About the course

Description:

This course covers the fundamentals of creating impactful business intelligence reports and dashboards using Power BI. Learn how to connect, transform, and visualize data to gain valuable insights for better decision-making. Discover advanced data analysis techniques and best practices to create powerful visualizations that drive business growth.

Key Highlights:

• Fundamentals of Power BI
• Data visualization
• Advanced data analysis techniques

What you will learn:

• 1. Introduction to Power BI

• Overview of Power BI and its components.
• Power BI Desktop vs. Power BI Service.
• Key Features and Benefits.

• 2. Data Import & Transformation (ETL)

• Importing data from various sources (Excel, SQL, etc.).
• Power Query: Cleaning and transforming data.
• Understanding the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process.

• 3. Data Modeling

• Creating relationships between tables.
• Star and Snowflake Schema.
• Measures and Calculated Columns using DAX (Data Analysis Expressions).

• 4. Data Visualization

• Creating and customizing charts, maps, and other visuals.
• Using filters, slicers, and interactive elements.
• Best practices for designing reports.

• 5. DAX (Data Analysis Expressions)

• Introduction to DAX formulas.
• Creating calculated fields, measures, and using time intelligence.
• Performance optimization with DAX.

• 6. Dashboard Creation

• Publishing reports to Power BI Service.
• Building and sharing dashboards.
• Real-time dashboards using live data.

• 7. Advanced Features

• Power BI Q&A: Natural language queries.
• Power BI Mobile.
• Scheduled data refresh and sharing reports with others.

• 8. Power BI Service

• Report publishing and sharing options.
• Creating and managing workspaces.
• Collaboration in Power BI.