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Power Pivot and Power BI. The Excel User's Guide to DAX, Power Query, Power BI & Power Pivot in Excel 2010-2016

MrExcel's Holy Macro! Books, Rob Collie, Avichal...

Master Power Pivot and Power BI with this comprehensive guide designed to elevate your data analysis and business intelligence skills. Starting with the essentials of Power Pivot, you'll learn how to load and transform data, create calculated columns, and apply foundational DAX functions. As you advance, the book dives into more complex topics like working with multiple tables, understanding relationships, and mastering advanced DAX functions such as CALCULATE() and FILTER().You'll also explore the powerful capabilities of Power BI Desktop and learn how to turn your data into compelling visualizations that drive impactful business decisions. With a focus on practical application, the guide includes real-world examples and exercises to reinforce each concept.By the end of this guide, you'll have the skills to build sophisticated data models, optimize performance, and create dynamic reports and dashboards that effectively communicate insights. This guide is perfect for professionals aiming to harness the full power of Excel and Power BI in their data-driven decision-making processes.

PowerCLI Essentials. Simplify and automate server administration tasks with PowerCLI

Chris Halverson

Have you ever wished you could automatically get a report with all the relevant information about your VMware environments in exactly the format you want? Or that you could automate a crucial task that needs to be performed on a regular basis? Powerful Command Line Interface (PowerCLI) scripts do all these things and much more for VMware environments. PowerCLI is a command-line interface tool used to automate VMware vSphere environments. It is used to handle complicated administration tasks through use of various cmdlets and scripts, which are designed to handle certain aspects of VSphere servers and to help you manage them. This book will show you the intricacies of PowerCLI through real-life examples so that you can discover the art of PowerCLI scripting. At the start, you will be taught to download and install PowerCLI and will learn about the different versions of it. Moving further, you will be introduced to the GUI of PowerCLI and will find out how to develop single line scripts to duplicate running tasks, produce simple reports, and simplify administration. Next, you will learn about the methods available to get information remotely. Towards the end, you will be taught to set up orchestrator and build workflows in PowerShell with update manager and SRM scripts.

Poznaj Tableau 2022. Wizualizacja danych, interaktywna analiza danych i umiejętność data storytellingu. Wydanie V

Joshua N. Milligan

Dane stały się paliwem rozwoju cywilizacji. Wykorzystanie ich potencjału jest jednak trudne: problemem okazuje się wyciąganie z nich informacji i wniosków, aby można było na ich podstawie podejmować trafne decyzje. Jednym z narzędzi ułatwiających tę pracę jest Tableau - program do analityki danych, który umożliwia ich zrozumienie, interpretację i prowadzenie na nich efektywnych działań. Dzięki tej książce płynnie rozpoczniesz pracę z Tableau 2022 i nauczysz się wizualizacji danych. Dowiesz się, jak je analizować i przedstawiać w formie graficznej, a także jak opowiadać oparte na nich historie. W tym wydaniu ujęto najnowsze funkcje programu, między innymi rozszerzenia pulpitów nawigacyjnych, Explain Data i integrację z CRM Analytics (Einstein Analytics), służącym do modelowania predyktywnego w Tableau. Pokazano również, jak używać tabel i obliczeń na różnych poziomach szczegółowości i stosować wizualną analitykę statystyczną. Następnie zademonstrowano techniki łączenia różnych źródeł danych z funkcjonalnościami modeli danych Tableau wraz z mapami i wizualizacjami geoprzestrzennymi. Z tego przewodnika dowiesz się też, jak korzystać z funkcji Tableau Prep Builder, by skutecznie oczyścić i zorganizować dane. Dzięki książce nauczysz się: tworzyć zachwycające wizualizacje złożonych danych budować interaktywne pulpity nawigacyjne korzystać z obliczeń w celu rozwiązywania problemów i uzupełniania analiz wzbogacać możliwości Tableau poprzez rozszerzenia, skrypty i CRM Analytics oczyszczać i organizować dane w Tableau tworzyć angażujące historie oparte na danych Przekonaj się, co Tableau wyczaruje z Twoich danych!

Practical Design Patterns for Java Developers. Hone your software design skills by implementing popular design patterns in Java

Miroslav Wengner, Bruno Souza

Design patterns are proven solutions to standard problems in software design and development, allowing you to create reusable, flexible, and maintainable code. This book enables you to upskill by understanding popular patterns to evolve into a proficient software developer.You’ll start by exploring the Java platform to understand and implement design patterns. Then, using various examples, you’ll create different types of vehicles or their parts to enable clarity in design pattern thinking, along with developing new vehicle instances using dedicated design patterns to make the process consistent. As you progress, you’ll find out how to extend vehicle functionalities and keep the code base structure and behavior clean and shiny. Concurrency plays an important role in application design, and you'll learn how to employ a such design patterns with the visualization of thread interaction. The concluding chapters will help you identify and understand anti-pattern utilization in the early stages of development to address refactoring smoothly. The book covers the use of Java 17+ features such as pattern matching, switch cases, and instances of enhancements to enable productivity.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained practical knowledge of design patterns in Java and be able to apply them to address common design problems.

