Discover Microsoft Power BI with our comprehensive training course designed for beginners. Want to turn your Excel workbooks into interactive reports without being a programming expert? This hands-on course teaches you how to connect your data sources, process them with Power Query, and design dynamic dashboards. Whether you’re a manager, analyst, or team leader, this course provides you with the fundamentals of data modeling to drive your business using reliable key performance indicators (KPIs).
Objectives
The goal of this training is to enable you to independently create reports and implement a high-performance data analytics solution. By the end of this training, you will know how to use Power BI to build an interactive dashboard, use DAX for your calculations, and publish information via the Power BI Service.
Is it for you ?
This training course is designed for professionals who want to leverage their data using Power BI, even without prior experience and regardless of their industry. Analysts, project managers, sales and marketing professionals, and anyone looking to use data to inform decision-making.
Prerequisite
None
Your benefits
With this Power BI training, you will be equipped to :
- Master the workflow from Power BI Desktop to the online service.
- Create clear, customized visualizations without the need for coding.
- Clean and transform complex data into simplified models.
- Facilitate decision-making within your team using real-time metrics.
- Share your reports securely with colleagues and partners.
Content
Mastering Power BI is about much more than just creating reports; it’s about knowing how to transform raw data into real drivers of action for your organization. Through our comprehensive, step-by-step training, you’ll develop the essential skills to connect, model, visualize, and share your data effectively. The content is divided into logical modules that follow the actual workflow in BI software.
Module 1: Introduction to the Power BI Ecosystem and Business Intelligence
Before creating reports, it is essential to understand Power BI and its role.
- Understand the power of Business Intelligence (BI) and data analysis.
- Discover the components: Power BI Desktop, Service (Cloud), and Mobile.
- Become familiar with the user interface and chart creation features.
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Module 2: Importing and Transforming Data with Power Query
The quality of a dashboard depends on the ability to clean and transform data.
- Connect the software to various data sources (Excel/CSV files, folders, the web).
- Use Power Query to clean up errors: filter, sort, and remove unnecessary data.
- Transform columns: split, merge, and add conditional columns for a clean model.
Module 3: Model Your Data and Use the DAX Language
Modeling is the crucial step to ensure the effectiveness of your interactive dashboards:
- Understand the DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) language: create measures and calculated columns.
- Build a star schema (best practice) and manage the relationships between each table.
- Use functions such as SUM, COUNT, and the essential CALCULATE for contextual calculations
Module 4: Building Clear and Interactive Dashboards
Visualize information dynamically to facilitate decision-making:
- Choose the most relevant visuals (charts, matrices, maps, KPIs).
- Create visualizations with a consistent and professional graphic theme.
- Improve navigation with bookmarks and buttons for a better user experience.
Module 5: Publish, share, and update on Power BI Service
Learn how to securely publish and share your results within your organization:
- Publish your Power BI Desktop report to the online service.
- Create a summary dashboard to consolidate your group’s key metrics.
- Configure a data gateway for automatic data refresh.
Module 6: Summary and Best Practices
To conclude this learning journey, this final module offers a structured review of the fundamentals and key points of business intelligence:
- Review of best practices: a walkthrough of each step of the process, from connecting to the data source to the final visualization.
- Q&A session: a group discussion to reinforce what you’ve learned and validate your understanding of DAX language as well as data cleaning techniques with Power Query.
- Skill-building tips: sharing of strategic resources to help you continue learning how to use the software’s new features.
- Bonus exercises: modeling and reporting challenges to test your independence before the end of the training.
💡 Useful information
Our training sessions are offered in Montreal or Quebec City, in person or in virtual format. Dates and locations are provided when you select your session below. If you have any questions regarding registration, schedules, the language of instruction, or cancellation policies, please consult our FAQ .
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Private or personalized training
Do you have several employees interested in the same training course? Whether in person at your offices or remotely in virtual mode, we offer private training courses tailored to your team's needs. Group rates are available. Contact us for more details or request a quote online.
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