Microsoft Power BI: The Complete Guide

Learn one of the most in demand business intelligence tool in the world and master the most important concepts in the Power BI Ecosystem.

Power BI is an essential tool for anyone working with Data!

This course is hands-on and you will LEARN BY DOING!

CURRICULUM

This course can be split into 5 key areas

Loading and Transforming Data

Connecting to data sources in Power BI
Understanding Data Types
Transforming Columns in your Query
Adding Columns to your Query
Sorting and Filtering
Duplicating vs Referencing your Query
Transposing your data
Grouping and summarising your data
Pivoting and Unpivoting your data
Data Modelling

Table Relationships
One to Many, One to One and Many to Many Cardinality
Autodetect
“Active” vs “Inactive” Relationships
STAR and SNOWFLAKE Modelling Approaches
Dimensions and Fact Tables
Joining Tables with the Merge Operation
Visualizations and Charts

Visualization and Report Basics
Tables and Pivot Tables
Matrix Visuals
Bar and Column Charts
Line and Area Charts
Combo Charts
Scatter Charts
Treemap Charts
Cards
Data Categories and Geographical Charts
Tooltips
Interactions between Visuals
Filters and Slicers
Adding small multiples
Visual Elements
Report Design Best Practice
Adding Interactivity to your Report
Power BI Service

Power BI Pro vs Premium Overview
Power BI Pro Interface Tour
Publishing Reports to Power BI Pro
Personal Workspaces
Dashboards
Apps
Collabortation Workspaces
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

Overview of the Langauges used in Power BI (M and DAX)
DAX Syntax Basics
Aggregation Functions
Filter Functions
Other Functions
DAX Documentation
The course is packed with lectures, code-along videos, assignment questions and detailed walkthroughs.

There should be more than enough to keep you engaged and learning! As an added bonus you will also have lifetime access to all the lectures.

Projects & Resources
We will be using a really cool Formula One Dataset to create an interactive report with some amazing visualizations.

We will connect to various data sources including csv, excel, JSON and more.
We will perform extensive data transformations to make our data ready for reporting.
We will use relationships and data modelling methodologies to create an effective data model.
We will explore all kinds of visualisations from Column Charts, Scatter Charts, Maps, Tooltips and more.
We will use Visual Elements like action icons and buttons to navigate between pages in your report.
We will explore the capabilities of Power BI Pro and how it can enable you to collaborate within your Organization
We will use Data Analysis Expressions to add insight and analysis to our Power BI Report
By the end of the Formula One Analysis Project you will gain extensive skills and have experience of developing a business intelligence solution end to end.

You should gain more than enough experience to add value to your real world projects!