Unravel the power of java design patterns by learning where to use and apply them effectively to solve specific problems in software design and development Key Features * Decouple logic across the objects with Dependency Injection by creating various vehicles with features * Finalize a vehicle construction by chaining handlers by using the Chain of Responsibility Pattern * Plan and execute an advanced vehicle sensors initiation with Scheduler Pattern Book Description Design patterns are proven solutions to standard problems in software design and development. It allows you to create reusable, flexible, and maintainable code. Knowing some popular patterns is essential to becoming a proficient software developer thereby elevating your skills to the next level. In this book, you will begin by exploring the Java module system for effective understanding and implementation of design patterns. You'll start by covering an example of filling out parking places with vehicles with prototype Patterns. Then, you will learn how to create only one vehicle that is shared with Singleton Pattern. You will then extend object functionality by using the Decorator Pattern and reducing a refactoring effort with Extension Objects Pattern. Later, you will learn how to avoid expensive initialization with Caching Pattern and provide default behavior with Null Object Pattern. You'll also perform a less expensive multi-threaded execution with Thread Pool Pattern. Finally, you will identify and understand the anti-pattern utilization at the early stages of development. By the end of this book, you will have gained practical knowledge of design patterns in java and be able to apply them to address common design problems. What you will learn * Understand the most common problems that can be solved using Java Design Patterns * Uncover Java building elements, their usages, and concurrency possibilities * Optimize a vehicle memory footprint with the Flyweight Pattern * Explore one-to-many relations between instances with Observer Pattern * How to route vehicle messages by using the Visitor Pattern * Utilize and control vehicle resources with Thread Pool Pattern * Understand the penalties caused by anti-patterns in software design Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate-level Java developers and software architects who want to learn the practical implementation of software design patterns in java. No prior knowledge of design patterns is required, but an understanding of Java programming is necessary.

Learn how to create your own AI model and consume it in your Power BI reports to gain better insights from your data Key Features Learn how to gain better insights from your data by applying different AI techniques within Power BI Save time by creating machine learning models independently and integrating them within your BI reports Understand how to combine Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning together with Power BI Book DescriptionThe artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in Power BI enable organizations to quickly and easily gain more intelligent insights from unstructured and structured data. This book will teach you how to make use of the many AI features available today in Power BI to quickly and easily enrich your data and gain better insights into patterns that can be found in your data. You'll begin by understanding the benefits of AI and how it can be used in Power BI. Next, you'll focus on exploring and preparing your data for building AI projects and then progress to using prominent AI features already available in Power BI, such as forecasting, anomaly detection, and Q&A. Later chapters will show you how to apply text analytics and computer vision within Power BI reports. This will help you create your own Q&A functionality in Power BI, which allows you to ask FAQs from another knowledge base and then integrate it with PowerApps. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll be able to create and deploy AutoML models trained in Azure ML and consume them in Power Query Editor. After your models have been trained, you'll work through principles such as privacy, fairness, and transparency to use AI responsibly. By the end of this book, you'll have learned when and how to enrich your data with AI using the out-of-the-box AI capabilities in Power BI. What you will learn Apply techniques to mitigate bias and handle outliers in your data Prepare time series data for forecasting in Power BI Prepare and shape your data for anomaly detection Use text analytics in Power Query Editor Integrate QnA Maker with PowerApps and create an app Train your own models and identify the best one with AutoML Integrate an Azure ML workspace with Power BI and use endpoints to generate predictions Who this book is forThis artificial intelligence BI book is for data analysts and BI developers who want to explore advanced analytics or artificial intelligence possibilities with their data. Prior knowledge of Power BI will help you get the most out of this book.

