Master Power BI Analytics & Dashboards with DAX
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Master Power BI Analytics & Dashboards with DAX
This course is part of Analyze Business Data with Power BI & DAX Specialization
Instructor: EDUCBA
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What you'll learn
Analyze business data and build interactive dashboards using Power BI.
Design efficient data models and apply DAX calculations for insights.
Optimize, secure, and manage Power BI solutions using best practices.
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February 2026
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There are 9 modules in this course
Learners will analyze business data, design interactive dashboards, build efficient data models, apply DAX calculations, and optimize Power BI solutions using industry best practices.
This comprehensive course takes learners from the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI to advanced analytics and DAX mastery. Starting with Power BI concepts, architecture, and data import, the course progressively builds skills in data modeling, transformation with Power Query, and visual analytics. Learners gain hands-on understanding of relationships, cardinality, and performance considerations, followed by deep dives into dashboards, apps, security, sharing, and automation. The course culminates with strong coverage of DAX functions, optimization techniques, cheat sheets, and productivity tips aligned with real-world business scenarios. Learners benefit by developing job-ready Power BI skills that are immediately applicable in business intelligence, data analysis, and reporting roles. The structured, module-based approach ensures gradual skill progression, reinforced through practice quizzes and graded assessments. What makes this course unique is its end-to-end coverageβfrom beginner to advancedβcombined with a strong focus on best practices, governance, and real-world usability rather than isolated features. By completion, learners can confidently design, optimize, and maintain scalable Power BI solutions for professional environments.
This module introduces Microsoft Power BI, its evolution, core components, user roles, and development environment, helping learners understand how Power BI fits into modern business intelligence workflows.
What's included
10 videos4 assignments
10 videosβ’Total 59 minutes
- Introduction to Power BIβ’0 minutes
- Target Audience and Course Applicabiltiyβ’3 minutes
- History of PowerBIβ’5 minutes
- Components and Rolesβ’7 minutes
- Installation of PowerBIβ’8 minutes
- Designβ’12 minutes
- Develop Using PowerBI Desktopβ’10 minutes
- Key Components and Pricingβ’9 minutes
- Review of Chapterβ’2 minutes
- File Menu Optionsβ’3 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Getting Started with Power BIβ’30 minutes
- Power BI Essentialsβ’10 minutes
- Power BI Architecture & Rolesβ’10 minutes
- First Steps with Power BI Desktopβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on importing data into Power BI, exploring datasets, understanding views, and preparing data for analysis through cleansing and enhancement techniques.
What's included
10 videos4 assignments
10 videosβ’Total 81 minutes
- Data Importβ’9 minutes
- Seeing the Output on Visualizationsβ’9 minutes
- Basic Data Relationshipβ’12 minutes
- Exploring Viewβ’12 minutes
- Modelling Option in Menu Barβ’12 minutes
- Data Cleansingh and Importβ’1 minute
- Types of Data Inputsβ’8 minutes
- Add column Featureβ’3 minutes
- Transformationsβ’8 minutes
- Importing Data into Power BIβ’7 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Data Import & Exploration Fundamentalsβ’30 minutes
- Bringing Data into Power BIβ’10 minutes
- Understanding Views & Modelsβ’10 minutes
- Data Inputs & Enhancementsβ’10 minutes
This module teaches how to build reliable data models using relationships, cardinality, filter direction, and query modes to ensure accurate reporting.
What's included
10 videos4 assignments
10 videosβ’Total 75 minutes
- Data Import Methods and Sourcesβ’7 minutes
- User Rolesβ’13 minutes
- Viewβ’6 minutes
- Modelling Optionsβ’8 minutes
- View and Modelling Menu Optionsβ’3 minutes
- Cardinalityβ’10 minutes
- Cardinality Continueβ’6 minutes
- Directionβ’9 minutes
- Cross Filteringβ’6 minutes
- Direct Query Vs Importβ’7 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Data Modeling & Relationshipsβ’30 minutes
- Data Modeling Basicsβ’10 minutes
- Advanced Modeling Optionsβ’10 minutes
- Relationship Behavior & Performanceβ’10 minutes
This module covers data transformation concepts using Power Query, including M language, query functions, and best practices for reusable and efficient data preparation.
What's included
10 videos4 assignments
10 videosβ’Total 63 minutes
- Samplesβ’7 minutes
- Data and Relationships - Conclusionβ’8 minutes
- Transformation Introductionβ’2 minutes
- Json File Import Transformsβ’7 minutes
- Mqueryβ’3 minutes
- Power Query Functions β Basicsβ’6 minutes
- Power Query Functions β Advancedβ’8 minutes
- Function Remarkβ’2 minutes
- Concluding Recapof Datatransformationβ’9 minutes
- Concluding Recapof Datatransformation Continueβ’9 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Data Transformation with Power Queryβ’30 minutes
- Transformation Overviewβ’10 minutes
- Working with Different Data Formatsβ’10 minutes
- Advanced Query Functionsβ’10 minutes
This module introduces core Power BI visuals and teaches how to select and apply charts effectively to communicate business insights.
