Power BI Training
Power BI Training
- DURATION: 4h 10m
- VIDEOS: 46
- LEVEL: Beginner
- Description
- Course Resources
Welcome to “Microsoft Power BI for Beginners,” an immersive course designed to empower you with the skills needed to unlock the full potential of data analysis and visualization. Throughout this journey, you will delve into the essential aspects of Power BI, transforming raw data into meaningful insights.
Start by grasping the fundamentals, installing Power BI Desktop, and exploring its features in the initial sessions. Dive into practical data handling techniques, such as easily importing, transforming, and managing data.
Discover the intricacies of data modeling, establishing relationships between tables, creating dynamic date lists, and optimizing data columns for in-depth analysis. Uncover the power of DAX measures, enabling effective data calculation and analysis.
Move on to enrich your reports with diverse visualizations, including summary cards, charts, maps, and detailed matrices. Develop your report design skills by adding text boxes, applying themes, and implementing conditional formatting for impactful presentations.
Explore how to refine interactions and filters to tailor reports to specific needs. Navigate the Power BI Service to publish and share your reports efficiently.
As you conclude this journey, you should leave with the confidence to navigate Power BI seamlessly and create insightful reports. Elevate your data analysis capabilities and open new doors in your professional journey.
In this course, students will learn how to:
- Understand the benefits of using Power BI for data analysis.
- Import CSV and Excel files into Power BI Desktop effortlessly.
- Utilize Merge Queries to fetch data from other queries efficiently.
- Prevent selected queries from loading into the data model.
- Create relationships between tables in the data model effectively.
- Generate dynamic date lists using DAX.
- Learn DAX functions, including COUNTROWS, CALCULATE, and SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR.
- Use the card visual to create summary information.
- Implement visuals like clustered column charts, maps, and trend graphs.
- Filter reports using Slicers for enhanced data presentation.
- Utilize the Matrix visualization for comprehensive data representation.
- Format reports quickly and consistently using themes.
- Highlight key information with Conditional Formatting.
- Edit interactions between visualizations and apply filters at different levels.
- Navigate drill-downs from one report to another in Power BI.
WHAT YOU GET
Certificate of Completion
- Earn a certificate each time you complete a course.
- Showcase your commitment to continuous growth and professional development.
- Impress potential employers.
- Enhance your professional profile.
- Available in PDF format to Download or Print.
INSTRUCTOR
Allan Murray
Meet Allan Murray, the seasoned Excel and Power BI guru with over two decades of experience in empowering individuals and companies to harness the full potential of these powerhouse tools. Allan's journey as a trainer and consultant has been nothing short of transformative. With a passion for improving business processes, Allan has been a guiding light for countless organizations. His expertise isn't confined to theory; it's about real-world impact. Witnessing individuals and businesses unlock the immense power of Excel formulas, VBA, and Power BI tools, he has seen firsthand how these tools can save time, automate reporting, and elevate productivity. Allan's training style is as unique as his expertise. It's relaxed yet laser-focused on meeting learners' specific needs and desires. His mission is to instill confidence in Excel users, ensuring no questions go unanswered. In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Allan received the prestigious MVP award from Microsoft in the Office Apps & Services category in 2020. Join Allan Murray on a journey of Excel and Power BI mastery, where learning is not just about acquiring skills but transforming how you work. Get ready to unlock your full potential in the world of data and analytics with Allan by your side.
The course comes with exercise files and instructor demo files. You will need to download both the Power BI Exercise Files and the Power BI Instructor Demo Files to your PC or Mac (the files are not compatible with a mobile device). Note, this course is designed to be taken on a Mac.
Click on the below to open DropBox in a new browser tab, then click on “Download” in the top right-hand corner. Once downloaded you’ll have access to all the files included.
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