Power BI Desktop is part of Microsoft’s powerful suite of tools for data analysis and visualization.
This course provides a hands-on introduction to connecting, transforming, visualizing, and publishing data using Power BI Desktop.
Learners will explore how to connect to various data sources, use the Query Editor to shape data, create engaging reports with visuals, and publish dashboards to Power BI Service.
Note: This course is not suitable for new Microsoft Excel users.
Participants should have:
Basic data literacy and familiarity with Excel or database concepts,
Understanding of filtering, sorting, and chart creation,
Optionally, remote desktop access (GoToMyPC) can be provided for those without software.
Designed for professionals who need to connect, process, and visualize data across all organizational levels:
Business analysts and data professionals,
Report builders and decision-makers,
Microsoft Office users familiar with charts and tables.
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
Power BI overview and concepts
Importing data and creating visuals
Filters, queries, and reports
Supported data sources
Data types and connectivity options
Introduction to Query Editor
Filtering and transforming text data
Fundamentals of relationships
Creating and managing relationships
Drill-through visuals and data hierarchies
Overview of visual types
Tables, matrices, and conditional formatting
Chart creation and slicers for interactivity
Report page management
Themes and formatting
Publishing and pinning visuals to dashboards
This course includes:
Instructor-led interactive labs and guided exercises,
Real-world Power BI report creation,
Practical visual design and publishing tasks.