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Building Microsoft Power BI Dashboards

Quickly learn to use Power BI for impactful data visualization, reporting, and communication.

Data visualization is a critical component of any data practice. The ability to sort through data for meaningful insights is only as useful as your ability to communicate those insights – quickly and easily. Teammates, decision-makers, and colleagues need to understand the story your data is telling, and effective visualization is the key.

Power BI comes with a wealth of features for effectively visualizing information and insights. This fast-paced workshop assumes no previous experience with Power BI. Our expert instructors get you up and running in one day so you return to work immediately capable of applying what you learn. Starting with a few fundamentals, you will leave class equipped with a core set of skills for using PowerBI to visualize and communicate your data and the stories it tells.

Available formats for this course

In-Person

Live Online

Private Team Training

Duration

1 day/8 hours of instruction

Public Classroom Pricing

Starting at: $695(USD)

$950(CAD)

GSA Price: $507.35

Group Rate: $595

Part 1: What is BI?

We’ll start out by covering business intelligence basics to lay the groundwork for an intelligent approach to reporting and visualizing data.

Business Intelligence Overview
Common Challenges
Benefits of Power BI

Part 2: Getting started with Power BI

Power BI is an extensive toolbox for working with and analyzing data. We’ll cover the fundamentals of the service, how Power BI’s features are organized, and immediately orient towards dashboards and visualization.

Overview & Pricing/Licensing
Components of Power BI
Building Blocks of Power BI
Quick Tour of Power BI Service

Part 3: Building simple reports

Reports are the first step in graphically communicating information related to your data. In this section of the class, you’ll learn to use and navigate the types of datasets you encounter every day, and how to use them to begin shaping meaningful communication.

Importing excel data
Using preexisting datasets
Creating visualizations
Using slicers

Part 4: Dashboards

In this section, we’ll cover how to create and use dashboards for common needs. By the end of this section, you’ll understand what’s realistic to expect from your PowerBI dashboards and how to set them up, share them, and produce valuable insights with your team quickly.

Dashboard expectations vs. features
Using KPI
Create and Configure a Dashboard
Shared Dashboards with your Organization
Pinning visuals

Part 5: Exploring data

In this final section of class, we’ll get a bit more granular about navigating, analyzing and communicating about your data. By the time we conclude, you’ll be ready to start applying what you’ve learned in your own real-world situations.

Use Quick Insights
Display Visuals and Tiles Full-Screen
Edit Tile Details
Get More Space on Your Dashboard
Ask Questions of your Data with Natural Language
Advanced Navigation

This class only requires access to Power BI; no previous experience is required. The course will immediately benefit:

Team leaders and functional managers
Team members with access to data
Anyone wanting to do more with a PowerBI license
Business analysts
Project and program managers
Those getting started with analytics

In this class, you will learn how to:

Develop an intelligent, useful approach to using your data
Quickly and effectively communicate about data
Manage expectations related to your data
Navigate and use all PowerBI’s basic visualization features
Import and use datasets in various formats
Set up and visualize KPIs
Build and share dashboards with others in your organization
Build and share useful reports
Use natural language queries to explore your data
Get hands-on practice building our own Power BI interfaces

Erick Polsky