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This course is part of the Microsoft Data Visualization Professional Certificate
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Professional Certificate.
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  • Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
  • Earn a shareable career certificate from Microsoft

There are 5 modules in this course

In this course, you will gain the skills to create impactful reports and interactive dashboards using Microsoft Power BI, helping businesses make data-driven decisions. The course focuses on the data visualization process. You will gain practical skills like designing professional reports, optimizing layouts for different audiences, and leveraging Power BI’s interactive features.

Additionally, you will explore how to use Power BI to integrate data from various sources, transform it into meaningful insights, and present it in a visually engaging way. Ultimately, you will learn how to create user-centered dashboards and reports, ensuring clarity and actionable insights. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Explain the data visualization process and how it drives business intelligence. - Create dashboards in Power BI. - Create interactive reports in Power BI. This course is for anyone interested in a career in data analytics and business intelligence, or for roles that require working with business data, such as marketing and sales professionals. It will help you develop specific skills in effectively communicating data insights to business stakeholders. To be successful in this course, you should already be proficient in extracting, transforming, and loading data in Microsoft Power BI, as well as using multiple data sources and configurations to build a semantic model. You should also know how to use Power Query, create and customize effective visualizations, and write data analysis expressions to calculate statistics. Moreover, knowing about the fundamentals of business intelligence, principles for ethical data handling, and understanding business needs will put you in a position to succeed. To complete this course, you’ll need: - A laptop or desktop PC with Microsoft Windows - At least 8 gigabytes of RAM - A stable internet connection - Power BI Desktop - Microsoft 365

This module introduces the importance of data-driven decision-making in business contexts. You will explore how visual analysis and insights improve efficiency, competitive edge, and business performance. Key topics include the role of data in shaping business strategy and various professionals involved in the data analysis process.

What's included

11 videos14 readings6 assignments

11 videos•Total 66 minutes
  • Course introduction•6 minutes
  • How data insights drive business•7 minutes
  • Analysis for business intelligence•6 minutes
  • Roles working with data•6 minutes
  • Understanding the nature of data•6 minutes
  • Defining the reporting goal•6 minutes
  • Choosing the right visualization•5 minutes
  • Create reports with Copilot•6 minutes
  • Smart narrative summaries•5 minutes
  • Anomaly detection•7 minutes
  • Module summary: Business intelligence•6 minutes
14 readings•Total 135 minutes
  • How to be successful in this course•10 minutes
  • Course navigation: Enhanced image viewing•10 minutes
  • Course navigation: Locating downloaded files•10 minutes
  • Activity: Setting up Microsoft 365•10 minutes
  • Activity: Setting up your Power BI environment•10 minutes
  • Activity: Updating a data source path•10 minutes
  • Course syllabus•10 minutes
  • Business intelligence cheat sheet•10 minutes
  • Audience characteristics•10 minutes
  • Exemplar: Choosing an appropriate visualization•10 minutes
  • Navigating Microsoft Fabric subscriptions•10 minutes
  • Copilot report suggestions•10 minutes
  • Exemplar: Detecting anomalies•10 minutes
  • Additional resources: Business intelligence•5 minutes
6 assignments•Total 135 minutes
  • Knowledge check: Business intelligence•15 minutes
  • Activity: Choosing an appropriate visualization•30 minutes
  • Knowledge check: Choosing appropriate visualizations•15 minutes
  • Activity: Detecting anomalies•30 minutes
  • Knowledge check: AI visualizations and reports•15 minutes
  • Module quiz: Business intelligence•30 minutes

Focusing on improving user interaction, this module teaches you how to create intuitive and navigable reports. It covers essential techniques such as drillthrough, hierarchies, and bookmarks to optimize the user experience. You will also explore interactivity through buttons, slicers, and filters, ensuring reports cater to varied business needs.