What's included
10 videos4 assignments
10 videosβ’Total 60 minutes
- Intro to POwerBI Visuals by MSβ’1 minute
- Bar Chartβ’10 minutes
- Area Chartβ’9 minutes
- Cardβ’7 minutes
- Combo Chartβ’6 minutes
- Donut Chartβ’7 minutes
- Funnel Chartβ’7 minutes
- KPIβ’4 minutes
- Matrixβ’6 minutes
- MAPβ’4 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Core Power BI Visualizationsβ’30 minutes
- Introduction to Visual Analyticsβ’10 minutes
- Business-Friendly Visualsβ’10 minutes
- Analytical & Advanced Visualsβ’10 minutes
This module explores advanced Power BI visuals, marketplace extensions, interactivity, and dashboard design considerations for professional reporting.
What's included
10 videos4 assignments
10 videosβ’Total 85 minutes
- Other Visualizationsβ’10 minutes
- Intro to Visualizations from Marketplaceβ’8 minutes
- Visualization Gallery Overviewβ’9 minutes
- Core Visuals: Charts and Cardsβ’5 minutes
- Advanced Visualizationsβ’13 minutes
- Custom Visuals and KPIsβ’7 minutes
- Maps, Matrix, and Tablesβ’7 minutes
- Marketplace and Custom Visualsβ’11 minutes
- Building Dashboards in Power BIβ’9 minutes
- Dashboard Design and Best Practicesβ’6 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Advanced & Marketplace Visualsβ’30 minutes
- Expanding Visualization Optionsβ’10 minutes
- Marketplace Visualization Demosβ’10 minutes
- Advanced Visualization Use Casesβ’10 minutes
This module covers dashboard creation, Power BI Apps, security roles, sharing strategies, and automation for governed content distribution.
What's included
10 videos4 assignments
10 videosβ’Total 84 minutes
- Dashboards Continueβ’6 minutes
- More on Dashboardsβ’8 minutes
- Appsβ’9 minutes
- Roles and Restrictionsβ’9 minutes
- Conclusion - Exampleβ’7 minutes
- Conclusion - Example Continueβ’8 minutes
- Ways to Share and Publishβ’13 minutes
- Ways to Share and Publish Continueβ’11 minutes
- Schedule Refreshβ’12 minutes
- Subscription - Pull Mechanismβ’2 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Dashboards, Apps & Securityβ’30 minutes
- Dashboard Design & Navigationβ’10 minutes
- Governance & Securityβ’10 minutes
- Sharing & Automationβ’10 minutes
This module introduces monitoring mechanisms, alerting, and foundational DAX concepts for analytical calculations.
What's included
10 videos4 assignments
10 videosβ’Total 54 minutes
- Alert-Push Mechanismβ’1 minute
- Summary of Sessionβ’1 minute
- Introduction to DAXβ’6 minutes
- DAX Continueβ’13 minutes
- DAX Demoβ’1 minute
- DAX Operationβ’9 minutes
- Introduction to DAXβ’5 minutes
- Common DAX Functionsβ’9 minutes
- Advanced DAX Calculationsβ’4 minutes
- Dax Functions Continueβ’5 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Alerts, Automation & DAX Foundationsβ’30 minutes
- Monitoring & Notificationsβ’10 minutes
- DAX Concepts & Practiceβ’10 minutes
- DAX Functions Deep Diveβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on mastering DAX, applying best practices, optimizing models, and improving productivity through cheat sheets and tips.
What's included
12 videos5 assignments
12 videosβ’Total 74 minutes
- DAX-PowerBi Sampleβ’6 minutes
- DAX Recapβ’3 minutes
- Best Practiceβ’7 minutes
- Best Practice Continueβ’6 minutes
- Power BI Quick Reference β Basicsβ’8 minutes
- Data Modeling and Relationshipsβ’7 minutes
- Power Query and Transformationsβ’6 minutes
- Visualization and Dashboard Tipsβ’4 minutes
- DAX Best Practicesβ’9 minutes
- Power BI Tips and Shortcutsβ’3 minutes
- Tips and Tricksβ’8 minutes
- Conclusionβ’7 minutes
5 assignmentsβ’Total 70 minutes
- DAX Mastery & Best Practicesβ’30 minutes
- Applying DAX in Real Scenariosβ’10 minutes
- Optimization & Guidelinesβ’10 minutes
- Cheat Sheets & Productivity Tipsβ’10 minutes
- Final Wrap-Upβ’10 minutes
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Reviewed on May 22, 2026
I learned how to work with data more confidently and gained a better understanding of DAX concepts. The lessons were clear, easy to follow, and very useful for real-world reporting tasks.
Reviewed on May 17, 2026
It helped me improve my understanding of dashboards, reports, and data visualization techniques.
Reviewed on May 15, 2026
This course was very helpful and easy to understand. It gave me practical knowledge and improved my confidence in working with analytics and dashboards.
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