Explore Kinesis managed services such as Kinesis Data Streams, Kinesis Data Analytics, Kinesis Data Firehose, and Kinesis Video Streams with the help of practical use cases Key Features Get well versed with the capabilities of Amazon Kinesis Explore the monitoring, scaling, security, and deployment patterns of various Amazon Kinesis services Learn how other Amazon Web Services and third-party applications such as Splunk can be used as destinations for Kinesis data Book DescriptionAmazon Kinesis is a collection of secure, serverless, durable, and highly available purpose-built data streaming services. This data streaming service provides APIs and client SDKs that enable you to produce and consume data at scale. Scalable Data Streaming with Amazon Kinesis begins with a quick overview of the core concepts of data streams, along with the essentials of the AWS Kinesis landscape. You'll then explore the requirements of the use case shown through the book to help you get started and cover the key pain points encountered in the data stream life cycle. As you advance, you'll get to grips with the architectural components of Kinesis, understand how they are configured to build data pipelines, and delve into the applications that connect to them for consumption and processing. You'll also build a Kinesis data pipeline from scratch and learn how to implement and apply practical solutions. Moving on, you'll learn how to configure Kinesis on a cloud platform. Finally, you'll learn how other AWS services can be integrated into Kinesis. These services include Redshift, Dynamo Database, AWS S3, Elastic Search, and third-party applications such as Splunk. By the end of this AWS book, you'll be able to build and deploy your own Kinesis data pipelines with Kinesis Data Streams (KDS), Kinesis Data Firehose (KFH), Kinesis Video Streams (KVS), and Kinesis Data Analytics (KDA). What you will learn Get to grips with data streams, decoupled design, and real-time stream processing Understand the properties of KFH that differentiate it from other Kinesis services Monitor and scale KDS using CloudWatch metrics Secure KDA with identity and access management (IAM) Deploy KVS as infrastructure as code (IaC) Integrate services such as Redshift, Dynamo Database, and Splunk into Kinesis Who this book is forThis book is for solutions architects, developers, system administrators, data engineers, and data scientists looking to evaluate and choose the most performant, secure, scalable, and cost-effective data streaming technology to overcome their data ingestion and processing challenges on AWS. Prior knowledge of cloud architectures on AWS, data streaming technologies, and architectures is expected.

Leverage CRM Analytics to generate valuable business insights and solve business problems efficiently Key Features Extract, combine, transform, and visualize your data to derive business insights using CRM Analytics Gain hands-on experience as you walk through practical dashboard use cases in CRM Analytics Learn how to build best-in-class dashboards from a CRM Analytics thought leader Book DescriptionCRM Analytics, formerly known as Tableau CRM and Einstein Analytics, is a powerful and versatile data analytics platform that enables organizations to extract, combine, transform, and visualize their data to create valuable business insights. Creating Actionable Insights Using CRM Analytics provides a hands-on approach to CRM Analytics implementation and associated methodologies that will have you up and running and productive in no time. The book provides you with detailed explanations of essential concepts to help you to gain confidence and become competent in using the CRM Analytics platform for data extraction, combination, transformation, visualization, and action. As you make progress, you'll understand what CRM Analytics is and where it provides business value. You'll also learn how to bring your data together in CRM Analytics, build datasets and lenses for data analysis, create effective analytics dashboards for visualization and consumption by end users, and build dashboard actions that take the user from data to insight to action with ease. By the end of this book, you'll be able to solve business problems using CRM Analytics and design, build, test, and deploy analytics dashboards efficiently. What you will learn Implement and configure CRM Analytics from scratch Build your first CRM Analytics app and embed your CRM Analytics dashboards in Salesforce to enhance user adoption Connect Salesforce and external data with CRM Analytics and create datasets Create a data recipe and get familiar with the recipe UI Build a custom dashboard in CRM Analytics using the dashboard editor Use lenses to create a CRM Analytics dashboard Configure and implement data security and governance Build configured record actions to automate data directly in Salesforce Who this book is forThis book is for data analysts, business analysts, BI professionals, and Salesforce users who want to explore CRM Analytics' capabilities and features. Basic knowledge of Salesforce and data analytics is assumed to get the most out of this book.

