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The document discusses various aspects of Power BI, including its ETL process, data visualization tools, and the creation of dashboards and reports. It also compares Power BI with Excel and Tableau, explaining their functionalities and use cases. Additionally, it covers key components of Power BI, such as Power Query, Power Pivot, and DAX, along with practical examples of data analysis and visualization techniques.

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The document discusses various aspects of Power BI, including its ETL process, data visualization tools, and the creation of dashboards and reports. It also compares Power BI with Excel and Tableau, explaining their functionalities and use cases. Additionally, it covers key components of Power BI, such as Power Query, Power Pivot, and DAX, along with practical examples of data analysis and visualization techniques.

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What is ETL process in Power BI? Explain with example?

2. What is Data visualization and explain various tools for visualization of Data?

3. Create a Histogram for the given sales force data

4. Create a data model in Power BI with an example of 10 years sales and profit information of XYZ

company.

5. What is Dashboard? Create a dash board using Excel data?

6. Explain the concept of creating a new column in Power BI desktop with example?

7. How to create a Pivot table in Power BI?

8. Create a simple table in Power BI desktop and visualize the data with the help of Pie chart?

9. Explain the steps to Create a Business report using Power BI with Example

10. What is Power Query and how it is useful for analyzing the data in Power BI?

11. Explain the steps involved in connecting and preparing data for visualization in Tableau?

12. Briefly explain various data aggregation and statistical functions used in Tableau?

13. What are the different visualization operations performed on data in Tableau.

14. What is meant by KPI? How the stakeholders of a company need KPI’s to understand the

business at glance? (Example)

15. Create a visually appealing and informative report that summarizes key findings from your data

analysis. Include relevant charts, tables, and titles using Tableau.

16. Create a bar chart to visualize total sales by product category. Explore sorting options to

highlight top-selling categories using Tableau.

19. Get a data set containing supply chain data, including inventory levels, lead times, and
supplier
performance metrics from web source and design visualizations to identify bottlenecks,
optimize
inventory management, and improve supply chain efficiency. Use tools like heat maps.
20. Analyze healthcare data, such as patient demographics, medical diagnoses, and treatment
outcomes, to identify patterns and insights that can improve patient care and operational
efficiency.
Create visualizations to track patient wait times, appointment scheduling, and resource
utilization in
healthcare facilities.
SET 2
1) Explain and show the various filers available in Power BI
2) How do you get data in Power BI?
3) What are the various connectivity modes available in Power BI
4) Show the refresh option and various types of refresh options provided in Power BI
5) dataset containing sales data for a retail store, create a report with the following elements:
 A template showing total sales revenue.
 A bar chart showing total sales by product category.
 A line chart displaying total sales trend over time.
6) Name three types of visualizations available in Power BI and explain when each is
appropriate
7) create a date in calendar table in Power BI
8) Explain the different connectivity modes available in Power BI
9) Explain the various sources Power BI can connect to
10) Explain different views available in Power BI Desktop
11) How do you use building blocks of Microsoft Power BI.
12) Explain critical components of the Power BI toolkit and spot the same in query
13) Name some commonly used tasks in the Query Editor.
14) Explain the Schedule Refresh feature designed to work
15) How do you depict a story in Power BI
SET 3
1. What is Power BI?
Power BI is a collection of Business Intelligence tools, techniques, and processes that are used
to
extract valuable information from the raw business data by connecting, transforming, and
visualizing
raw data sets from multiple sources.
It provides the right tools to create interactive dashboards and live reports that can be shared
and
published on various platforms to help business users and stakeholders make better decisions.
With
the competitive and highly categorized information, planners and decision-makers can track
their
performance in the market.
2. How do you import data into Power BI?
Data can be imported into Power BI from various sources such as Excel files, databases, online
services like Salesforce, and more. You can import data using the "Get Data" option in the
Home tab.
3. How does Power BI differ from Excel?
Power BI is a business analytics tool by Microsoft, whereas Excel is a spreadsheet program.
Power
BI is more focused on data visualization and analysis, with capabilities for creating interactive
reports and dashboards, whereas Excel is a general-purpose spreadsheet tool.
4. Why should we use Power BI?
Power BI provides an easy way for anyone, including non-technical people, to connect, change,
and
visualize their raw business data from many different sources and turn it into valuable data that
makes it easy to make smart business decisions.
5. Difference between Power BI and Tableau
Power BI Tableau
Power BI can handle a limited volume of datasets. Can handle huge datasets without affecting
the
performance of the system.
Can be used by both naive and experienced users. Used by experienced professionals for data
analytics purposes.
Power BI has an easy-to-learn interface that helps
the user to visualize the data and create reports.
The interface is difficult to understand by a non-
technical user.
Provides an easy way for embedding the reports. It’s a real-time challenge for embedding
reports in

. What is business intelligence and why is it important?

