Analyzing Data with Power BI Course

overview

The main purpose of the course is to give students a good understanding of data analysis with Power BI. The course includes creating visualizations, the Power BI Service, and the Power BI Mobile App.

Instructor Led Learning

Duration: 4 Days
Location: Cape Town & Johannesburg
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Video Learning

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What you will learn

  • Lesson 1 :Introduction to Self-Service BI Solutions
  • Lesson 2 : Introducing Power BI
  • Lesson 3 :Power BI
  • Lesson 4 :Shaping and Combining Data
  • Lesson 5 : Modelling data
  • Lesson 6 :Interactive Data Visualizations
  • Lesson 7 :Direct Connectivity
  • Lesson 8 : Developer API
  • Lesson 9 : Power BI mobile app

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Location for instructor led courses are Cape Town and Johannesburg. We also offer onsite training country wide. T’s and Cs apply. Contact us for more information.

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Module 1: Introduction to Self-Service BI Solutions

  • Introduction to data analysis
  • Introduction to data visualization
  • Overview of self-service BI
  • Considerations for self-service BI
  • Microsoft tools for self-service BI
  • Lab: Exploring an Enterprise BI solution
    • Viewing reports
    • Creating a Power BI report
    • Creating a Power BI dashboard
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:
    • Describe the trends in BI
    Describe the process of data analysis in Power BI
    • Use the key visualizations in Power BI
    • Describe the rationale for self-service BI
    • Describe considerations for self-service BI
    • Understand how you can use Microsoft products to implement a BI solution

Module 2: Introducing Power BI

  • Power BI
    • The Power BI service
    Lab: Creating a Power BI dashboard
    • Connecting to Power BI data
    • Create a Power BI dashboard
    After completing this module, students will be able to:
    • Develop reports using the Power BI Desktop app
    • Use report items to create dashboards on the Power BI portal
    • Understand the components of the Power BI service including licensing and tenant management

Module 3: Power BI

  • Using Excel as a data source for Power BI
    • The Power BI data model
    • Using databases as a data source for Power BI
    • The Power BI service
    Lab: Importing data into Power BI
    • Importing Excel files into Power BI
    • Viewing reports from Excel files
    After completing this module, students will be able to:
    • Describe the data model and know how to optimize data within the model
    • Connect to Excel files and import data
    • Use on-premises and cloud Microsoft SQL Server databases as a data source, along with the R script data connector
    • Take advantage of the features of the Power BI service by using Q&A to ask questions in natural query language, and create content packs and groups

Module 4: Shaping and Combining Data

  • Power BI desktop queries
    • Shaping data
    • Combining data
    Lab: Shaping and combining data
    • Shape power BI data
    • Combine Power BI data
    After completing this module, students will be able to:
    • Perform a range of query editing skills in Power BI
    • Shape data, using formatting and transformations
    • Combine data together from tables in your dataset

Module 5: Modelling data

  • Relationships
    • DAX queries
    • Calculations and measures
    Lab: Modelling Data
    • Create relationships
    • Calculations
    After completing this module, students will be able to:
    • Describe relationships between data tables.
    • Understand the DAX syntax, and use DAX functions to enhance your dataset.
    • Create calculated columns, calculated tables and measures

Module 6: Interactive Data Visualizations

• Creating Power BI reports
• Managing a Power BI solution
Lab: Creating a Power BI report
• Connecting to Power BI data
• Building Power BI reports
• Creating a Power BI dashboard
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Use Power Bi desktop to create interactive data visualizations
• Manage a power BI solution

Module 7: Direct Connectivity

  • • Cloud data
    • Connecting to analysis services
    Lab: Direct Connectivity
    • Direct connectivity from Power BI desktop
    • Direct connectivity from the Power BI service
    After completing this module, students will be able to:
    • Use Power BI direct connectivity to access data in Azure SQL data warehouse, in addition to big data sources such as Hadoop
    • Use Power BI with SQL Server Analysis Services data, including Analysis services modules running in multidimensional mode

Module 8: Developer API

  • • The developer API
    • Custom visuals
    Lab: Using the developer API
    • Using custom visuals
  • After completing this module, students will be able to:
    • Describe the developer API
  • Use the developer API to create custom visuals

Module 9: Power BI mobile app

The Power BI mobile app
• Using the Power BI mobile app
• Power BI embedded
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the Power BI mobile app
• Download and use the Power BI mobile app
• Describe Power BI embedded and when you would want to use it

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