Practical IT Service Management. A concise guide for busy executives

IT Governance Publishing, Thejendra B.S

This book provides a detailed guide to IT service management (ITSM), centered around the ITIL framework to enhance IT service delivery. It starts by introducing foundational concepts such as IT services, common challenges in IT departments, and the evolution of ITIL, particularly the 2011 edition. The early chapters cover core topics like service strategy, design, and the ITIL lifecycle, offering a strong foundation for understanding how ITIL aligns with business objectives.As the book progresses, it delves into key ITIL processes such as service desk management, incident management, problem management, change and release management, and service asset management. Each chapter explains the roles, responsibilities, and best practices for each process, providing actionable advice and real-world examples for effective application. These sections focus on improving service efficiency and handling IT challenges.The final chapters address advanced topics like service level management, financial management, supplier management, and service continuity. These insights help readers manage resources, build vendor relationships, and ensure business continuity. By the end, readers will be equipped to apply ITIL to optimize IT operations, align them with business needs, and drive continuous improvement.

Practical Machine Learning. Learn how to build Machine Learning applications to solve real-world data analysis challenges with this Machine Learning book – packed with practical tutorials

Sunila Gollapudi

This book explores an extensive range of machine learning techniques uncovering hidden tricks and tips for several types of data using practical and real-world examples. While machine learning can be highly theoretical, this book offers a refreshing hands-on approach without losing sight of the underlying principles. Inside, a full exploration of the various algorithms gives you high-quality guidance so you can begin to see just how effective machine learning is at tackling contemporary challenges of big dataThis is the only book you need to implement a whole suite of open source tools, frameworks, and languages in machine learning. We will cover the leading data science languages, Python and R, and the underrated but powerful Julia, as well as a range of other big data platforms including Spark, Hadoop, and Mahout. Practical Machine Learning is an essential resource for the modern data scientists who want to get to grips with its real-world application.With this book, you will not only learn the fundamentals of machine learning but dive deep into the complexities of real world data before moving on to using Hadoop and its wider ecosystem of tools to process and manage your structured and unstructured data. You will explore different machine learning techniques for both supervised and unsupervised learning; from decision trees to Naïve Bayes classifiers and linear and clustering methods, you will learn strategies for a truly advanced approach to the statistical analysis of data. The book also explores the cutting-edge advancements in machine learning, with worked examples and guidance on deep learning and reinforcement learning, providing you with practical demonstrations and samples that help take the theory–and mystery–out of even the most advanced machine learning methodologies.

Practical Remote Pair Programming. Best practices for collaborating productively with distributed development teams

Adrian Bolboacă

Remote pair programming takes pair programming practices to the next level by allowing you and your team members to work effectively in distributed teams. This helps ensure that you continuously improve code quality, share equal ownership of the code, facilitate knowledge sharing, and reduce bugs in your code. If you want to adopt remote pair programming within your development team, this book is for you.Practical Remote Pair Programming takes you through various techniques and best practices for working with the wide variety of tools available for remote pair programming. You'll understand the significance of pair programming and how it can help improve communication within your team. As you advance, you’ll get to grips with different remote pair programming strategies and find out how to choose the most suitable style for your team and organization. The book will take you through the process of setting up video and audio tools, screen sharing tools, and the integrated development environment (IDE) for your remote pair programming setup. You'll also be able to enhance your remote pair programming experience with source control and remote access tools.By the end of this book, you'll have the confidence to drive the change of embracing remote pair programming in your organization and guide your peers to improve productivity while working remotely.

Practical Salesforce Agentforce Playbook. Design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade AI agents with Salesforce Agentforce and Data Cloud

Lars Malmqvist

Agentforce is Salesforce’s next-generation framework for building autonomous AI agents that act intelligently on behalf of users. This book is your practical guide to leveraging Agentforce to create enterprise-grade agents that reason, plan, and execute across clouds.You'll begin by mastering core concepts, agent types, the Atlas Reasoning Engine, and the Einstein Trust Layer, before setting up your development environment and using Agent Builder to create your first agents. A full case study walks you through building a production-grade room booking agent, preparing you for more advanced implementations.In later chapters, you'll extend agents with Flow and Apex, build real-time intelligence using Data Cloud and semantic search, and secure your implementations. You'll then adopt DevOps practices to manage deployments, use the Command Center for performance insights, and integrate Agentforce across your enterprise landscape using MuleSoft and external services. By the end, you’ll design and run robust Agentforce solutions that automate complex workflows and deliver measurable business value.