Power BI is the most widely adopted business intelligence tool, offering powerful functionality to import, transform, analyze, and visualize data.
In this course, you will learn the fundamental skills in Power BI that will allow you to create meaningful and visual stories with your data. We will start with the core functionality and slowly build upon it as we create a two-page Power BI report that analyzes the sales, costs, and targets for a retail business. All areas of Power BI will be covered: importing and transforming data in the Power Query Editor, analyzing data with DAX, visualizing data and adding interactivity with user experience elements, and sharing reports in the Power BI Service.
Power BI Fundamentals Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
Import multiple sources of data into Power BI with the Power Query Editor
Create a report data model using queries as the model tables
Analyze the data model using DAX measures and calculated columns
Build a Power BI report containing a variety of different visuals
Add user experience elements to make a Power BI report easier and more intuitive to interact with
Explore the Power BI Service—use Power BI online to share reports and interact with different Power BI elements
Who Should Take This Course?
This Power BI course is perfect for anyone who would like to build up their understanding about Business Intelligence. This course is designed to equip anyone who desires to supercharge their career in data analysis, business intelligence, or other areas of finance with the fundamental knowledge of Power BI.
Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.
Skills LearnedAccounting, Finance, Excel, Data Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Modeling, Budgeting, Forecasting, Power Query, Power BI, and more.
Career PrepFinancial Analyst, Project Evaluator, FP&A Manager and more
The whole experience was quite stimulating for my brain
Ayella Anthony
Good one
Highly recommended for the purposes of general understanding of the program
Otabek Jabborov
Let's just say AMAZING!
The course is well explanatory and the videos offers a nice practical option.
Boluwatife Olafare
Insightful Power BI lessons. Well prepared lessons.
Insightful Power BI lessons. Well prepared lessons.
Chukwuemeka Okorie
Great course.
Well paced and easy to follow.
John Shinuda
Great notes.
Power Bi well understood
Karen Chebet
Great content, and excellent instructor
Great course, covering everything you need to get started!
ATHANASIOS ANTONIOS PETSAKOS
Simply Amazing
I learnt a lot from this, I must say
Innocent Nduaguba
Amazing course
I really enjoyed this course
Mariam Ben Nasr
Amazing Course.
The course is very well designed. Content language is easy to understand and demonstrations cover a great amount of basic things. Thanks for the course.
Sharang Hukerikar
Great
Nice learning experience
SHADRACK OPOKU FRIMPONG
Amazing
The Course is so explanatory
Saromi Juwon Hepzibah
superb
I got to know many new things
Essau Panja
Well explained
The instructor is very knowledgeable on the topic and knows how to explain it for easy understanding.
Henry Ibiam
powerful tool
powerful tool for data transformation and visualization
Joseph Evans Eshun
very wholistic and in depth
Follow through with the instructor
Maureen Onovae
awesome and quite educative
quite instructive and educative
Jonathan Josiah
Practical Experience
It gives you a practical experience of power BI
Charlester Serwaah Ahenkorah
Great experience
Though it requires attention
But it’s a great experience
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Will these courses help me advance my career?
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