Target audience: Anyone who wants to learn the basics of the Power BI Desktop and has rudimentary computer literacy. This course is designed for data enthusiasts of all levels, from beginners up, no data analysis experience required, and no formulas!
Power BI is fast becoming the go-to data analysis tool for businesses of any size. Its familiar interface and sophisticated data analysis features make it simple for anyone to create insightful reports and interactive dashboards with virtually no effort or data analysis experience.
In this one-hour introductory session we will give a brief history of BI tools, introduce the Power Query Editor and connect and transform data with it then load the data into Power BI Desktop. We will also connect an Excel workbook, add and format tables then add visualisations, demonstrate cross filtering and finally add a slicer to provide an integrated dynamic report.
What you will learn: What Power BI Desktop is and how it evolved, how to access Power BI Desktop, Connect, Transform and Load Data from virtually any data source. How to connect an Excel workbook, add Tables, Charts, Sort, Filter and control it all with a Slicer.