Power BI Essentials: PowerBI for Data Transformation, Reporting and Analytics (TTDPB01)

This course covers 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 show how to access and process data from a range of data sources including both relational and non-relational sources.

  • Price: $1,695.00
  • Duration: 2 days
  • Delivery Methods: Virtual
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03/03/202509:00 AM - 05:00 PM CT$1,695.00
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Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We will work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most.

Module 1: Introduction to Self-Service BI Solutions

Introduces business intelligence (BI) and how to self-serve with BI.

Topics

  • Introduction to business intelligence
  • Introduction to data analysis
  • Introduction to data visualization
  • Overview of self-service BI
  • Considerations for self-service BI
  • Microsoft tools for self-service BI
  • Hands-on: Exploring an Enterprise BI solution
  • Viewing reports
  • Creating a Power BI report
  • Creating a Power BI dashboard

Module 2: Introducing Power BI

This module introduces Power BI desktop, and explores the features that enable the rapid creation and publication of sophisticated data visualizations.

Topics

  • Power BI
  • The Power BI service
  • Hands-on: Creating a Power BI dashboard
  • Connecting to Power BI data
  • Create a Power BI dashboard

Module 3: Power BI Essentials

At the end of this module students will be able to explain the rationale and advantages of using Power BI.

Topics

  • 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
  • Hands-on: Importing data into Power BI
  • Importing Excel files into Power BI
  • Viewing reports from Excel files

Module 4: Shaping and Combining Data

With Power BI desktop you can shape and combine data with powerful, built-in tools. This module introduces the tools that are available for preparing your data and transforming it into a form ready for reporting.

Topics

  • Power BI desktop queries
  • Shaping data
  • Combining data
  • Hands-on: Shaping and combining data
  • Shape power BI data
  • Combine Power BI data

Module 5: Modelling data

This module describes how to shape and enhance data.

Topics

  • Relationships
  • DAX queries
  • Calculations and measures
  • What is DAX (Overview)
  • What is DAX (Tabular)
  • Creating Calculated Columns (Basics)
  • Conditional and Logical Functions
  • Creating Calculated Measures
  • Time Intelligence (Overview)
  • Time Intelligence (Time Intelligence Functions)
  • Using X-Functions and A-Functions
  • DAX as a Query Language
  • Hands-on: Let’s Model Data

Module 6: Interactive Data Visualizations

This module describes how to create and manage interactive data visualizations.

Topics

  • Creating Power BI Reports
  • Page Layout and Formatting
  • Working with Multiple Visualizations
  • Creating Charts
  • Histograms
  • Managing a Power BI Solution
  • Power BI Service Settings
  • Power BI Desktop Settings

Module 7:  Direct Connectivity

  • Cloud Data
  • Connecting to Big Data
  • Connecting to Analysis Services
  • Direct Connectivity to Analysis Services
  • Using the On-Premises Gateway
  • SSAS Multidimensional Models

Bonus Topics / Time Permitting

This content will be included with your course materials, and will be addressed in class if time permits.

Module 8: The Developer API

  • The Developer API
  • The Interactive API Console
  • Custom Visuals
  • Using Custom Visuals
  • Using the Developer API

Module 9: PowerBI Mobile

  • Power BI Mobile Apps
  • Creating Dashboards for Mobile Devices
  • Power BI for iOS and Android
  • Power BI for Windows 10
  • Using the Power BI Mobile App
  • Annotating Dashboards
  • Power BI Embedded
  • Adding Visualizations to an App
  • Power BI Community

This course combines expert lecture, real-world demonstrations and group discussions with machine-based practical labs and exercises.  Working in a hands-on learning environment led by our expert facilitator, students will learn how to:

  • Perform Power BI desktop data transformation.
  • Describe Power BI desktop modelling.
  • Create a Power BI desktop visualization.
  • Implement the Power BI service.
  • Describe how to connect to Excel data.
  • Shape and Combine Data
  • Describe how to collaborate with Power BI data.
  • Connect directly to data stores.
  • Time Permitting: Explore the Power BI developer API.
  • Time Permitting: Describe the Power BI mobile app

 

Need different skills or topics?  If your team requires different topics or tools, additional skills or custom approach, this course may be further adjusted to accommodate.  We offer additional PowerBI, reporting, data analytics, visualization and other related topics that may be blended with this course for a track that best suits your needs.

This hands-on course is geared new users and analysts or individuals who might be responsible for accessing the organization’s data, transforming that data and generating reports.

Before attending this course, students should have:

  • A general knowledge of database concepts (fields, records, relationships).
  • An awareness of key business priorities such as revenue, profitability, and financial accounting is desirable.
  • Familiarity with Excel.

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You will receive a receipt and an enrollment confirmation sent to the email you submitted at purchase. Your enrollment email will have instructions on how to access the class. Any additional questions our team is here to support you. Please call us at 469-721-6100.

If a student is 15 minutes late, they risk losing their seat to a standby student. If a student is 30 minutes late or more, they will need to reschedule. A no-show fee will apply. Retakes are enrolled on a stand-by basis. The student must supply previously issued courseware. Additional fees may apply.

You will receive a ‘Certificate of Completion’ once you complete the class. If you purchased an exam voucher for the class, a team member from TOPTALENT LEARNING will reach out to discuss your readiness for the voucher and make arrangements to send it.