Introduction to Microsoft Power BI Training Course

Course Description

This course will discuss the various methods and best practices that are in line with business and technical requirements for modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data with Power BI.

The course will also show how to access and process data from a range of data sources including both relational and non-relational data. This course will also explore how to implement proper security standards and policies across the Power BI spectrum including datasets and groups. The course will also discuss how to manage and deploy reports and dashboards for sharing and content distribution. This course will show how to build paginated reports within the Power BI service and publish them to a workspace for inclusion within Power BI.  Power BI is a member of the Power Platform. 

Power Apps is another component that enables everyone to build and use apps that connect to business data. This course will show you how to use the Power Apps visual to pass context-aware data to a canvas app, which updates in real-time as you make changes to your report. This will allow your app users to derive business insights and take actions from right within their Power BI reports and dashboards.  Finally, this course will explore the intersections between Power BI and Microsoft’s enterprise-level data modeling and analysis platform, SQL Server Analysis Services.

Key Learning Topics In This Course

• The various methods and best practices that are in line with business and technical requirements for modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data with Power BI.
• How to access and process data from a range of data sources including both relational and non-relational data.
• How to implement proper security standards and policies across the Power BI spectrum including datasets and groups.
• How to manage and deploy reports and dashboards for sharing and content distribution.
• How to build paginated reports within the Power BI service and publish them to a workspace for inclusion within Power BI.

Video Content: 10 Hours 52 Minutes
Test Questions: 75

Courses Include 12 Months Unlimited Online Access to:

Expert Instructor-Led Training: Our courses use only the industry's finest instructors in the IT industry. They have a minimum of 15 years real-world experience and are subject matter experts in their fields. Unlike a live class, you can fast-forward, repeat or rewind all your lectures. This creates a personal learning experience and gives you all the benefit of hands-on training with the flexibility of doing it around your schedule 24/7.

Visual Demonstrations & Multimedia Presentations: Our courseware includes instructor-led demonstrations and visual presentations that allow students to develop their skills based on real world scenarios explained by the instructor. Learn 365 always focuses on real world scenarios and skill-set development.

Quizzes & Exam Simulators: Learn 365's custom practice exams prepare you for your exams differently and more effectively than the traditional exam preps on the market. You will have practice quizzes after each module to ensure you are confident on the topic you have completed before proceeding. This will allow you to gauge your effectiveness before moving to the next module in your course. Learn 365 courses also include practice exams designed to replicate and mirror the environment in the testing center. These exams are on average 100 questions to ensure you are 100% prepared before taking your certification exam.

Mobile Optimisation and Progress Tracking: Our courses are optimized for all mobile devices allowing students to learn on the go whenever they have free time. Students can access their courses from anywhere and their progress is completely tracked and recorded.

Flash Cards & Educational Games: We know that education is not a one size fits all approach. Students learn in different ways through different tools. That is why we provide Flash Cards and Education Games throughout our courses. This will allow you to train in ways that keep you engaged and focused. Each course will have dozens of Flash Cards so you can sharpen your skill-sets throughout your training as well as educational games designed to make sure your retention level of the materials is extremely high.

Navigation and Controls: Learn 365's self-paced training programs are designed in a modular fashion to allow you the flexibility to work with expert level instruction anytime 24/7. All courses are arranged in defined sections with navigation controls allowing you to control the pace of your training. This allows students to learn at their own pace around their schedule.

Certificate of Completion: Upon completion of your training course, you will receive a Certificate of completion displaying your full name, course completed as well as the date of completion. You can print this out or save it digitally to showcase your accomplishment.

 

Course Outline

Module 1 - Prepare Data
1.1 Course Introduction
1.2 Module 1 Introduction
1.3 Introduction to Power BI
1.4 Get data from various data sources
1.5 Preview source data

Module 2 - Clean, Transform, and Load Data
2.1 Module 2 Introduction
2.2 DimEmployee Example
2.3 DimEmployeeSalesTerritory Example
2.4 DimReseller Example
2.5 FactResellersSales Example
2.6 ResellerSalesTargets Example
2.7 Color Formats Example

Module 3 - Design a Data Model
3.1 Module 3 Introduction
3.2 Introduction to Data Modeling
3.3 Model Relationships
3.4 Table Configuration
3.5 Model interface
3.6 Quick Measures
3.7 Many-to-many relationships
3.8 Row-level security

Module 4 - Create Model Calculations using DAX
4.1 Module 4 Introduction
4.2 DAX context
4.3 Calculated Tables
4.4 Calculated Columns
4.5 Managing Date Tables
4.6 Measures
4.7 Filter Manipulation
4.8 Time Intelligence

Module 5 - Create Reports
5.1 Module 5 Introduction
5.2 Basic Report Creation
5.3 Example Page 1
5.4 Example Page 2
5.5 Example Page 3
5.6 Report Publishing
5.7 Enhancing Reports
5.8 Drill-Through Pages
5.9 Conditional Formatting
5.10 Buttons and Bookmarks

Module 6 - Create Dashboards
6.1 Module 6 Introduction
6.2 Dashboard Basics
6.3 Real Time Dashboards
6.4 Enhanced Dashboards

Module 7 - Create Paginated Reports
7.1 Module 7 Introduction
7.2 Introduction to Power BI Report Builder
7.3 Report Layouts
7.4 Report Data
7.5 Report Tables

Module 8 - Perform Advanced Analytics
8.1 Module 8 Introduction
8.2 Introduction to Advanced Analytics
8.3 Scatter Chart
8.4 Forecast
8.5 Decomposition Tree
8.6 Key Influencers

Module 9 - Create and Manage Workspaces
9.1 Introduction to Workspaces
9.2 Working with Workspaces and the Portal

Module 10 - Create Power App Visuals
10.1 Module 10 Introduction
10.2 Introduction to Power Apps Visual
10.3 Creating the App
10.4 Basic Power Apps Concepts
10.5 Refreshing the Report

Module 11 - Analysis Services and Power BI
11.1 Module 11 Introduction
11.2 Introduction to Analysis Services
11.3 Connecting with Multidimensional Models
11.4 Premium Workspaces and Analysis Services
11.5 Course Wrap Up

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