Bring your data to life with this accessible yet fast-paced introduction to Power BI, now in color. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format. Key Features Learn faster with practical examples of the latest features of Power BI, including navigator buttons, column-level security, visualizing goals, and more Migrate your existing Excel and data analysis skills to Power BI Build accurate analytical models, reports, and dashboards, now in full color Book DescriptionUpdated with the latest features and improvements in Power BI, this fast-paced yet comprehensive guide will help you master the core concepts of data visualization quickly. You'll learn how to install Power BI, design effective data models, and build basic dashboards and visualizations to help you make better business decisions. This new edition will also help you bridge the gap between MS Excel and Power BI. Throughout this book, you'll learn how to obtain data from a variety of sources and clean it using the Power Query Editor. You'll also start designing data models to navigate and explore relationships within your data and building DAX formulas to make data easier to work with. Visualizing data is a key element of this book, so there's an emphasis on helping you get to grips with data visualization styles and enhanced digital storytelling. As you progress, you'll start building your own dataflows, gain an understanding of the Common Data Model, and automate dataflow refreshes to eradicate data cleaning inefficiency. You'll learn how to administer your organization's Power BI environment so that deployment can be made seamless, data refreshes can run properly, and security can be fully implemented. By the end of this Power BI book, you'll know how to get the most out of Power BI for better business intelligence. What you will learn Connect to data sources using import, DirectQuery, and live connection options Use Power Query Editor for data transformation and data cleansing processes, and write M and R scripts and dataflows to do the same in the cloud Design effective reports with built-in and custom visuals to optimize user experience Implement row-level and column-level security in your dashboards Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization Use built-in AI capabilities to enhance Power BI data transformation techniques Deploy your Power BI Desktop files into Power BI Report Server Who this book is forThis book is for aspiring business intelligence and data professionals with a basic understanding of BI concepts, who want to learn Power BI quickly. Complete beginners with no BI background can also get plenty of useful information from this book.

Explore Amazon Connect, from implementing call flows and creating AI bots to integrating artificial intelligence solutions and analyzing critical customer sentiment Key Features Discover how to integrate chat with Connect to allow organizations to reduce operations costs Leverage machine learning to perform natural language processing (NLP) for analyzing customer feedback and trends Learn how to integrate your enterprise application with Amazon Connect Book DescriptionAmazon Connect is a pay-as-you-go cloud contact center solution that powers Amazon's customer contact system and provides an impressive user experience while reducing costs. Connect's scalability has been especially helpful during COVID-19, helping customers with research, remote work, and other solutions, and has driven adoption rates higher. Amazon Connect: Up and Running will help you develop a foundational understanding of Connect's capabilities and how businesses can effectively estimate the costs and risks associated with migration. Complete with hands-on tutorials, costing profiles, and real-world use cases relating to improving business operations, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you everything you need to get your call center online, interface with critical business systems, and take your customer experience to the next level. As you advance, you'll understand the benefits of using Amazon Connect and cost estimation guidelines for migration and new deployments. Later, the book guides you through creating AI bots, implementing interfaces, and leveraging machine learning for business analytics. By the end of this book, you'll be able to bring a Connect call center online with all its major components and interfaces to significantly reduce personnel overhead and provide your customers with an enhanced user experience (UX). What you will learn Become well-versed with the capabilities and benefits of Amazon Connect Determine cost-effective solutions by integrating Connect with AWS Create, modify, and connect contact flows to improve efficiency Build a conversational interface with Amazon Lex Find out how to transfer contact records out of Connect via Kinesis Gather user insights and improve business operations with Amazon QuickSight Analyze customer-agent conversations with ML speech analytics capabilities Discover ways to provide superior customer service at a lower cost Who this book is forThis Amazon Connect book is for anyone looking to save costs and improve their customer experience through a more advanced call center using Amazon Connect and other AWS capabilities. A technical understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and beginner-level business administration experience are necessary to address cost concerns and risks.

