This course lays the foundation for Power BI Report Builders. Report Builders will learn everything they need to create highly effective stand-alone and multi-page narrative reports using managed data sources, including the foundations of the data models that lie behind the reports. This course covers the use of both the Power BI Desktop application and the Power BI Service. We will cover usable features for users to become power users.
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Prerequisites
Basic experience with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, and using Web Browsers. General understanding of basic database concepts is useful, but not required.
Detailed Class Syllabus
Lesson 1 : Introducing Power BI
Power BI as Part of Power Apps
What is Power BI
Power BI Overview
Lesson 2: Understanding Power BI Data Models
Terminology
Introduction to Tables & Relationships
Introduction to Data Model Schemas
Lesson 3: Defining a Report
Power BI Reports
Overview of Report Objectives
Data-Driven Narratives
Lesson 4: Building Power BI Desktop Reports
Working with managed data
Creating Visuals
Formatting and Organizing Visuals
Sharing
Lesson 5: Report Actions & Filtering
Drill-Down, Drill-Through and other Data Actions
Filters
Visual Interactions
Bookmarks and Buttons
Lesson 6: Power BI Service
Introduction to Power BI Services
Adding Reports and Data
Power BI Service Report Features
Refreshing Power BI Data
Lesson 7: Building Power BI Service Dashboards
Building Dashboards
Organizing Dashboard Elements
Lesson 8: Service Analytics Features
Understanding Dashboard Q & A
Quick Insights
Lesson 9: Sharing Dashboards, Reports & Datasets
Sharing Content
Publish an App in Power BI