needs, with the help of detailed examples, best practices, and progressive tutorials. Unleash the power of tools like AI Builder and Dataverse to add cutting-edge functionality to your applications. What this Book will help me do Understand the Power Apps ecosystem and its licensing to make informed decisions. Create canvas applications to address specific business challenges effectively. Incorporate integration with SharePoint, Power Automate, and other Microsoft tools for enhanced app capabilities. Use Dataverse for data storage and employ model-driven approaches for robust applications. Leverage artificial intelligence features like AI Builder and Copilot to accelerate and improve development. Author(s) Matthew Weston and Elisa Bárcena Martín are seasoned professionals in the Microsoft and business solutions field. Their combined experience includes decades of expertise in developing applications, consulting, and teaching others how to harness Power Platform technologies. They excel in breaking down complex topics into understandable, actionable content, and their supportive tone makes learning enjoyable and productive. Who is it for? This book is ideal for business analysts, IT professionals, and solution developers seeking to streamline business processes through custom applications. Whether you're a seasoned developer looking to expand into low-code platforms or a beginner eager to tackle real-world problems, this book guides you step by step. A basic understanding of Microsoft 365 is all that's needed to get started, giving non-developers and tech enthusiasts alike the confidence to create impactful applications.

Processing information efficiently is critical to the successful operation of modern organizations. One particularly helpful tool is Microsoft Power Automate, a low-code/no-code development platform designed to help tech-savvy users create and implement workflows. This practical book explains how small-business and enterprise users can replace manual work that takes days with an automated process you can set up in a few hours using Power Automate. Paul Papanek Stork, principal architect at Don't Pa..Panic Consulting, provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the foundational skills required to understand and work with Power Automate. You'll learn how to use these workflows, or flows, to automate repetitive tasks or complete business processes without manual intervention. Whether you're transferring form responses to a list, managing document approvals, sending automatic reminders for overdue tasks, or archiving emails and attachments, these skills will help you: Design and build flows with templates or from scratch Select triggers and actions to automate a process Add actions to a flow to retrieve and process information Use functions to transform information Control the logic of a process using conditional actions, loops, or parallel branches Implement error checking to avoid potential problems

Unlock the full potential of Microsoft Business Central by integrating it with the Power Platform through this practical and hands-on guide. With step-by-step tutorials, you'll learn how to combine the capabilities of tools like Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse to build scalable and efficient business solutions. By the end of the book, you'll be equipped to streamline business processes and add significant value. What this Book will help me do Effectively deploy Power Platform functionalities for Microsoft Business Central projects. Seamlessly connect Business Central with cloud and on-premises services. Leverage Dataverse and virtual tables to enhance data modeling and accessibility. Build custom applications using Power Apps and automate workflows with Power Automate. Generate advanced visual reports with Power BI directly integrated with Business Central. Author(s) Kim Congleton and Shawn Sissenwein are industry professionals with extensive experience in ERP systems and Microsoft technologies. With a deep knowledge of Business Central and the Power Platform, they bring practical insights into maximizing business value through technological advancements. Their teaching approach focuses on hands-on learning, real-world application, and empowering readers with actionable skills. Who is it for? This book is ideal for Business Central users, consultants, and solution architects aiming to enhance Business Central's capabilities through the Power Platform. If you're familiar with Business Central's basics and seek to optimize and extend its functionality without requiring extensive programming knowledge, then this guide is tailored for you.

How can you maximize data collaboration across your organization without having to build integrations between individual applications, systems, and other data sources? Data collaboration architectures that don't depend on integrations aren't a new idea, but they've assumed greater urgency as organizations increasingly struggle to manage the ever-growing numbers of data sources that exist inside their IT estates. In this report, Cinchy cofounders Dan DeMers and Karanjot Jaswal show CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and other IT leaders how to rethink their organization's approach to data architectures, data management, and data governance. You'll learn about different approaches to creating data platforms that liberate and autonomize data, enable agile data management, apply consistent data access controls, and maximize visibility without requiring application-specific integrations. With this report, you'll discover: Why data integration is often handled piecemeal—combining one app with another rather than integrating all apps together How data collaboration platforms enable data sharing across all apps, systems, and sources without application-specific integrations Four major platforms you can use to make data available to all applications and services: Cinchy, K2View, Microsoft Dataverse, and The Modern Data Company Principles and practices for deploying the data collaboration platform of your choice Dan DeMers is the CEO and cofounder of Cinchy. Karanjot Jaswal is cofounder and CTO of Cinchy.

