Schooling

Enhancing data literacy with specialized courses.

1-Day Courses

Power BI Fundamentals

Target Audience: Beginners with no prior experience in Power BI.

Duration: 6 hours

Content:

  • Introduction to Power BI and its components
  • Creating a Power BI account
  • Overview of Power BI Desktop, Service, and Mobile
  • Data import techniques (Excel, CSV, databases)
  • Basic data transformation using Power Query
  • Creating simple visualizations (charts, tables)
  • Building and publishing a basic report
  • Overview of dashboards in Power BI Service

Data Modeling in Power BI

Target Audience: Intermediate users familiar with basics.

Duration: 6 hours

Content:

  • Understanding data models: star vs. snowflake
  • Relationships between tables
  • Handling many-to-many relationships
  • Importance of primary and foreign keys
  • Introduction to DAX (Data Analysis Expressions)
  • Creating calculated columns and measures
  • Using time intelligence functions
  • Optimizing data models for performance

2-Day Courses

Advanced Power BI Visualizations

Target Audience: Users with basic visualization experience.

Duration: 12 hours

Content:

  • Advanced visual types (maps, KPI indicators, custom visuals)
  • Creating interactive reports with slicers and bookmarks
  • Utilizing drill-through and drill-down features
  • Implementing tooltips for enhanced user experience
  • Designing aesthetically pleasing reports
  • Best practices for data storytelling
  • Exporting and sharing Power BI reports

Power BI for Data Analysts

Target Audience: Intermediate to advanced data users.

Duration: 12 hours

Content:

  • Advanced DAX functions (CALCULATE, FILTER, etc.)
  • Data analysis using measures and calculated tables
  • Implementing row-level security in Power BI
  • Performance tuning of Power BI reports
  • Integrating Power BI with other tools (Excel, Azure)
  • Creating and managing Power BI datasets
  • Case studies: Real-world data analysis problems and solutions