MOC On-Demand: 20778-Analyzing Data with Power BI - On-Demand Course

  The Analyzing Data with Power BI course will train students on how to effectively use Power BI to perform data analysis for their organization. Students will learn to create visualizations, understand the Power BI Service and work with the Power BI mobile app.

Upon completion of the course, users will be able to:

• Perform Power BI desktop data transformation
• Describe Power BI desktop modelling
• Create a Power BI desktop visualization
• Implement the Power BI service
• Describe how to connect to Excel data
• Describe how to collaborate with Power BI data
• Connect directly to data stores
• Describe the Power BI developer API
• Describe the Power BI mobile app

Section 1: Introduction to Self-Service BI Solutions
Introduces business intelligence (BI) and how to self-serve with BI.
Topics
Introduction to business intelligence
Introduction to data analysis
Introduction to data visualization
Overview of self-service BI
Considerations for self-service BI
Microsoft tools for self-service BI
Lab : Exploring an Enterprise BI solution
Viewing reports
Create a Power BI report
Create a Power BI dashboard

Section 2: Introducing Power BI
This section introduces Power BI desktop, and explores the features that enable the rapid creation and publication of sophisticated data visualizations.
Topics
Power BI
The Power BI service
Lab : Create a Power BI dashboard
Connecting to Power BI data
Create a Power BI dashboard

Section 3: Power BI
At the end of this section students will be able to explain the rationale and advantages of using Power BI.
Topics
Using Excel as a data source for Power BI
The Power BI data model
Using databases as a data source for Power BI
The Power BI service
Lab : Importing data into Power BI
Importing Excel files into Power BI
Viewing reports from Excel files

Section 4: Shaping and Combining Data
With Power BI desktop you can shape and combine data with powerful, buil-in tools. This section introduces the tools that are available for preparing your data, and transforming it into a form ready for reporting.
Topics
Power BI desktop queries
Shaping data
Combining data
Lab : Shaping and combining data
Shape power BI data
Combine Power BI data

Section 5: Modelling data
This section discusses how to shape and enhance data.
Topics
Relationships
DAX queries
Calculations and measures
Lab : Modelling Data
Create relationships
Calculations

Section 6: Interactive Data Visualizations
This section discusses how to create and manage interactive data visualizations.
Topics
Create Power BI reports
Managing a Power BI solution
Lab : Create a Power BI report
Connecting to Power BI data
Building Power BI reports
Create a Power BI dashboard

Section 7: Direct Connectivity
This section discusses various connectivity options using Power BI.
Topics
Cloud data
Connecting to analysis services
Lab : Direct Connectivity
Direct connectivity from Power BI desktop
Direct connectivity from the Power BI service

Section 8: Developer API
This section discusses the developer API within Power BI.
Topics
The developer API
Custom visuals
Lab : Using the developer API
Using custom visuals

Section 9: Power BI mobile app
This section discusses the Power BI mobile app.
Topics
The Power BI mobile app
Using the Power BI mobile app
Power BI embedded