Business intelligence (BI) refers to the use of technology, applications, and practices for the

collection, integration, analysis, and presentation of business information. It helps organizations

make data-driven decisions, identify trends, optimize processes, and gain a competitive edge in the

market. BI is important because it enables businesses to turn raw data into actionable insights,

leading to better strategic planning and improved performance.

7. What is data visualization and why is it important in BI?

Data visualization is the graphical representation of data and information. It's important in BI

because it allows users to easily interpret and understand complex datasets, trends, and patterns. By

presenting data visually through charts, graphs, and dashboards, BI systems enable stakeholders to
make informed decisions quickly and effectively. Data visualization enhances communication,

facilitates analysis, and improves decision-making across all levels of an organization.

8. What are the different types of visualizations available in Power BI?

Power BI offers various types of visualizations including bar charts, line charts, pie charts, maps,

tables, matrices, and more. These visualizations help users represent data in a meaningful way.

9. What are the major components of Power BI?

There are five different components of Power BI.

Power Pivot: Fetches and cleans data and loads on to Power Query

Power Query: Operates on the loaded data

Power Q&A: Makes it possible for users to interact with reports using simple English language

Power View: Lets users create interactive charts, graphs, maps, and other visuals

Power Map: Enables the processing of accurate geographic locations in datasets

10. What is Power BI Q&A?

Ans: Power BI Q&A is a natural language tool that helps in querying your data and getting the

results you need from it. You do this by typing into a dialog box on your Dashboard, which the

engine instantaneously generates an answer similar to Power View. Q&A interprets your questions

and shows you a restated query of what it is looking from your data. Q&A was developed by Server

and Tools, Microsoft Research, and the Bing teams to give you a complete feeling of truly exploring

your data.

11. What is Power Pivot?

Power Pivot is an add-on provided by Microsoft for Excel since 2010. Power Pivot was designed to

extend the analytical capabilities and services of Microsoft Excel.

12. What is Power Query in Power BI?

Power Query is a data transformation tool integrated into Power BI Desktop. It allows users to

connect to various data sources, transform and clean the data, and then load it into the Power BI data
model.

13. What is DAX?

DAX stands for Data Analysis Expressions. It's a collection of functions, operators, and constants

used in formulas to calculate and return values. In other words, it helps you create new info from

data you already have.

14. What is Power View?

Ans: Power View is a data visualization technology that lets you create interactive charts, graphs,

maps, and other visuals which bring your data to life. Power View is available in Excel, SharePoint,

SQL Server, and Power BI.

15. What is Power Map?

Ans: Power Map is an Excel add-in that provides you with a powerful set of tools to help you

visualize and gain insight into large sets of data that have a geo-coded component. It can help you

produce 3D visualizations by plotting upto a million data points in the form of column, heat, and

bubble maps on top of a Bing map. If the data is time stamped, it can also produce interactive views

that display, how the data changes over space and time.

16. What is a dashboard in Power BI?

A dashboard is a single-layer presentation sheet of multiple visualizations reports. The main features

of the Power BI dashboard are: It allows you to drill through the page, bookmarks, and selection

pane and also lets you create various tiles and integrate URLs. A dashboard can also help you set

report layout to mobile view.

17. How can you create calculated columns in Power BI?

Calculated columns can be created in Power BI using the "New Column" option in the modeling tab.

You can write DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) formulas to define calculated columns based on

existing data.

18. Explain how relationships are defined in Power BI Desktop.


Relationships between tables are defined in two ways:

Manually - Relationships between tables are manually defined using primary and foreign keys.

Automatic - When enabled, this automated feature of Power BI detects relationships between tables

and creates them automatically.

19. How can we filter data in Power BI?

Data can be filtered using various filters that are available in Power BI, implicitly. There are

basically three types of filters, namely, Page-level filters, Drillthrough filters, and Report-level

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