Data-Driven Decisions with Power BI
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Import, clean, and model data in Power BI
Import, clean, and model data in Power BI
Publish and share reports using Power BI Service
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There are 5 modules in this course
Unlock the power of data with Microsoft Power BI—one of the most in-demand business intelligence tools used by companies worldwide. This hands-on course empowers learners to transform raw data into actionable insights and compelling visual stories.
With over 5 million users globally, Power BI is a top choice for data professionals, analysts, and business leaders. Learning Power BI can boost your career in data analytics, business intelligence, and decision-making roles. Career Impact - Power BI skills are listed in over 50,000 job postings globally. Professionals with Power BI expertise earn an average of $85,000–$120,000 annually, depending on role and experience. - This course helps you build a portfolio-ready dashboard and prepares you for real-world reporting tasks. What You’ll Learn: - Navigate Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service - Import, clean, and transform data from multiple sources - Build and format visualizations including charts, maps, and KPIs - Create and publish interactive reports and dashboards - Integrate Power BI with Microsoft Teams, Excel, and SharePoint What Makes This Course Unique: ✅ Beginner-friendly: No prior experience required ✅ Hands-on practice: Over 20 guided exercises and assignments ✅ Portfolio-ready project: Build and publish your own dashboard ✅ Fast-track format: Complete in under 10 hours of focused learning ✅ Microsoft integration: Learn how Power BI connects with Teams, Excel, and SharePoint Who Should Take This Course: - Aspiring data analysts and business intelligence professionals - Excel users looking to upgrade to dynamic dashboards - Business professionals who want to make data-driven decisions - Students and job seekers wanting to add Power BI to their resume - Anyone curious about data visualization and reporting Start learning now and turn data into decisions. Your future in analytics begins here.
New Power BI users will begin the course by gaining a conceptual understanding of the Power BI desktop application and the Power BI service. Learners will explore the Power BI interface while learning how to manage pages and understand the basics of visualizations. Learners can download a course dataset to enjoy guided, hands-on exercises in importing, connecting, cleaning, transforming and modeling data in the Power BI desktop application. Learners will investigate reports, learn about workspaces, and practice viewing, creating, and publishing reports to the Power BI service. Finally, learners will become proficient in the creation and utilization of dashboards.
What's included
20 videos4 readings5 assignments1 peer review
20 videos•Total 36 minutes
- Welcome to Data-Driven Decisions with Power BI!•2 minutes
- Introduction to Power BI•6 minutes
- Overview of Power BI•3 minutes
- Understand Power BI Licenses•3 minutes
- Lesson 2: Import Data or Connect to a Data Source•2 minutes
- Import a File from Excel•1 minute
- Import Data from a Web Page•1 minute
- Use Get Data to Connect to Data Sources•1 minute
- Connect to a Power BI Dataset•1 minute
- Try a Sample Dataset from Power BI Desktop•1 minute
- Practice with Sample Datasets from Power BI Service •1 minute
- Lesson 3: Understand the Table View•1 minute
- Overview of the Table View in Power BI•3 minutes
- Week 1 Check-In•1 minute
- Lesson 4: Clean and Transform Data•4 minutes
- Access the Power Query Editor•1 minute
- Manage Transformed Data in the Applied Steps List•3 minutes
- Execute Basic Math Operations to a Column•1 minute
- Round Values in a Column•1 minute
- Replace Errors in a Column•1 minute
4 readings•Total 11 minutes
- A Note on Power BI Compatibility•2 minutes
- Introductory Material•2 minutes
- STOP: Retrieve a Course Sample Dataset •5 minutes
- Lesson 1: Understand Power BI•2 minutes
5 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Check Your Power BI License•5 minutes
- Dive Into Your Data: View and Edit a Report in Data View•10 minutes
- Review: Lessons 1-3•10 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Replace Errors, Clean Data and View the Applied Steps List•5 minutes
- Final Quiz: Week 1 Review •10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 40 minutes
- Get Started on Your Own Power BI Report!•40 minutes
What's included
21 videos4 readings5 assignments1 peer review
21 videos•Total 45 minutes
- Introduction to Data Modeling, Report View, and Visualizations•3 minutes
- Lesson 1: Understand the Model View•2 minutes
- Overview of the Model View in Power BI•2 minutes
- View Relationships in the Model View•2 minutes
- Edit or Remove Relationships•1 minute
- Add a New Relationship Between Tables and Columns•2 minutes
- Week 2 Check-In•1 minute
- Lesson 3: Understand the Report View•3 minutes
- Overview of the Report View in Power BI•2 minutes
- Add a Visualization•1 minute
- Overview of Format Features for Visualizations•2 minutes
- Change the Visualization Type•1 minute
- Lesson 4: Understand Text Visualization Types•5 minutes
- Create a Visualization Card•1 minute
- Format a Visualization Card•2 minutes
- Create a Table Visualization•1 minute
- Format a Table Visualization•3 minutes
- Create a KPI Chart•2 minutes
- Format a KPI Chart •3 minutes
- Create a Key Influencers Chart•5 minutes
- Format a Key Influencers Chart•2 minutes
