To begin your Power BI journey, the first step is to download and install Power BI Desktop on your computer. This software serves as your primary workspace for data analysis and report creation.

In Page 1, which Power BI opens when launched, click the Excel Workbook option in the Data group. Using the resulting Open dialog, locate the Excel file (Figure C), select it and click Open.

Key components: Power BI service, Fabric (data management), and Row-Level Security (RLS). Reports are designed in Power BI Desktop and published to the Power BI service with controlled permissions.

Opening data from Excel file Power BI establishes a connection with the file containing the sample data. The “Power BI Sample Petroleum Co Data” file contains 10,188 sample data rows. Click the box to ...

Power BI supports up to 400GB data models (at about 10 to 20 times compression, that’s 4TB to 8TB of data in a single data model). These datasets can be IT-certified, and Microsoft Information ...

Creating Power BI Reports from Excel Data Monday, October 19 | 2 to 3:30 p.m. | Virtually via Zoom Much of the data we analyze and report on is currently stored in or exported to Microsoft Excel files ...

Power BI will convert the data into table form (Figure J). Figure J You still have a bit of work to do: Remove the first column, named Column 1. This is column A in the Google Sheets file.

As Microsoft Excel’s younger, flashier cousin, Power BI brings visualizations and interactive components to the table to help frame data in a fresh, new way that’s both data-driven and compelling.

The Power Query tool can be used in Excel to easily record steps taken to transform and format the data in preparation for loading into Power BI. (It can also be saved and reused to rerun the exact ...