Analyzing Data with Power BI

KEY FEATURES

Please Note: This course has been replaced by the Microsoft Certified Data Analyst (DA-100) course.

What's Included

Your course package is designed to provide maximum learning and convenience. This is included in the price of your course:

• INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING
• ALL COURSE MATERIALS
• CERTIFICATION GUARANTEE
• INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING
• ACCOMMODATION
• ALL COURSE MATERIALS
• ALL MEALS
• CERTIFICATION GUARANTEE

EXAMS & CERTIFICATIONS

Your expert instructor will get you ready for the following exam and certification. Exam is not included.

• Analysing and Visualising Data with Microsoft Power BI (70-778)
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

PREREQUISITES

Excellent knowledge of relational databases and reporting.
Some basic knowledge of data warehouse schema topology (including star and snowflake schemas).
Some exposure to basic programming constructs (such as looping and branching).
An awareness of key business priorities such as revenue, profitability, and financial accounting is desirable.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications – particularly Excel.

Full curriculum

Using our engaging learning methodology including a variety of tools, we’ll cover the entire curriculum.

Course 20778A: Analyzing Data with Power BI

Module 1: Introduction to Self-Service BI Solutions
Introduces business intelligence (BI) and how to self-serve with BI.

Lessons

- 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

Module 2: Introducing Power BI
This module introduces Power BI desktop, and explores the features that enable the rapid creation and publication of sophisticated data visualizations.

Lessons

- Power BI
- The Power BI service

Module 3: Power BI
At the end of this module students will be able to explain the rationale and advantages of using Power BI.

Lessons

- 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

Module 4: Shaping and Combining Data
With Power BI desktop you can shape and combine data with powerful, buil-in tools. This module introduces the tools that are available for preparing your data, and transforming it into a form ready for reporting.

Lessons

- Power BI desktop queries
- Shaping data
- Combining data

Module 5: Modelling data
This module describes how to shape and enhance data.

Lessons

- Relationships
- DAX queries
- Calculations and measures

Module 6: Interactive Data Visualizations
This module describes how to create and manage interactive data visualizations.

Lessons

- Creating Power BI reports
- Managing a Power BI solution

Module 7: Direct Connectivity
This module describes various connectivity options using Power BI.

Lessons

- Cloud data
- Connecting to analysis services

Module 8: Developer API
This module describes the developer API within Power BI.

Lessons

- The developer API
- Custom visuals

Module 9: Power BI mobile app
This module describes the Power BI mobile app.

Lessons

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