Avoid implementation failures and technical debt by mitigating anti-patterns in your Salesforce enterprise solutions using expert guidance and proven recommendations Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook PDF Key Features Build exemplary Salesforce architectures by studying anti-patterns that lead to failing systems Demonstrate deep architectural principles that you can apply in your Salesforce projects Identify common problems in Salesforce architectures and apply better architectural solutions Book DescriptionSalesforce Anti-Patterns teaches you to spot errors in Salesforce patterns that may seem like a good idea at first but end up costing you dearly. This book will enable Salesforce developers and architects to understand how ingenious Salesforce architectures can be created by studying anti-patterns and solutions to problems that can later lead to serious implementation issues. While there are several books on the market that start with the question, "How do I create great Salesforce architecture?" and proceed to a solution from there, this book instead starts by asking, "What tends to go wrong with Salesforce architectures?" and proceeds to a solution from there. In this book, you'll find out how to identify and mitigate anti-patterns in the technical domains of system architecture, data architecture, and security architecture, along with anti-patterns in the functional domain of solution architecture as well as for integration architecture. You'll also learn about common anti-patterns affecting your Salesforce development process and governance and, finally, how to spot common problems in how architects communicate their solutions. By the end of this Salesforce book, you'll have gained the confidence to architect and communicate solutions on the Salesforce platform while dodging common mistakes. What you will learn Create a balanced system architecture by identifying common mistakes around on- and off-platform functionality and interfaces Avoid security problems that arise from anti-patterns on the Salesforce platform Spot common data architecture issues and discover intuitive ways to address them Avoid the dual traps of over- and under-customization in your solution architecture Explore common errors made in deployment setups, test strategy, and architecture governance Understand why bad communication patterns are so overlooked in architecture Who this book is forThis book is for Salesforce architects, aspiring architects, developers, consultants, and decision makers who want to start making the right architectural choices or prepare for their journey to CTA. This book helps you gain a professional understanding of Salesforce and its building blocks. It is not code-centric, so you will benefit from both functional and technical experience, but a basic level of platform understanding is required.

Gain insight and strategic advice for driving value in your organization with this practical guide that condenses a decade of ServiceNow wisdom into the must-know essentials for impactful deployments Key Features Focus on what to do when shaping and leading a ServiceNow journey Explore strategies for making your projects impactful and valuable Guidance for leaders at every level to maximize return on their investments in ServiceNow Book DescriptionServiceNow is the leading enterprise service management platform that enables the effective management of services in a modern enterprise. In this book, you'll learn how to avoid pitfalls that can challenge value realization, where to focus, how to balance tradeoffs, and how to get buy-in for complex decisions. You'll understand the key drivers of value in ServiceNow implementation and how to structure your program for successful delivery. Moving ahead, you'll get practical guidance on the methods and considerations in securely using ServiceNow. You'll also learn how to set up a multi-instance environment including best practices, patterns and alternatives in the use and maintenance of a multi-instance pipeline. Later chapters cover methods and approaches to design processes that deliver optimal ROI. Further, you'll receive tips for designing technical standards, designing for scale, ensuring maintainability, and building a supportable instance. Finally, you'll focus on the innovative possibilities that can be unlocked in a ServiceNow journey which will help you to manage uncertainty and claim the value of being an early adopter. By the end of this book, you'll be prepared to lead or support a ServiceNow implementation with confidence that you're bringing not only a solution but also making an impact in your organization. What you will learn Understand the key drivers of value in ServiceNow implementation Structure your ServiceNow programs for successful delivery Discover methods and tools for securely using ServiceNow Set up a multi-instance environment with best practices and patterns Architect and lead the deployment of AI capabilities in ServiceNow Build innovative experiences using NLU, virtual agents and the Now Experience Framework Who this book is forThis book is for architects, consultants and project leaders looking to drive value by applying ServiceNow effectively and efficiently. Platform administration or development experience is useful but not necessary to get the most out of this book. However, some familiarity with the modules and features of ServiceNow is expected.

