Mark Twain is often cited as the source of the quote: "There are 3 kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics". Twain claimed to be referencing the former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, who may or may not have said it. In the data world, statistics are a valued source of truth, but data analysts need to be able to discover and verify database statistics before relying on them for guidance. Power BI offers several tools for acquiring and viewing statistics about data sources - you just have to know where to look.

In this session, we'll take a look at how, when, and where to use the data profiling features of Power BI. This is an introductory session; attendees should be familiar with the basics of Power BI (particularly the Get Data feature), but no knowledge of advanced mathematical statistics is needed.