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Module 1: Fundamentals

  • Course structure and content overview
  • Download: project files
  • Introduction to the course project
  • Important course information

Module 2: Overview of Power BI by Microsoft

  • Presentation of Power BI Desktop and its components
  • Download, installation, and Power BI Desktop settings
  • Key settings and options
  • Power BI Service and mobile application

Module 3: Connecting and modeling data in Microsoft Power BI Desktop

  • Data connector types in Power BI Desktop
  • Query Editor (Power Query)
  • Data import from Excel and CSV
  • Basic table transformations in Power BI Desktop
  • Working with text-type tools
  • Working with numeric-type tools
  • Working with date and time tools
  • Generating conditional and index columns
  • Data grouping and aggregation
  • Pivot / Unpivot operations in Power BI
  • Data blending in Power Query (Merge)
  • Appending data in Power Query
  • Importing from a folder
  • Modifying data sources and refreshing (Refresh)

Module 4: Establishing links between tables and data models in Power BI Desktop

  • Understanding the Data Model
  • Date-type and dimension-type tables
  • Creating relationships between tables
  • Managing and editing table relationships
  • Relationship cardinality and filter flow
  • Connecting multiple data-type tables

Module 5: Data analysis using DAX calculations in Power BI

  • Introduction to DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) + syntax
  • DAX Introduction – Calculated Columns
  • DAX Introduction – Measures
  • The filter context of Measures
  • Categories of DAX functions
  • Date and time functions

Module 6: Data visualization in Power BI

  • Introduction to 'Report' Mode
  • Inserting visuals in Power BI
  • Visual formatting options
  • Filtering options
  • Exploring data with the Matrix visual
  • Data filtering using Slicers
  • Displaying values using Card and KPI visuals
  • Editing interactions between reports

Module 7: Power BI Service and Teams integration

  • Publishing reports from Power BI Desktop to Power BI Service
  • Creating Dashboards from published reports
  • Sharing options with team members via Microsoft Teams
  • Sharing and collaboration within Power BI Service
  • Data export formats: Excel, PowerPoint, PDF

Requirements

Power BI Desktop 64-bit

A Power BI Service or Power BI Pro license is required for Module 7.

 14 Hours

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