Power BI in a day

During this one-day introduction training, attendees will learn how to go through the entire cycle of producing a Power BI dashboard, including:

• Accessing data
• Transforming data
• Combining different sources
• Explore data (find hidden insights)
• Visualize insights (create a dashboard)
• Share a dashboard (either in the cloud or on the on-premises report server)

Subjects

• Accessing, transforming and mashing up data using the Power Query Editor
• Data modelling basics
• Dashboard creation
• Dashboard distribution in the cloud or the Power BI Report Server

Prerequisites

Some previous experience with Power BI is nice to have, yet not a requirement for this course.

Objectives

• Import data into Power BI from various data sources
• Describe storage options using Power BI when connecting to a database
• Perform various types of transformations on data in the Power Query Editor
• Mashup data (bring different data sources together)
• Describe Power BI desktop data modelling
• Understand how relationships between tables are created
• Create visualizations in order to explore data
• Build an interactive dashboard
• Share a dashboard with colleagues