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OBJECTIVES

• To Create various filtering visuals in power bi.

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION:

SECONDARY DATA:

Secondary data is research data that has previously been gathered and can be accessed by
researchers.

Secondary data is a second-hand data that is already collected and recorded by some researchers
for their purpose, and not for the current research problem. It is accessible in the form of data
collected from different sources such as government publications, censuses, internal records of
the organization, books, journal articles, websites and reports, etc.

3.2 PERIOD OF STUDY:

For the period of 2 months (01.01.2023 to 26.02.2023)

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3.3 SOFTWARE USED:

Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn your
unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights. Your data
might be an Excel spreadsheet, or a collection of cloud-based and on-premises hybrid data
warehouses. Power BI lets you easily connect to your data sources, visualize and discover what's
important, and share that with anyone or everyone you want.

Power BI consists of several elements that all work together, starting with these three basics:

• A Windows desktop application called Power BI Desktop.

Power BI desktop app is used to create reports, while Power BI Services (Software as a Service
- SaaS) is used to publish the reports, and Power BI mobile app is used to view the reports and
dashboards.

Power BI is a cloud-based business analysis and intelligence service by Microsoft. It is a

COMMON USES OF POWER BI

Microsoft Power BI is used to find insights within an organization's data. Power BI can help
connect disparate data sets, transform and clean the data into a data model and create charts or
graphs to provide visuals of the data. All of this can be shared with other Power BI users within
the organization.

The data models created from Power BI can be used in several ways for organizations,
including the following:

• telling stories through charts and data visualizations;

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 • examining "what if" scenarios within the data; and

• creating reports that can answer questions in real time and help with forecasting to
make sure departments meet business metrics.

Power BI can also provide executive dashboards for administrators or managers, giving
management more insight into how departments are doing.

This Power BI preview shows the reporting and dashboard capabilities that Power BI offers.

USERS OF POWER BI

Though Power BI is a self-service BI tool that brings data analytics to employees, it's mostly
used by data analysts and BI professionals who create the data models before disseminating
reports throughout the organization. However, those without an analytical background can still
navigate Power BI and create reports.

Microsoft Power BI is used by both department reps and management, with reports and
forecasts created to aid sales and marketing reps, while also providing data for management on
how the department or individual employees are progressing toward their goals.

In addition, Power BI offers an admin portal for administrators to help configure the
implementation of Power BI, as well as usage monitoring and licenses.

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 KEY FEATURES OF POWER BI
Microsoft has added a number of data analytics features to Power BI since its inception, and
continues to do so. Some of the most important features are the following:
Artificial intelligence. Users can access image recognition and text analytics in Power BI,
create machine learning models using automated ML capabilities and integrate with Azure
Machine Learning.
Hybrid deployment support. This feature provides built-in connectors that allowPower BI
tools to connect with a number of different data sources from Microsoft, Salesforce and other
vendors.
Quick Insights. This feature allows users to create subsets of data and automatically apply
analytics to that information.
Common data model support. Power BI's support for the common data model allows the use
of a standardized and extensible collection of data schemas (entities, attributes and
relationships).
Cortana integration. This feature, which is especially popular on mobile devices,allows users
to verbally query data using natural language and access results using Cortana, Microsoft's
digital assistant.
Customization. This feature allows developers to change the appearance of defaultvisualization
and reporting tools and import new tools into the platform.
APIs for integration. This feature provides developers with sample code and application
program interfaces (APIs) for embedding the Power BI dashboard in other software products.
Self-service data prep. Using Power Query, business analysts can ingest, transform, integrate
and enrich big data into the Power BI web service. Ingested data can be shared across multiple
Power BI models, reports and dashboards.
Modeling view. This allows users to divide complex data models by subject area into separate
diagrams, multiselect objects and set common properties, view and modify properties in the
properties pane, and set display folders for simplerconsumption of complex data models.

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