Confidently handle bookkeeping for your business with QuickBooks, learn how to use advanced QBO features, gain techniques for managing sales taxes and budgeting, and discover the best practices for reporting in this fourth, fully updated edition optimized for the US. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format. Key Features Become proficient from a beginner level using QuickBooks Online and implement the best practices to avoid costly errors Explore advanced bookkeeping techniques such as reconciling bank and credit card accounts, importing budgets, creating customized user permissions, and exporting business analytics with Excel Understand how to manage sales taxes and transactions Book DescriptionHandling the financial side of your growing business requires expertise - but what if there's an easier path to managing accounting and tracking profits without the expense of hiring trained professionals? Mastering QuickBooks (R) 2023, Fourth Edition, helps you learn QuickBooks Online (QBO) from scratch. Throughout the book, you'll be guided by an experienced Certified Public Accountant and Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor - from setup to core features and beyond. You'll find out how to create multilingual invoices, track mileage, work with a cash flow dashboard that helps you with cash forecasting and planning reports, and upload batches of bills and checks. Every chapter in this new edition was revised to cover a wide range of new features and updates available, including smart invoicing and cash flow projections. You'll also learn how to manage sales tax, including how to set up, collect, track, pay, and report sales tax payments, before diving into the different types of businesses that can benefit from QBO Advanced. You'll then explore how to export reports to Google Sheets, import budgets, and use workflows to create automatic custom reminders for internal staff and customers. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with QuickBooks Online and have the confidence to manage all your bookkeeping tasks with ease. What you will learn Tackle bookkeeping concepts and the typical US bookkeeping and financial accounting cycle Discover QBO's newest features, such as recording upfront deposits on estimates, the simplified business view navigation menu, and improvements to bank reconciliations Track everything from billable and non-billable time to expenses and profit Generate key financial reports for accounts, customers, jobs, and invoice items Understand the complete QuickBooks payroll process Who this book is forThis book is for small business owners, bookkeepers, and accounting students who want to learn QuickBooks Online and understand how to implement and use it effectively. This book is a great way for beginners to gain confidence and expertise using QuickBooks. That said, it is also an exhaustive resource for those with some bookkeeping experience

Learn how to leverage the Salesforce platform for sales, service, marketing, and automating business activities from a 360-degree perspective. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format. Key Features Enhanced with reader feedback and updated with the latest UI for efficient learning Learn how to use Salesforce Flow, the new replacement for workflow rules and process builders on the Salesforce platform Become familiar with the basics of Salesforce administration and mobile app setup Book DescriptionSalesforce is the world's leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, helping businesses connect with their constituents and partners. This book will give you a comprehensive introduction to managing sales, marketing, customer relationships, and overall administration for your organization. You'll learn how to configure and use Salesforce for maximum efficiency and return on investment This book will teach you how to create activities, manage leads, manage users, set up security, customize your UX, work with third-party applications, build flows, develop your prospects and sales pipeline using opportunities and accounts, understand how you can enhance marketing activities using campaigns and much more. Packed with real-world business use cases, this Salesforce book will show you how to analyze your business information accurately to make productive decisions for your business. As you advance, you'll learn how to build various reports and dashboards in Salesforce to derive valuable business insights. Finally, you'll explore tools such as Salesforce Flows, approval processes, and assignment rules to achieve business process automation and set out on the path to becoming a successful Salesforce administrator By the end of the book, you will know how to manipulate Salesforce to achieve your business goals What you will learn Explore business development with leads, accounts and contacts in Salesforce Find out how stages and sales processes help you manage your opportunity pipeline Achieve marketing goals using Salesforce campaigns Perform business analysis using reports and dashboards Practice automating business processes with Salesforce Flow Gain a high-level overview of the items in the administration section Grasp the different aspects needed to build an effective Salesforce security model Who this book is forIf you are new to Salesforce and want to learn it from scratch, an administrator looking to build your Salesforce skills, or a student looking to start a career in Salesforce, this book is for you. No prior knowledge of the Salesforce is required to get started with this book