What's included

11 videos8 readings7 assignments

11 videos•Total 65 minutes
  • Report hierarchies•5 minutes
  • Report drill-through•5 minutes
  • Adding bookmarks•6 minutes
  • Slicers•7 minutes
  • DAX filter context in visualizations•6 minutes
  • Adding buttons•6 minutes
  • Sorting and filtering data in reports•6 minutes
  • What is an aggregation?•6 minutes
  • Aggregation functions in DAX•6 minutes
  • Creating an aggregation table•5 minutes
  • Module summary: User experience in reports•6 minutes
8 readings•Total 75 minutes
  • Adding URLs•10 minutes
  • Exemplar: Configure a hierarchical report•10 minutes
  • Cross-filter and cross-highlight•10 minutes
  • Exemplar: Create an interactive report•10 minutes
  • DAX aggregation cheat sheet•10 minutes
  • Storage modes in aggregation tables•10 minutes
  • Exemplar: Create an aggregation•10 minutes
  • Additional resources: User experience in reports•5 minutes
7 assignments•Total 165 minutes
  • Activity: Configure a hierarchical report•30 minutes
  • Knowledge check: Report navigation•15 minutes
  • Activity: Create an interactive report•30 minutes
  • Knowledge check: Interactive reports•15 minutes
  • Activity: Create an aggregation•30 minutes
  • Knowledge check: Aggregating data•15 minutes
  • Module quiz: User experience in reports•30 minutes

This module guides you to create dashboards in Power BI Service that provide quick, high-level overviews for stakeholders. You will also learn about workspaces and how dashboards differ from detailed reports. Topics include configuring dashboards for diverse business requirements and mobile devices and overcoming common limitations like pinned visuals.

What's included

11 videos7 readings7 assignments

11 videos•Total 62 minutes
  • What is a workspace?•6 minutes
  • Creating a workspace•6 minutes
  • Assign workspace roles•5 minutes
  • What is a dashboard?•6 minutes
  • Creating a dashboard•5 minutes
  • Optimize a dashboard for mobile devices•6 minutes
  • Limitations of pinned visuals•5 minutes
  • Publishing reports and dashboards•6 minutes
  • Subscribing to reports and dashboards•6 minutes
  • Configuring data alerts•6 minutes
  • Module summary: Dashboards•6 minutes
7 readings•Total 65 minutes
  • Workspace settings•10 minutes
  • Roles cheat sheet•10 minutes
  • Exemplar: Create a shared workspace•10 minutes
  • Dashboard vs report design•10 minutes
  • Exemplar: Building a dashboard•10 minutes
  • Exemplar: Alerting on profit margin•10 minutes
  • Additional resources: Dashboards•5 minutes
7 assignments•Total 165 minutes
  • Activity: Create a shared workspace•30 minutes
  • Knowledge check: Introduction to workspaces•15 minutes
  • Activity: Building a dashboard•30 minutes
  • Knowledge check: Introduction to dashboards•15 minutes
  • Activity: Alerting on profit margin•30 minutes
  • Knowledge check: Publishing dashboards•15 minutes
  • Module quiz: Dashboards•30 minutes

This module focuses on optimizing Power BI performance and ensuring data security. You will be introduced to Power BI’s Performance analyzer tool, along with techniques for fine-tuning DAX queries and improving report speed. The module also covers security measures, including row-level security and managing dataset permissions, ensuring sensitive data is protected.

What's included

13 videos5 readings6 assignments

13 videos•Total 79 minutes
  • Introduction to the Performance analyzer•6 minutes
  • Resolving performance issues in DAX•7 minutes
  • Using variables for performance•6 minutes
  • Sharing information safely•6 minutes
  • Sharing via links•6 minutes
  • Data sensitivity labels•6 minutes
  • Dataset permissions•6 minutes
  • Sharing outside your organisation•6 minutes
  • What is row-level security?•7 minutes
  • Static vs dynamic row-level security•6 minutes
  • Configuring static row-level security•5 minutes
  • Dynamic row-level security with DAX•5 minutes
  • Module summary: Performance and security•6 minutes
5 readings•Total 45 minutes
  • Tuning report performance•10 minutes
  • Exemplar: Improving DAX performance•10 minutes
  • Permissions cheat sheet•10 minutes
  • Exemplar: Share information•10 minutes
  • Additional resources: Performance and security•5 minutes
6 assignments•Total 135 minutes
  • Activity: Improving DAX performance•30 minutes
  • Knowledge check: Performance optimization•15 minutes
  • Activity: Share information•30 minutes
  • Knowledge check: Working with sensitive data•15 minutes
  • Knowledge Check: Row-level security•15 minutes
  • Module quiz: Performance and security•30 minutes

In this module, you will synthesize the skills and knowledge you acquired throughout the course by completing the final course project and the final graded quiz. You will apply your expertise to a real-world business scenario, using Power BI to identify and analyze the root cause of a problem. This hands-on project challenges you to demonstrate your ability to integrate various analytical techniques and create impactful data visualizations that drive business insights and decision-making.

