Microsoft Power BI is one of the best business intelligence platforms available on mobile applications, clouds, data modeling applications, on-premises data gateway, and other utilities. This book covers the fundamentals and most commonly used features of Power BI. It is an in-depth guide on all you need to know about data modeling and how to reliably develop data models using Power BI. It includes how to connect data from a variety of sources, comprehend data, build and manage data connections, and design data models. As a reader, you will learn the step-by-step process of how to create relationships and develop a data model using data modeling and navigation approaches before creating new measures and conducting custom computations using modeling features. Finally, you'll learn how to extend your data models with new and sophisticated modeling characteristics so that they can do a broad range of challenging tasks. Below are some stuffs you will learn in this best practices for data preparations and data modeling.Understanding complex data models.How to create custom columns.Microsoft Dynamics CRM.How to use the M functions to perform different tasks.How to design a data model and mobile layouts.How to decrease the level of model complexity using different data modeling approaches.Creating table and matrix visualsExtracting data from popular data sources like Microsoft SQL Server and open-source PostgreSQL.Defining RLS Roles and Filter ExpressionsForecasting and Anomaly DetectionAnalyzing Extended EventsConfiguring workspaces and lots more.In this book, coding samples and screenshots were used to describe the ways you can create reports, publish them, view them across different platforms, and more. Be rest assured that as you go through the chapters of this book, you will become conversant with how to address business problems with the help of the given examples.