Power BI for Beginners

BI tools are special programs that allow connecting various data sources and building interactive reports and dashboards.

BI tools also designed to collect, process, analyze, and present data for decision-making purposes.

Module topic: Introduction and Visualization with Power BI

Task: Mastering the basics of Power BI, including data loading, transformation, visualization, and reporting.

In this course, you will be using Power BI Desktop software.
Course outline:

Why do we need BI tools?

Module topic

Task

Dashboard

BI tools

Installing Power BI.

Virtual machine

Power BI installation

Loading data into Power BI. Power Quiery.

Launching Power BI

Adding data to the report

Workspace control icons

Adding data from the internet to the system

Data transformation

Power Query editor

Removing unnecessary columns

Replacing commas with missing symbols

Renaming values

Query merging

Applying all made changes

Data schema screen

Saving the project to a file

Conclusion

Fundamentals of visualization in Power BI.

Power BI report

Opening a project

Assigning a project name

Adding a card visualization

Dragging the ‘sales'[revenue] field into the card

Copying the profit card

Adding data from the ‘sales'[quantityOrdered] field

Creating a card for direct expenses

Adding data from the expenses field

Adding interactive elements

Saving the report to a file

Conclusion

Conclusion

Data analysis tools

Boilerplate code

Drawbacks of BI

DAX memes

Python in Power BI

Conclusion

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long do I have access to the course materials?

You can view and review the lecture materials indefinitely, like an on-demand channel.

Can I take my courses with me wherever I go?

Definitely! If you have an internet connection, courses on Udemy are available on any device at any time. If you don’t have an internet connection, some instructors also let their students download course lectures. That’s up to the instructor though, so make sure you get on their good side!