This book provides detailed guidance around architecting and deploying Power BI reporting solutions, including help and best practices for sharing and security. You’ll find chapters on dataflows, shared datasets, composite model and DirectQuery connections to Power BI datasets, deployment pipelines, XMLA endpoints, and many other important features related to the overall Power BI architecture that are new since the first edition. You will gain an understanding of what functionality each of the Power BI components provide (such as Dataflow, Shared Dataset, Datamart, thin reports, and paginated reports), so that you can make an informed decision about what components to use in your solution. You will get to know the pros and cons of each component, and how they all work together within the larger Power BI architecture. Commonly encountered problems you will learn to handle include content unexpectedly changing while users are in the process of creating reports and building analyses, methods of sharing analyses that don’t cover all the requirements of your business or organization, and inconsistent security models. Detailed examples help you to understand and choose from among the different methods available for sharing and securing Power BI content so that only intended recipients can see it. The knowledge provided in this book will allow you to choose an architecture and deployment model that suits the needs of your organization. It will also help ensure that you do not spend your time maintaining your solution, but on using it for its intended purpose: gaining business value from mining and analyzing your organization’s data. What You Will Learn Architect Power BI solutions that are reliable and easy to maintain Create development templates and structures in support of reusability Set up and configure the Power BI gateway as a bridge between on-premises data sourcesand the Power BI cloud service Select a suitable connection type—Live Connection, DirectQuery, Scheduled Refresh, or Composite Model—for your use case Choose the right sharing method for how you are using Power BI in your organization Create and manage environments for development, testing, and production Secure your data using row-level and object-level security Save money by choosing the right licensing plan Who This Book Is For Data analysts and developers who are building reporting solutions around Power BI, as well as architects and managers who are responsible for the big picture of how Power BI meshes with an organization’s other systems, including database and data warehouse systems.

Microsoft Power BI Machine Learning and OpenAI offers a comprehensive exploration into advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence using Microsoft Power BI. Through hands-on, workshop-style examples, readers will discover the integration of machine learning models and OpenAI features to enhance business intelligence. This book provides practical examples, real-world scenarios, and step-by-step guidance. What this Book will help me do Learn to apply machine learning capabilities within Power BI to create predictive analytics Understand how to integrate OpenAI services to build enhanced analytics workflows Gain hands-on experience in using R and Python for advanced data visualization in Power BI Master the skills needed to build and deploy SaaS auto ML models within Power BI Leverage Power BI's AI visuals and features to elevate data storytelling Author(s) Greg Beaumont, an expert in data science and business intelligence, brings years of experience in Power BI and analytics to this book. With a focus on practical applications, Greg empowers readers to harness the power of AI and machine learning to elevate their data solutions. As a consultant and trainer, he shares his deep knowledge to help readers unlock the full potential of their tools. Who is it for? This book is ideal for data analysts, BI professionals, and data scientists who aim to integrate machine learning and OpenAI into their workflows. If you're familiar with Power BI's fundamentals and are eager to explore its advanced capabilities, this guide is tailored for you. Perfect for professionals looking to elevate their analytics to a new level, combining data science concepts with Power BI's features.

Visualize Complex Processes with Microsoft Visio is your go-to guide for learning how to effectively create and use process flow diagrams. By using Visio's built-in templates and features, this book enables you to document business processes and workflows clearly and professionally, ensuring better understanding and communication. What this Book will help me do Understand how to select and use flowchart types for visually communicating processes. Learn to navigate Visio's interface and features to efficiently create diagrams. Master integrating process flows with data and other M365 apps for added insights. Discover how to securely store and share diagrams for collaboration. Gain skills to customize templates and create diagrams that meet professional standards. Author(s) David Parker and Senaj Lelic are seasoned experts in business process visualization and Microsoft Visio. They bring years of experience in designing complex workflows and teaching professionals how to use Visio effectively. Their approachable writing style ensures clear guidance, empowering readers to achieve practical outcomes. Who is it for? This book is tailored for managers, analysts, and designers seeking to improve their skills in process visualization. Beginner Visio users will find step-by-step instructions valuable, while advanced users can explore tips for customization and integration. If you aim to enhance clarity in communications through professional diagrams, this book is for you.

