Microsoft Power BI Introduction

Welcome to Introduction to Microsoft Power BI! This powerful collection of software, applications and services will help you analyze your organization’s data and uncover insights and trends. This course will show you how to link and model data in Power BI and create visual reports that reveal data insights. Although the Power BI desktop client will be the primary focus, an introduction to the Power BI web app will also be provided.

 

By the end of this course, users should be comfortable with:

The purposes and basic functions of the core Power BI components

Using the Power BI desktop client and web app

Connecting to a data source using either the Power BI desktop client or the web app

Modelling data

Creating reports and visualizations

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Prerequisites

 

This manual assumes the user has an intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access, as well as a basic knowledge of Windows and web browsers.

 

Topics

 

Module 1: Getting Started

Module 2: Working with Data

Module 3: Working with Reports and Visualizations

Module 4: A Closer Look at Visualizations

Module 5: Introduction to the Power BI Web App