What's included

1 video5 readings2 assignments1 plugin

1 video•Total 6 minutes
  • Course recap: Building powerful reports and dashboards in PowerBI•6 minutes
5 readings•Total 80 minutes
  • About the final project and assessment•10 minutes
  • Final project: Visualizing data for stakeholders•40 minutes
  • Showcase your skills•10 minutes
  • Coursera community•10 minutes
  • Next steps•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 120 minutes
  • Self-review: Visualizing data for stakeholders•30 minutes
  • Course quiz: Building powerful reports and dashboards in PowerBI•90 minutes
1 plugin•Total 20 minutes
  • Exemplar: Visualizing data for stakeholders•20 minutes

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DL
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Reviewed on Mar 25, 2025

Seriously its all about PowerBI software, not much on visualization in general

CV
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Reviewed on Jul 9, 2025

Good Explanation, Can gain practical knowledge too.

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Reviewed on Nov 20, 2025

Perfect, enough to understand PowerBI around intermediate level

Frequently asked questions

This Professional Certificate is designed for aspiring junior data scientists who want to kickstart their careers in the business intelligence industry. It is also for current professionals who are seeking a greater understanding of data visualization fundamentals.

This program is for you:

- If you are interested in the field of data analytics and visualization or are just beginning to work in a junior data analyst role.

- If you want to switch or start a career in the field of data analytics and visualization.

- If you already work in data analytics and are seeking a greater understanding of data visualization fundamentals. Earning a Microsoft Data Visualization certificate can help you advance your career or address gaps in your knowledge, skills, and abilities.

This program is for anyone interested in data analytics and visualization; there are no prerequisites. To get the most out of the learning experience, it is recommended to follow the courses in sequence, as each one builds on the skills and knowledge gained in the previous ones.

It typically takes 5 to 6 months to complete the 5 courses. But some learners may go through the content faster.

Data visualization is the graphical representation of data, using visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps. It helps simplify complex data sets, allowing users to easily understand trends, patterns, and insights, ultimately aiding in decision-making and communication. 

A junior data scientist or data analyst collects, processes, and analyzes data to help organizations make informed decisions. They work with data visualization tools such as Microsoft Power BI, create reports, identify trends, and support business insights. They also collaborate with teams to improve data-driven strategies, spot opportunities and solve problems.

With the skills acquired from this Professional Certificate, you can qualify for entry-level positions such as junior data analyst, business intelligence (BI) analyst, or reporting analyst. These positions focus on analyzing data, creating reports and dashboards, and using tools like Microsoft Power BI to present actionable insights, helping organizations make data-driven decisions.

Yes, this course is entirely online, allowing you to study at your own pace from anywhere with an internet connection. You can access your lessons, readings, and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.

Yes. We highly recommend taking the courses of each certificate program in the order they are presented. The content in the courses builds on information from earlier courses. 

Once you've completed the Microsoft Data Visualization Professional Certificate, you will possess the essential skills and knowledge to thrive in this dynamic field. These skills enhance your practical experience and career prospects in data visualization, ensuring you are well-prepared to tackle challenges in entry-level roles. This certificate is valuable to share within your professional network. 

Throughout the program, you engaged with hands-on activities, final course projects, and assessments, mastering fundamental concepts such as:

- Interpreting datasets and communicating findings to stakeholders through visualizations using Power BI.

- Analyzing data to extract insights that inform business decisions.

- Creating visually appealing and interactive reports and dashboards.

- Applying advanced data modeling techniques, including the use of Data Analysis Expressions (DAX).

- Applying statistical analysis techniques and leveraging AI-driven tools to uncover hidden insights and trends.

No, completing the Microsoft Data Visualization Professional Certificate does not grant university credit. However, by successfully completing all the courses in the program you will receive a professional Coursera certificate, which is valuable for career development. The certification is recognized globally, so it enhances your credibility and marketability to potential employers. It demonstrates your proficiency in data visualization tools like Microsoft Power BI.

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Certificate, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.

Financial aid available,