Power BI Data Analysis: For the Power Nerd In You! [2024]

As technology progresses and becomes more interwoven with our businesses and lives, more data is collected about business and personal activities. At the end of this course, you will be able to create from start to finish interactive reports, insightful dashboards and share your results with colleagues and your management team.

The era of big data has exploded and is already here and learning how to leverage that data effectively and provide timely insights can be a competitive advantage. Creating eye catching visualizations is the way to catch the attention of the management teams that have to make the executive decisions to move your organization forward.

Microsoft Power BI software is designed specifically for this purpose. Power BI was built to connect to a wide range of data sources and allows users to quickly massage your data, customize your calculations, create eye popping visualizations of that data, show trends, and create interactive reports. Power BI's is by far the leading software to get all this done.

If you never have opened Power BI before, then this course is for you as it will take you from the beginning to end to get you on your way to becoming a Data Analyst. From learning to connect to your first data source, cleaning your data and creating stunning visualizations, you will gain the confidence to create your very first Power BI report for your management team.

I teach this exact same course content in colleges, institutes, government agencies and corporate clients right across Canada for years and now I am offering it direct to you through these online platforms.

Prior to enrolling in this course, you must have advanced Excel skill set. Having knowledge of the Power Query add-on for Excel or a working knowledge of databases like MS Access or SQL would be an asset but is not required. I will teach you everything you need to know. No knowledge of Power BI is required to take this course, but the willingness to learn is!

I will take you step by step, from start to finish, from connecting to your Data Source, creating the relationships, creating the calculations to determine your KPI's to putting it all in your reports with stunning visuals. We will then publish to the web service so you can create your dashboards and share with your management team.

You will be ready to create your very own Power BI report and gain the confidence you are doing it right!