Solved: Newbie to Power BI

muhammadkhan · ‎11-01-2015

Hi Guys,

I am a new bie to Power BI but I am really impressed the way it works. Can anybody shared documents or links for administering and cofiguring Power BI tools and features, would be grateful.

THanks in advance.

Seth_C_Bauer · ‎11-02-2015

@muhammadkhan This should be the main page you start with. https://support.powerbi.com/knowledgebase/ it has links to everything you need to get you started. As mentioned, it will be helpful to download the desktop and get familiar with the tool while you read, but get started with the knowledge base. The blog is a good place to keep up to date on all the releases (there are alot every month), and the DAX links will help you if you need to build out models (both are secondary to actually discovering what the tool does and how).

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Seth_C_Bauer · ‎11-02-2015

@muhammadkhan This should be the main page you start with. https://support.powerbi.com/knowledgebase/ it has links to everything you need to get you started. As mentioned, it will be helpful to download the desktop and get familiar with the tool while you read, but get started with the knowledge base. The blog is a good place to keep up to date on all the releases (there are alot every month), and the DAX links will help you if you need to build out models (both are secondary to actually discovering what the tool does and how).

Looking for more Power BI tips, tricks & tools? Check out PowerBI.tips the site I co-own with Mike Carlo. Also, if you are near SE WI? Join our PUG Milwaukee Brew City PUG

elliotdixon · ‎11-02-2015

Welcome to the world of BI. Time to start reading.

There are tips and tricks all over the forums but if you are starting out you should really just jump in and install the desktop program. See if it suits your business and your data. Worked for me.

Read the blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/

Watch the videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy--PYvwBwAeuYaR8JLmrfg

Learn about DAX

http://www.powerpivotpro.com/

http://www.powerpivotblog.nl/
http://sqlblog.com/
https://www.sqlbi.com/