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MICROSOFT POWER BI DASHBOARDS MASTERCLASS 2023
Each Social Studies class has created an original interactive display demonstrating
diversity. We'll be awarding prizes to the students based on creativity, originality,
and fun. Your entire family is welcome to attend. There will be a donation stand
with snacks and beverages.
September 1st, 2013, 6 to 8 p.m.
Varsity High School Gymnasium
Join us in this interactive Virtual or Face to Face workshop.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
It is intended for use by;
non-IT staff
including both Line and Senior Managers,
Personal Assistants
Business Analysts
“Who want to brush up their organizing skills & acquire new- BI Specialists, and Knowledge Worker
time saving techniques. Even the more experienced”
executives will indeed benefit from this program”.
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MICROSOFT POWER BI DASHBOARDS MASTERCLASS
INTRODUCTION COURSE OUTLINE
You are an experienced business user of reports and dash- • Module 1: Introduction to power BI
boards and understand the role that reporting plays in the What is power BI
decision-making process of your organization. You need Understanding the power BI architecture
to build reports and dashboards with the minimum in- Installing power BI desktop
volvement of the IT Department, using diverse data Signup with the Power BI service
sources, for deployment on internal servers, Microsoft Understanding Power BI licencing
OneDrive, Web interfaces, tablets, and smartphones. You Module 2: Importing data using Power BI
Loading data from files and databases
create reports and dashboards on an advanced level and /
Removing unwanted rows and columns
or make these available to colleagues for use on their own Transforming data
dashboards. You need a tool to support the process of cre- Cleansing and shaping data
ating these reports, and to manage the data and visualiza- Using functions and parameters
tions required by other reports and dashboards. The visu- Discuss direct query and live query
alizations may be charts, tables, matrices, text boxes, slic- Power Query best practice
ers, etc Your company may use Microsoft Power BI, Mi- Module 3: Enriching your data model with DAX
crosoft SQL Server, Microsoft SSRS or MS Excel Dash- Understanding table relationships (Active vs
boards Come and learn how to use Microsoft Power BI inactive & single direction vs both)
(Business Intelligence) Creating calculated columns and measures
Extending your model using date tables
(Calculated table)
Create hierarchies
Change date and number formats
Understanding evaluation context
COURSE OUTCOMES Time intelligence functions
Modelling best practice
Module 4: Visualisations
Chart types
Formatting charts
After completing this course, students will be able to: Understanding report, page and visual filters
• Perform Power BI desktop data transformation. and slicers
• Describe Power BI desktop modelling. Designing interactive reports
• Create a Power BI desktop visualization. Enhanced reports with text boxes, annotation
shapes and images
• Implement the Power BI service. Custom visuals
• Describe how to connect to Excel data. Using report themes
• Describe how to collaborate with Power BI data. Visualisation best practice
• Connect directly to data stores. Module 5: Sharing report with the power BI Service
• Describe the Power BI developer API. Publishing reports to the Power BI service
Understanding the difference between reports
• Describe the Power BI mobile app and dashboards
Creating schedules and alerts
Q&A
Keeping data up-to-date with scheduled refresh
and the data gateway
Designing dashboards for mobile
Creating Power BI apps
Publish Power BI to web
