1. PowerBI for the common man!
Marcel Zehner | itnetX CTO
Microsoft Regional Director (RD)
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
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2. What is PowerBI? Collection of Online Services and Features
Main Parts of PowerBI
PowerBI Service (website powerbi.com)
PowerBI Desktop (free Windows Desktop App)
PowerBI Mobile (free App for Windows Mobile, iOS and Android)
Some more components
Platform that assists with Data Import, Analysis and Visualization

3. PowerBI Concepts Workspace Dataset Report Dashboard
User Context (Personal Workspaces & Group Workspaces)
Dataset
Datasets contain one or more Tables with Data Model and Data
Report
Reports are Collections of Pages to visualize Data
Dashboard
Dashboards provide a consolidated view into eports
Can be shared with others

4. Setup the PowerBI Environment
Sign up for Office 365
Assign PowerBI Licenses
Access PowerBI Website
Office 365 Apps or
powerbi.microsoft.com

5. Get Data into PowerBI 1/2 Files Databases Services Local File
OneDrive (Personal or Business)
SharePoint
Databases
SQL Azure
Services
Lots of SaaS Services
Mailchimp, Google Analytics, GitHub, Dynamics NAV etc.

6. Get Data into PowerBI 2/2 Special Methods to import Data
Excel Publisher
Add-On can be downloaded from the PowerBI Website
Save Data/Chart Pictures to Dashboards
PowerBI API
Collect Data and forward to PowerBI using Powershell
Other systems that can forward Data to PowerBI
Microsoft OMS Log Analytics

7. Designing Reports using the Website
Use existing Datasets
Select Table Properties and assign them to Visuals
Many delivered out of Box
More Visuals available from the Visuals Gallery
Save as Reports

8. Designing Reports using PowerBI Desktop
Free App
Launch on your desktop
Allows to access data that lives on premises Build reports
More advanced options available compared to PowerBI Website
Publish Reports to PowerBI Service
PowerBI Data Gateway needs to be up and running
Otherwise Data cannot be accessed and updated

9. Creating and sharing Dashboards
Personal or Group Dashboards
Office 365 Group Access
Pin Reports to Dashboards
Consolidate most important information from Reports
Allows Dashboard-drill-down into the report
Share Dashboards with others
Inside or outside your Organization

10. Demo
PowerBI Service, PowerBI Desktop

11. Prepare PowerBI API Access 1/2
dev.powerbi.com
Sign-in into PowerBI
Register app in Azure AD
Define Permissions
Generates Client ID

12. Prepare PowerBI API Access 2/2
manage.windowsazure.com
Check Application in Azure AD

13. Demo
Data Import using PowerBI API and BIPS Powershell Module

14. Licensing

15. PowerBI for the common man!
Marcel Zehner | itnetX CTO
Microsoft Regional Director (RD)
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
about.marcelzehner.ch
marcelzehner.ch
@marcelzehner