M20778 Analyzing Data with Power BI

3 Days

18 CPD hours

The course will likely be attended by SQL Server report creators who are interested in alternative methods of presenting data.

After completing this course, students will be able to:
? Perform Power BI desktop data transformation.
? Describe Power BI desktop modelling.
? Create a Power BI desktop visualization.
? Implement the Power BI service.
? Describe how to connect to Excel data.
? Describe how to collaborate with Power BI data.
? Connect directly to data stores.
? Describe the Power BI developer API.
? Describe the Power BI mobile app.

The main purpose of the course is to give students a good understanding of data analysis with Power BI. The course includes creating visualizations, the Power BI Service, and the Power BI Mobile App.

Introduction to Self-Service BI Solutions

• Introduction to business intelligence
• Introduction to data analysis
• Introduction to data visualization
• Overview of self-service BI
• Considerations for self-service BI
• Microsoft tools for self-service BI
• Lab : Exploring an Enterprise BI solution

Introducing Power BI

• Power BI
• The Power BI service
• Lab : Creating a Power BI dashboard

Power BI

• Using Excel as a data source for Power BI
• The Power BI data model
• Using databases as a data source for Power BI
• The Power BI service
• Lab : Importing data into Power BI

Shaping and Combining Data

• Power BI desktop queries
• Shaping data
• Combining data
• Lab : Shaping and combining data

Modelling data

• Relationships
• DAX queries
• Calculations and measures
• Lab : Modelling Data

Interactive Data Visualizations

• Creating Power BI reports
• Managing a Power BI solution
• Lab : Creating a Power BI report

Direct Connectivity

• Cloud data
• Connecting to analysis services
• Lab : Direct Connectivity

Developer API

• The developer API
• Custom visuals
• Lab : Using the developer API

Power BI mobile app

• The Power BI mobile app
• Using the Power BI mobile app
• Power BI embedded