Microsoft Power BI Introduction

Course overview

Power BI enables you to connect to and transform data from a variety of sources. This allows you to produce detailed reports through a comprehensive range of visualisations.

This workshop will allow delegates to gain a thorough understanding of the complete Power BI cycle by working with real world examples and will equip you with the necessary skills to start applying your knowledge.

Topics covered

The fundamentals of Power BI

  • An introduction to Power BI
  • Working with Power BI desktop files
  • Connecting to data sources with Power BI
  • Creating a report with visualisations
  • Doing more with visualisations

Working with data

  • Connecting to file based data
  • Connecting to service based data cloud
  • Transforming and cleaning data
  • Using the query editor
  • Data modelling

Working with reports and visualisations

  • Managing report pages
  • Changing report view options
  • Working with visualisations
  • Adding static objects to a report

A closer look at visualisations

  • Matrices, tables and charts
  • Maps
  • Cards, gauges and KPI’s
  • Slicers

Delivery methodology

(Face-to-face or virtual delivery available)

Small groups

Ideally 6-8 delegates to maximise engagement and interaction levels.

One-to-one

We also provide one-to-one 90 minute support workshops to provide targeted individual support (specific topics to be selected).

Tailored sessions

Talk to us about designing bespoke workshops for your team