udemy-power-bi-service/README.md

# udemy-power-bi-service

I'm going to run this course on Power BI service: <https://www.udemy.com/course/power-bi-service/learn/lecture/25124728#overview>

## Notes

### Setting expectations

- The course goes along with Power BI Desktop course. It is recommended to run that first. Hehe.
- Focus on the core parts of Power BI Service.

### Intro to PBI Service

#### Ecosystem

- The cloud environment to share reports and data.
- It connects to data directly.
- You can also build reports here, not just on PBI Desktop.
- Main environment for sharing and publishing.
- There is also PBI Mobile, but well, who cares about that.

Desktop vs Service

- Desktop can connect to more Databases than Service.
- Data Models can only be built in Desktop.
- DAX is only present in Desktop.
- Role level security can only be created in Desktop.
- Service has Gateways and Dataflows
- Service can package stuff into Workspaces and Apps.
- Both have Power Query.

#### Account Tiers

There are three individual accounts:

- Free
- Pro
  - This is what report builders need.
  - Around $9/month
  - Can create workspaces
  - Can create Email Subscriptions
  - Can share reports with other Pro or Premium users
  - Can create apps
- Premium per user
  - All of Pro
  - AI fancy thingies
  - Advanced Dataflows
  - Deployment Pipelines
  - Other stuff nobody cares about

You can also buy a big, Premium org license. It pretty much means you buy it for the entire org. You still need to pay Pro licenses for report builders.

![Alt text](image.png)

I have Pro in Superhog.

#### User Personas

- Creator: build stuff
- Analyzer: consumes stuff to answer business questions and creates his own stuff on the representation layer to some extent
- Collaborator: publishes stuff and manages workspaces/apps

#### UI

Fluffy stuff. Dear god, this UI is confusing and bloaty.

#### Workspaces

`My Workspace` is your personal folder for your own stuff.

All other workspaces are `Shared workspaces`.

The personal one doesn't have data flows (Power Query)

Content objects:
- Workbook, report or dashboard -> Visualize stuff

Data objects:
- Datasets and Dataflows

#### Building Blocks of Workspaces

- Datasets and workbooks: build from datasources
- Reports: pages with visuals and filters. Can use one or more datasets
- Dashboard: a collection of visuals that come from one or more reports
Initial commit 2024-01-02 16:44:58 +00:00			`# udemy-power-bi-service`

thingies 2024-01-05 09:54:14 +01:00			`I'm going to run this course on Power BI service: <https://www.udemy.com/course/power-bi-service/learn/lecture/25124728#overview>`

			`## Notes`

			`### Setting expectations`

			`- The course goes along with Power BI Desktop course. It is recommended to run that first. Hehe.`
			`- Focus on the core parts of Power BI Service.`

			`### Intro to PBI Service`

			`#### Ecosystem`

			`- The cloud environment to share reports and data.`
			`- It connects to data directly.`
			`- You can also build reports here, not just on PBI Desktop.`
			`- Main environment for sharing and publishing.`
			`- There is also PBI Mobile, but well, who cares about that.`

			`Desktop vs Service`

			`- Desktop can connect to more Databases than Service.`
			`- Data Models can only be built in Desktop.`
			`- DAX is only present in Desktop.`
			`- Role level security can only be created in Desktop.`
			`- Service has Gateways and Dataflows`
			`- Service can package stuff into Workspaces and Apps.`
			`- Both have Power Query.`

			`#### Account Tiers`

			`There are three individual accounts:`

			`- Free`
			`- Pro`
			`- This is what report builders need.`
			`- Around $9/month`
			`- Can create workspaces`
			`- Can create Email Subscriptions`
			`- Can share reports with other Pro or Premium users`
			`- Can create apps`
			`- Premium per user`
			`- All of Pro`
			`- AI fancy thingies`
			`- Advanced Dataflows`
			`- Deployment Pipelines`
			`- Other stuff nobody cares about`

			`You can also buy a big, Premium org license. It pretty much means you buy it for the entire org. You still need to pay Pro licenses for report builders.`

			`![Alt text](image.png)`

			`I have Pro in Superhog.`

			`#### User Personas`

			`- Creator: build stuff`
			`- Analyzer: consumes stuff to answer business questions and creates his own stuff on the representation layer to some extent`
			`- Collaborator: publishes stuff and manages workspaces/apps`

			`#### UI`

			`Fluffy stuff. Dear god, this UI is confusing and bloaty.`

			`#### Workspaces`

			`My Workspace` is your personal folder for your own stuff.

			All other workspaces are `Shared workspaces`.

			`The personal one doesn't have data flows (Power Query)`

			`Content objects:`
			`- Workbook, report or dashboard -> Visualize stuff`

			`Data objects:`
			`- Datasets and Dataflows`

			`#### Building Blocks of Workspaces`

			`- Datasets and workbooks: build from datasources`
			`- Reports: pages with visuals and filters. Can use one or more datasets`
			`- Dashboard: a collection of visuals that come from one or more reports`