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Introduction to Power BI Training

Course 1360

Duration: 3 days
Labs: Yes
Language: English
Level: Foundation

This Introduction level Microsoft Power BI Training course will give you all the skills you need to jump-start your Power BI journey. It discusses in depth the industry-recognised steps from raw data to detailed analysis via five main stages:

Loading data into Power BI from a wide range of data sources, such as CSV and XLS files
Transforming data using Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), M, and Power Query languages
Creating and extending a comprehensive data model with DAX
Visualising data in Power BI desktop using built-in tools
Sharing and collaborating with the Power BI service or Power BI server

Throughout the course, you will access data from a wide range of data sources and create Reports using the in-built visuals. You will also be shown how to format those visuals for maximum effect and how to import custom visuals to extend your reporting capability. You will gain an introduction to the M and DAX languages and then publish your masterpiece to a workspace in the Power BI Service, creating Dashboards, sharing Reports and Dashboards with colleagues, and concluding with scheduling a data refresh.

Introduction to Microsoft Power BI Training Delivery Methods

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Microsoft Power BI Training Course Information

Microsoft Power BI Training Course Benefits

Create interactive visualisations to deliver business insights
Extract business intelligence by using DAX, M, and Power Query
Share Datasets, Reports, and Dashboards in the Power BI Service
Pre-format and import data from an Excel Report using Power Query and M
Add value with measures, calculated columns, and calculated tables using DAX
Import data from relational databases and integrate it with other data sources
Profile, shape, and filter tables to prepare for analyses by fixing data issues
Integrate data from CSV files and Excel Workbooks
Explore and extend a Power BI data model

Introduction to Microsoft Power BI Training Course Outline

Chapter 1: Power BI Overview

Visual analysis and visual analytics
Power BI Infrastructure
Loading Data
Introduction to Power BI Desktop

Hands-On Exercise 1.1 Loading and Visualising data

Chapter 2: Transforming Data

Using Power Query to clean, transform and load data
Profiling your data
Resolve data quality issues
Apply user-friendly names to Queries, tables, and columns
Import data from an Excel formatted report

Hands-On Exercise 2.1 Transforming Data with Power Query

Hands-On Exercise 2.2 Appending, Merging, and Combining Queries

Chapter 3: Creating a Data Model

Understand the role of the Data Model in Power BI
Create table relationships
Understand Cardinality and Cross Filtering
Discuss Star and Snowflake schema
Create a Date Dimension
Build a Data Model from multiple Data sources

Hands-On Exercise 3.1 Creating a Data Model

Chapter 4: Visualizing your Data

Discuss Report settings
Choosing the right visualisations
Creating, formatting, and styling your reports
Using Hierarchies and Drilldown
Utilising Slicers and Filters
Adding Custom Visualisations

Hands-On Exercise 4.1 Creating Reports Part 1

Hands-On Exercise 4.2 Creating Reports Part 2

Hands-On Exercise 4.3 Creating Reports Part 3

Chapter 5: Introduction to DAX, Calculated Columns and Measures

Gain an Introduction to DAX
Differentiate between Calculated Columns and Measures
Create Calculated Columns
Create Measures
Understand Filter and Row context
Understand the power of the Calculate function

Hands-on Exercise 5.1 Introduction to DAX

Optional Hands-on Exercise 5.2 Intermediate Level DAX

Chapter 6: Collaboration and Sharing (Publishing Reports and Creating Dashboards)

Discuss the Power BI Service and Power BI Server
Understand the main components of the Power BI Service
Publish a Power BI Project to the Power BI Service
Share Reports
Build and Share Dashboards

Hands-On Exercise 6.1 Collaboration and Sharing in the Power BI Service

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After-course computing sandbox included
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Learning Tree end-of-course exam included

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Introduction to Microsoft Power BI Basics FAQs

Power BI is a desktop application that you can download from Microsoft. Power BI enables you to connect to your data sources, visualise the data and publish your results to either the Power BI Server or the online Software as a Service (SaaS) called Power BI Service. There are also Power BI mobile apps for iOS and Android devices.

Power BI can extract data from multiple data sources, such as a database, data warehouse, excel, text files, and many, many others. The different sources of data can be combined in a Data Model and consumed as though it is a single data source. You can create visualisations and reports on the data and save them to the Power BI Service, where you can create Dashboards from the reports. These dashboards can then be shared with others. The Power BI Service can also keep your data up to date automatically.

No, all software and licenses are supplied as part of the Training Course, which also means you are not affecting your organisation's Power BI Infrastructure. All Reports and Dashboards will be created in the Training System, which is an implementation of a live system. The Power BI license is available to you for a period after the course has finished.