For my second time, I was afforded the great opportunity to present virtually to the great people of the Madison Power BI User Group. I’m always really excited when someone invites me back a second time to speak because that means that the first time wasn’t completely awful! We had a great time last evening discussing Continue reading Introduction to Power BI Desktop – Session Materials Available
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Power BI Desktop: My First Run Through
If PowerPivot, Power Query, and Power View had a baby (don’t ask how) that baby would be called Power BI Desktop Designer. Yesterday the Power BI Desktop Designer was released for general availability, which I promptly downloaded last night at 11:30 PM EST and started playing with. Even as my wife turned out the light and begged me to go to sleep, I persisted! I was too excited. So here’s my first run through (I call it run through because it was late and I didn’t spend a ton of time looking at every little thing).
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Download Power BI Desktop
Ok first things first. Download the Power BI Desktop Designer so you can start playing!
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45331
Installing it is pretty straight forward so I’ll spare you the details.
Get Data with Power BI Desktop
The first thing I did after installing the Power BI Desktop Designer was Continue reading Power BI Desktop: My First Run Through