This course will discuss the various methods and best practices that are in line with business and technical requirements for modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data wi... [+]
This course will discuss the various methods and best practices that are in line with business and technical requirements for modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data with Power BI. The course will also show how to access and process data from a range of data sources including both relational and non-relational data. This course will also explore how to implement proper security standards and policies across the Power BI spectrum including datasets and groups. The course will also discuss how to manage and deploy reports and dashboards for sharing and content distribution. Finally, this course will show how to build paginated reports within the Power BI service and publish them to a workspace for inclusion within Power BI.
This course is relevant as preparation for the new Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate certification!
At course completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Ingest, clean, and transform data
Model data for performance and scalability
Design and create reports for data analysis
Apply and perform advanced report analytics
Manage and share report assets
Create paginated reports in Power BI
Course Outline
Module 1: IntroductionThis module explores the landscape of the Power BI portfolio and describes several use cases for Power BI. The course then identifies and describes the role and responsibilities of a Data Analysts.
Module 2: Getting and Profiling DataThis module explores identifying and connecting to different data sources. The student will also learn the basics on how to identify and optimize query performance issues. They will also learn how to perform proper data profiling in preparation for the subsequent step of cleaning and shaping the data prior to loading the data.
Module 3: Cleaning and Transforming DataThis module teaches the fundamental concepts of designing a data model for proper performance and scalability. It instills in the student a list of items to think about prior to building the model.
Module 4: Designing a Data ModelThis module teaches the fundamental concepts of designing a data model for proper performance and scalability. It instills in the student a list of items to think about prior to building the model.
Module 5: Developing a Data ModelIn this module the student will apply the steps learned in the previous module and build a data model while learning and implementing additional items to create the foundation of the model. The student will be introduced to initial security concepts and the Q&A feature in this module.
Module 6: Creating Model Calculations with DAXThis module first introduces the student to DAX and some of the critical functions and operators necessary to enhance a data model, including the concepts of Measures, and calculated columns and tables, and Time Intelligence.
Module 7: Optimizing Model PerformanceIn this module the student is introduced to steps, processes, and concepts necessary to optimize a data model for enterprise-level performance.
Module 8: Creating ReportsThis module introduces the student to the fundamental concepts and principles of building a report, including selecting the correct visuals, designing a page layout, and applying basic but critical functionality including slicing and filtering. This important topic of designing for accessibility is also covered.
Module 9: Enhancing Reports for Usability and PerformanceThis module helps the student think beyond the basics of report building and discusses topics for enhancing the report for usability and performance. The student will leave this module with knowing that a report is not something to just look at, but is a living canvas that tells a story, and should be designed as such.
Module 10: Creating DashboardsIn this module the student learns about dashboards and the many features and functionality they contain. The student learns how to take the report they built in the previous module and pin it to a dashboard, then enhance to dashboard for additional usability and insights.
Module 11: Enhancing Reports and Applying Advanced AnalyticsThis module helps the student apply additional features to enhance the report for analytical insights in the data, equipping the student with the steps to use the report for actual data analysis. This module will also arm the student with additional steps and concepts to apply and perform advanced analytics on the report for even deeper and meaningful data insights.
Module 12: Managing and Sharing Power BI AssetsIn this module the student will learn the concepts of managing Power BI assets, including datasets and workspaces, as well as how to apply role-level security to a dataset. This module teaches the student how to create and manage workspaces, as well as how to share content, including reports and dashboard, and how to distribute an App.
Module 13: Working with Paginated Reports in Power BIThis module will teach the student about paginated reports. The student will learn what they are how they fit into the Power BI spectrum, and then look at how to build and publish a report. [-]
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