A comprehensive and fully visual guide to Microsoft Power BI Teach Yourself VISUALLY Power BI collects all the resources you need to master the everyday use of Microsoft's powerful data visualization software and delivers them in a single, easy-to-use volume. Fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions are combined with crystal-clear screenshots that walk you through the basic and advanced functions of Microsoft Power BI. Teach Yourself VISUALLY Power BI offers the best visual learning techniques with complete source material about the interface and substance of Power BI, as well as: Stepwise guidance on working with, transforming, and processing data sources Instructions for customizing data visualizations to create informative and presentation-ready charts and graphs Full-color, two-page tutorials on the more advanced features of Power BI, including app integrations and data access with DAX The fastest, easiest way for visual learners to get a handle on Microsoft Power BI, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Power BI is a can't-miss resource, loaded with useful tips for newbies and experts alike.

Welcome to this step-by-step guide for Excel users, data analysts, and finance specialists. It is designed to take you through practical report and development scenarios, including both the approach and the technical challenges. This book will equip you with an understanding of the overall Power Platform use case for addressing common business challenges. While Power BI continues to be an excellent tool of choice in the BI space, Power Platform is the real game changer. Using an integrated architecture, a small team of citizen developers can build solutions for all kinds of business problems. For small businesses, Power Platform can be used to build bespoke CRM, Finance, and Warehouse management tools. For large businesses, it can be used to build an integration point for existing systems to simplify reporting, operation, and approval processes. The author has drawn on his15 years of hands-on analytics experience to help you pivot from the traditional Excel-based reporting environment. By using different business scenarios, this book provides you with clear reasons why a skill is important before you start to dive into the scenarios. You will use a fast prototyping approach to continue to build exciting reporting, automation, and application solutions and improve them while you acquire new skill sets. The book helps you get started quickly with Power BI. It covers data visualization, collaboration, and governance practices. You will learn about the most practical SQL challenges. And you will learn how to build applications in PowerApps and Power Automate. The book ends with an integrated solution framework that can be adapted to solve a wide range of complex business problems. What You Will Learn Develop reporting solutions and business applications Understand the Power Platform licensing and development environment Apply Data ETL and modeling in Power BI Use Data Storytelling and dashboard design to better visualize data Carry out data operations with SQL and SharePoint lists Develop useful applications using Power Apps Develop automated workflows using Power Automate Integrate solutions with Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate to build enterprise solutions Who This Book Is For Next-generation data specialists, including Excel-based users who want to learn Power BI and build internal apps; finance specialists who want to take a different approach to traditional accounting reports; and anyone who wants to enhance their skill set for the future job market.

Prepare for Microsoft Exam PL-900. Demonstrate your real-world knowledge of the fundamentals of Microsoft Power Platform, including its business value, core components, and the capabilities and advantages of Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents. Designed for business users, functional consultants, and other professionals, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: Describe the business value of Power Platform Identify the Core Components of Power Platform Demonstrate the capabilities of Power BI Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Apps Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Automate Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Virtual Agents This Microsoft Exam Ref: Organizes its coverage by exam objectives Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you Assumes you are a business user, functional consultant, or other professional who wants to improve productivity by automating business processes, analyzing data, creating simple app experiences, or developing business enhancements to Microsoft cloud solutions. About the Exam Exam PL-900 focuses on knowledge needed to describe the value of Power Platform services and of extending solutions; describe Power Platform administration and security; describe Common Data Service, Connectors, and AI Builder; identify common Power BI components; connect to and consume data; build basic dashboards with Power BI; identify common Power Apps components; build basic canvas and model-driven apps; describe Power Apps portals; identify common Power Automate components; build basic flows; describe Power Virtual Agents capabilities; and build and publish basic chatbots. About Microsoft Certification Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals certification, demonstrating your understanding of Power Platforms core capabilitiesfrom business value and core product capabilities to building simple apps, connecting data sources, automating basic business processes, creating dashboards, and creating chatbots. With this certification, you can move on to earn specialist certifications covering more advanced aspects of Power Apps and Power BI, including Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate and Power Platform Data Analyst Associate. See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

