Introduction to Power BI

The objective of the workshop is to introduce Power BI to students. This will be a hands-on session where the students will have the opportunity to import and prepare their own visualizations on Power BI.

Cost: $5 per person 

Instructor: Prashant Kumar 

Takeaways

• Describe the business value and features of Power BI

• See how Power BI works and looks from the user’s perspective

Prerequisite & Preparation

Students are advised to install the PowerBI through the Microsoft Store. Alternatively, they can download it from the link here.

Learning Goals

Power BI Desktop and Data Transformation: This section will introduce you to Power BI Desktop. You will know how to extract data from various sources and establish connections with Power BI Desktop, perform transformation operations on data, and the Role of Query Editor in Power BI. Topics covered will be:

• Overview of Power BI Desktop

• Data Sources in Power BI Desktop

• Connecting to a Data Source

• Query Ribbon

• Clean and Transform your data with Query Editor

• Cleaning irregularly formatted data

Data Visualization and Dashboard Building: This section will help you understand the benefits and best practices of Data Visualization. Topics covered will be:

• Introduction to visuals in Power BI

• Charts in Power BI

• Matrixes and tables

• Slicers

• Map Visualizations

• Gauges and Single Number Cards

• Modifying colors in charts and visuals

• Page layout and formatting

Registration (click here)