Putting Your Knowledge to Use Now that you have a basic understanding of Power BI and Business Intelligence (BI) as a field, it is time to put that knowledge to use by finding a job or growing your career! This chapter focuses on the overall business intelligence and data analytics market, citing industry reports on […]
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Admin API settings Admin API settings control the use of Power BI admin APIs and the information contained within the responses from admin API requests. For more information about admin APIs, see the Further reading section in this chapter. Dataflow settings Dataflow settings control the creation and use of dataflows. Template app settings Template app
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Governing and administering Power BI Governance of Power BI is a broad and potentially complex subject that can encompass the overall data governance within an organization as well as Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service. However, at its core, governance for Power BI is simply a set of established rules and policies regarding
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Deploying, Governing, and Adopting Power BI Now that you have learned the fundamentals of working with Power BI and have seen Power BI’s powerful analytics and visualizations features fi sthand, it is time to turn our attention to the broader topics of deployment, governance, and the adoption of Power BI within an organization. Th s
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Managing a data gateway Once the gateways have been installed and configured, standard mode gateways can be managed via the Power BI service. To manage a standard mode gateway, do the following: Figure 11.16 – Accessing the Manage gateways link Now, let’s look at the gateway cluster settings and administrators. Gateway cluster settings and administrators
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Refreshing Content So far, we have spent quite a bit of time in the Power BI service working with reports, dashboards, apps, and security. Throughout this book, we have learned how to create data models and reports and then publish and share our work using the Power BI service. However, it is the nature of
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Understanding security and permissions There are several levels of security and permissions within the Power BI service. It is important to understand these various permission levels in order to ensure that users can only access the appropriate reports, dashboards, apps, and data. The main levels of permissions within Power BI are listed as follows: Workspace
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Working with goals Goals and scorecards are relatively new types of objects in the Power BI service that allow users to track key metrics against business objectives. Goals provide something for teams to measure their progress toward achieving business objectives against, with the ability to share updates and analyze detailed data when necessary. Goals can
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Creating and using apps Apps are a method of bundling multiple dashboards and reports into a single object that is then published and shared within the organization. Hence, instead of sharing individual dashboards and reports or granting permissions to an entire workspace, apps allow the author to choose exactly what content to bundle and share,
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Understanding Dashboards, Apps, Goals, and Security While reports are likely to be what you will interact with the most in the service, there are other aspects of the service that are quite powerful and can add tremendous value. It is important to understand the capabilities of dashboards and apps to determine the best method
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