Use this book to study for the PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst exam. The book follows the “Skills Measured” outline provided by Microsoft to help focus your study. Each topic area from the outline corresponds to an area covered by the exam, and the book helps you build a good base of knowledge in each area. Each topic is presented with a blend of practical explanations, theory, and best practices. Power BI is more than just the Power BI Desktop or the Power BI Service. It is two distinct applications and an online service that, together, enable business users to gather, shape, and analyze data to generate and present insights. This book clearly delineates the purpose of each component and explains the key concepts necessary to use each component effectively. Each chapter provides best practices and tips to help an inexperienced Power BI practitioner develop good habits that will support larger or more complex analyses. Manybusiness analysts come to Power BI with a wealth of experience in Excel and particularly with pivot tables. Some of this experience translates readily into Power BI concepts. This book leverages that overlap in skill sets to help seasoned Excel users overcome the initial learning curve in Power BI, but no prior knowledge of any kind is assumed, terminology is defined in non-technical language, and key concepts are explained using analogies and ideas from experiences common to any reader. After reading this book, you will have the background and capability to learn the skills and concepts necessary both to pass the PL-300 exam and become a confident Power BI practitioner. What You Will Learn Create user-friendly, responsive reports with drill-throughs, bookmarks, and tool tips Construct a star schema with relationships, ensuring that your analysis will be both accurate and responsive Publish reports and datasets to the Power BI Service, enabling the report (and the dataset) to be viewed and used by your colleagues Extract data from a variety of sources, enabling you to leverage the data that your organization has collected and stored in a variety of sources Schedule data refreshes for published datasets so your reports and dashboards stay up to date Develop dashboards with visuals from different reports and streaming content Who This Book Is For Power BI users who are planning to take the PL-300 exam, Power BI users who want help studying the topic areas listed in Microsoft’s outline for the PL-300 exam, and those who are not planning to take the exam but want to close any knowledge gaps they might have

Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture is your essential guide to designing powerful, enterprise-grade solutions using Microsoft technology. This thoroughly structured book equips you with architectural insights, methodologies, and best practices necessary to optimize solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform and integrate them seamlessly with M365 and Azure. What this Book will help me do Design robust enterprise solutions leveraging Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365. Integrate Power Platform tools with Microsoft 365 and Azure effectively for comprehensive solutions. Implement advanced security, extensibility, and lifecycle management methodologies. Migrate and manage data efficiently within the Power Platform ecosystem. Overcome architectural challenges in multi-system integration using proven techniques. Author(s) Robert Rybaric, the author of this book, is an experienced enterprise architect specializing in Microsoft technologies. With years of expertise in designing enterprise systems, Robert brings practical insights into crafting effective solutions using Microsoft Power Platform. His approach emphasizes clarity and practicality, ensuring concepts are both illustrative and applicable for readers. Who is it for? This book is ideal for enterprise architects and technical decision-makers aiming to design and deploy complex solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform. It is tailored for professionals with familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform and Azure services who wish to refine their skills in enterprise architecture to meet growing business demands efficiently.

With the accelerating speed of business and the increasing dependence on technology, companies today are significantly changing the way they build in-house business solutions. Many now use low-code and no code technologies to help them deal with specific issues, but that's just the beginning. With this practical guide, power users and developers will discover ways to resolve everyday challenges by building end-to-end solutions with the Microsoft Power Platform. Author Jason Rivera, who specializes in SharePoint and the Microsoft 365 solution architecture, provides a comprehensive overview of how to use the Power Platform to build end-to-end solutions that address tactical business needs. By learning key components of the platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI, you'll be able to build low-code and no code applications, automate repeatable business processes, and create interactive reports from available data. Learn how the Power Platform apps work together Incorporate AI into the Power Platform without extensive ML or AI knowledge Create end-to-end solutions to solve tactical business needs, including data collection, process automation, and reporting Build AI-based solutions using Power Virtual Agents and AI Builder

Discover the power of transforming raw data into actionable insights with "Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide." This comprehensive guide introduces you to the core functionalities of Power BI, emphasizing practical demonstration on building data models, visualizations, and streamlining business intelligence processes. By following this book, you'll elevate your data analysis and storytelling skills. What this Book will help me do Connect and import data from various sources into Power BI. Master the usage of Power Query Editor for efficient data cleansing. Create effective and visually appealing Power BI dashboards. Understand and implement data security features, such as row-level and column-level security. Administer a Power BI environment effectively, including tenant management and cloud deployments. Author(s) Devin Knight, Erin Ostrowsky, Mitchell Pearson, and Bradley Schacht are seasoned experts in the field of data analysis and business intelligence. With years of practical experience, they bring a wealth of knowledge in Power BI and data visualization. Their passion for educating others is evident in their clear, approachable, and structured writing style. Who is it for? This book is designed for professionals seeking to delve into Microsoft Power BI's functionalities. Ideal readers include business analysts, data professionals, or enthusiasts aiming to transition from Excel-based solutions to BI platforms. Both beginners wanting to learn BI concepts and intermediate users looking to solidify their Power BI skills will benefit greatly.