4 readings•Total 10 minutes
- Stop and Observe Your Model View•5 minutes
- Lesson 2: Work with Relationships in Model View•2 minutes
- Adding Visualizations to Report Canvases•2 minutes
- Note about the "Dive Into the Data" Practice Opportunities•1 minute
5 assignments•Total 43 minutes
- Model View Knowledge Check•3 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Customize Report Visualizations in Report View•10 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Create and Format a Card or Table Visual•10 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Create and Format KPI or Key Influencer Visualizations •10 minutes
- Week 2 Final Review •10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 20 minutes
- View a Report in Model View•20 minutes
What's included
28 videos1 reading8 assignments1 discussion prompt
28 videos•Total 49 minutes
- Lesson 1: Intro to Chart Visualizations•2 minutes
- Create a Scatter Chart•2 minutes
- Modify Scatter Chart Analytics•5 minutes
- Create a Waterfall Chart•3 minutes
- Create a Radial Gauge Chart•2 minutes
- Create a Funnel Chart•1 minute
- Format a Funnel Visualization•2 minutes
- Create a Ribbon Chart•1 minute
- Format a Ribbon Chart •2 minutes
- Use Geospatial Map Visualizations•2 minutes
- Use Map Visualizations•2 minutes
- Week 3 Check-In 1•1 minute
- Lesson 2: Turn Questions into Answers with Custom Visualizations•1 minute
- Create a New Table Query•2 minutes
- Turn a Question into a Visualization•1 minute
- Create and Teach a Q&A Visualization•2 minutes
- Add Suggested Questions to a Q&A Visualization•2 minutes
- Lesson 3: Filters, Slicers, and Data Drilling•2 minutes
- Create a Slicer•1 minute
- Explore the Filters Pane•1 minute
- Filter a Field•2 minutes
- Analyze Your Visualization•2 minutes
- Drill Down and Drill Up in a Visualization•2 minutes
- Format a Matrix•3 minutes
- Export Data from Visualizations•1 minute
- Lesson 4: Introduction to Report Publishing•1 minute
- Publish a Dataset or Report•1 minute
- Week 3 Check-In 2•1 minute
1 reading•Total 2 minutes
- Introduction to Navigating Reports and Visualizations•2 minutes
8 assignments•Total 62 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Create and Format a Scatter, Gauge, Funnel or Ribbon Visualization•10 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Create and Modify a Map Visualization•10 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Experiment with Table Queries or Q&A Visualizations•10 minutes
- Week 3 Lessons 1 and 2 Review •7 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Experiement with Slicers, Filters, or Data Drilling•10 minutes
- Filters Review•5 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Publish Your Report•5 minutes
- Week 3 Review•5 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Reflect on Data-Driven Decision Making•10 minutes
What's included
29 videos3 readings6 assignments1 peer review
29 videos•Total 45 minutes
- Introduction to Power BI Service•5 minutes
- Lesson 1: Introduction to Workspaces•3 minutes
- View My Workspace in the Power BI Service•1 minute
- View Workspaces in the Power BI Service•1 minute
- View the Access Permissions•1 minute
- Share a Workspace•1 minute
- Lesson 2: Introduction to Working with Dashboards•1 minute
- Overview of Dashboards•4 minutes
- Create a New Dashboard•1 minute
- Add a Tile to a Dashboard•2 minutes
- Pin a Tile from a Report•1 minute
- Pin a Live Page•1 minute
- Pin the Whole Report Page as a Live Tile•2 minutes
- Subscribe to a Power BI Dashboard•2 minutes
- Share a Report Via Email•2 minutes
- Week 4 Check-In•1 minute
- Switch Modes in Power BI Service•1 minute
- Download a Copy of a Report•1 minute
- Generate Quick Insights for a Report•1 minute
- Lesson 4: Introduction to Apps•1 minute
- Connect to Apps•1 minute
- Create App Workspaces•1 minute
- Lesson 5: Power BI and Microsoft Integration•1 minute
- Understand Power BI and Microsoft Teams Integration•2 minutes
- Share a Report To a Teams Channel•1 minute
- Start a Teams Chat From a Slicer in Power BI•2 minutes
- Embed Reports in SharePoint Online•1 minute
- Export a Report to PowerPoint•1 minute
- Power BI: Download and Install Analyze in Excel•2 minutes
3 readings•Total 4 minutes
- Lesson 3: Use Datasets and Reports•1 minute
- App Creation Additional Reading•3 minutes
- The Power Platform•0 minutes
6 assignments•Total 57 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Navigate Your Workspace•10 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Explore Dashboards•7 minutes
- Lesson 1 and 2 Review•10 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Practice with Apps•10 minutes
- Dive Into the Data: Practice Integrating Power BI with M365•10 minutes
- Week 4 Review•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 25 minutes
- Reflect on Power BI Service•25 minutes
What's included
1 video2 readings1 assignment
1 video•Total 1 minute
- Congratulations!•1 minute
2 readings
- Note: Final Review•0 minutes
- Final Note•0 minutes
1 assignment•Total 45 minutes
- Final Course Review •45 minutes
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Reviewed on Oct 18, 2022
The course provided great insights and sufficient knowledge for a beginner like me to learn Power BI.
Reviewed on Feb 10, 2024
I liked the way the course was designed with quizzes in between to reinforce the learning and short videos so that the concentration is not diverted
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I found the course to be very educative and detailed.
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