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Introduction to Data Analysis Using Microsoft Power BI

This interactive course will help you to take your first steps in Data Analysis with Microsoft Power BI. You’ll learn the skills, the tasks, and the processes business analysts use to build and share data stories so organizations can make better-informed decisions. No previous Power BI experience is necessary — we’ll start at the beginning.

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Part of the Business Analyst (Power BI), and Data Analysis in Power BI paths.

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Beginner friendly
10 hours
Self paced
5 lessons

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Introduction to Data Analysis Using Microsoft Power BI

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Course overview

In this course, you’ll learn the essentials of Microsoft Power BI. You’ll start by exploring the Power BI interface, components, and workflow. Then, you’ll learn how to import, load, clean, and transform data to prepare it for analysis. Along the way, you’ll discover how to organize and simplify your models to make data more manageable.

Best of all, you’ll learn by doing — you’ll practice hands-on tasks and receive instant feedback directly in the browser.

Key skills

Navigating Power BI’s interface and understanding its workflow
Importing data from common sources into Power BI
Renaming objects, pivoting data, and selecting key data for analysis
Simplifying complex models and adjusting data types
Combining semantic model and identifying anomalies in your data

Course outline

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Microsoft Power BI [5 lessons]

Get Started with Power BI 2h

Lesson Objectives

Understand Power BI Components, Workflows, and Building blocks
Efficiently import and consolidate data from Excel files and CSV documents
Develop a clear understanding of the semantic model, focusing on zero-day exploits
Interact with data in the Power BI Desktop interface to gain general insights
Save and manage the data at its source

Clean and Interact with Data in Power BI 2h

Lesson Objectives

Resolve inconsistencies, unexpected or null values, and data quality issues
Apply data shape transformations to table structures
Apply user-friendly naming conventions to columns

Transform Data in Power BI 2h

Lesson Objectives

Apply user-friendly value replacements and naming conventions to columns and queries
Profile data, and evaluate and transform column data types
Apply data shape transformations to table structures

Model and Combine Data in Power BI 2h

Lesson Objectives

Combine queries by appending rows and merging columns
Create a table visualization

Create a Report in Power BI 2h

Lesson Objectives

Create visualizations in a report
Rearrange tiles
Organize tiles into a report

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