Learn how to automate processes, visualize your data, and improve productivity using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, SharePoint, Forms, Teams, and more. This book will help you build complete solutions that often involve storing data in SharePoint, creating a front-end application in Power Apps or Forms, adding additional functionality with Power Automate, and effective reports and dashboards in Power BI. This new edition greatly expands the focus on Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, and Teams, along with SharePoint and Microsoft Forms. It starts with the basics of programming and shows how to build a simple email application in .NET, HTML/JavaScript, Power Apps on its own, and Power Apps and Power Automate in combination. It then covers how to connect Power Apps to SharePoint, create an approval process in Power Automate, visualize surveys in Power BI, and create your own survey solution with the combination of a number of Microsoft 365 tools. You’ll work with anextended example that shows how to use Power Apps and SharePoint together to create your own help ticketing system. This book offers a deep dive into Power BI, including working with JSON, XML, and Yes/No data, as well as visualizing learning data and using it to detect inconsistencies between Excel files. You’ll also see how to connect to Remedy and to the help system you will have created. Under author Jeffrey Rhodes’s guidance, you’ll delve into the Power Apps collection to learn how to avoid dreaded "delegation" issues with larger data sets. Back on applications, you will create a training class sign-up solution to only allow users to choose classes with available seats. Digging deeper into Teams, you’ll learn how to send chats, posts, and "adaptive cards" from Power Automate. Rounding things out, you’ll save Forms attachments to SharePoint with Power Automate, create your own "Employee Recognition" app with all of the Power Platform and Teams, add or edit weekly status reports, and learn how to create reservation and scoring applications. After reading the book, you will be able to build powerful applications using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, SharePoint, Forms, and Teams. What You Will Learn Create productivity-enhancing applications with Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, Forms, and/or Teams Transform and visualize data with Power BI to include custom columns, measures, and pivots Avoid delegation issues and tackle complicated Power Apps issues like complex columns, filtering, and ForAll loops Build scheduled or triggered Power Automate flows to schedule Teams Meetings, send emails, launch approvals, and much more Who This Book Is For Business and application developers.

Leverage the full power of Bayesian analysis for competitive advantage Bayesian methods can solve problems you can't reliably handle any other way. Building on your existing Excel analytics skills and experience, Microsoft Excel MVP Conrad Carlberg helps you make the most of Excel's Bayesian capabilities and move toward R to do even more. Step by step, with real-world examples, Carlberg shows you how to use Bayesian analytics to solve a wide array of real problems. Carlberg clarifies terminology that often bewilders analysts, provides downloadable Excel workbooks you can easily adapt to your own needs, and offers sample R code to take advantage of the rethinking package in R and its gateway to Stan. As you incorporate these Bayesian approaches into your analytical toolbox, you'll build a powerful competitive advantage for your organization---and yourself. Explore key ideas and strategies that underlie Bayesian analysis Distinguish prior, likelihood, and posterior distributions, and compare algorithms for driving sampling inputs Use grid approximation to solve simple univariate problems, and understand its limits as parameters increase Perform complex simulations and regressions with quadratic approximation and Richard McElreath's quap function Manage text values as if they were numeric Learn today's gold-standard Bayesian sampling technique: Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Use MCMC to optimize execution speed in high-complexity problems Discover when frequentist methods fail and Bayesian methods are essential---and when to use both in tandem ...

Microsoft Power BI is a data analytics and visualization tool powerful enough for the most demanding data scientists, but accessible enough for everyday use for anyone who needs to get more from data. The market has many books designed to train and equip professional data analysts to use Power BI, but few of them make this tool accessible to anyone who wants to get up to speed on their own. This streamlined intro to Power BI covers all the foundational aspects and features you need to go from "zero to hero" with data and visualizations. Whether you work with large, complex datasets or work in Microsoft Excel, author Jeremey Arnold shows you how to teach yourself Power BI and use it confidently as a regular data analysis and reporting tool. You'll learn how to: Import, manipulate, visualize, and investigate data in Power BI Approach solutions for both self-service and enterprise BI Use Power BI in your organization's business intelligence strategy Produce effective reports and dashboards Create environments for sharing reports and managing data access with your team Determine the right solution for using Power BI offerings based on size, security, and computational needs