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Brief Introduction

Learn how to turn data into information by creating dashboards to share with your colleagues/friends

Description

This course introduces you to Power BI from Microsoft. Power BI is easy to use software & services that can be used to turn data into actionable insight so that you can convey stories to yourself and others through the use of highly interactive visualisations.

Acquire the Skills to Query Data, Transform it, Visualize it and Publish it.

Learn how to:

Query data from

Excel
Databases
Web
Web Services
Text files

Transform data by

Cleaning
Pivoting
Enriching
Calculating

Communicate insights by

Creating dashboards
Adding interactivity
Publishing dashboards for others to use

Power BI is a new tool that empowers you to be a master of data rather than a servant of it.

Previously these skills were limited to experts but with the modern software the technical barrier has been lowered to such an extent that most people are capable of producing and sharing dashboards.

The only prerequisite I have is that students must be data literate. Excel users will have no problem learning Power BI. If you don't know what a table of data is this course isn't for you.

SQL or BI developers probably won't get a lot from this course as there aren't any complex queries or calculations.

The type of terminology used on this course includes, Tables, Relationships, Models, Calculations, Visualizations.

The course is taught using screencasts, slides, with set assignments. I encourage you to have a go at the assignments as this will solidify what you've learnt

The files I use on the course are available for you to download..

It can take between 2 and 4 hours to take this course (including assignments).

There are over 2 hours of screencasts.

The course is structured using key learning points, starting at the very beginning and progressing so that may the end of the course you'll have the skills to create data models with dashboards.

The skills you'll gain on this course will help boost your career as you'll be seen as a powerful steward of data.

Power BI is becoming increasingly in demand in organisations of all sorts of sizes. Take advantage of this opportunity today and hit that enroll button.

Requirements

Requirements
Access to Windows 7 + is required.
Near the start of the course you'll be directed to download and install Power BI Desktop and sign up for the free Power BI.com service.
Internet Explorer 9+ is a prerequisite for Power BI Desktop
For lecture 17 (Refreshing Data) Power BI Professional (Paid version) is required. However, if you want to follow along without paying you may be able to start a 60 day trial if you have not previously done so.
During the course I teach how to query SQL Server databases for the benefit of students who need to query this data source. However, if you don't have access to SQL Server there is no need to install it as the assignment doesn't use it as a data source.

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