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Data Visualization in Power BI

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Course Description

Create Insightful Visualizations

Power BI has extraordinary visuals that can be used in reports and dashboards. In this Power BI course, you’ll learn to create insightful visualizations through built-in and customized charts and conditional formatting.

Discover New Chart Options

You’ll discover how to create a plethora of visualizations such as scatter plots, tornado charts, gauges, and how to visualize everything without overwhelming your audience.
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  1. 1

    The Audience is King

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    ​​In this first chapter, you'll get to understand how the target audience matters in visualization. You'll also be introduced to the UK clothing business sales database, which you’ll use throughout the course.

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    Know your audience
    50 xp
    Dashboard or report?
    100 xp
    Tables and scatter charts
    50 xp
    Add a table and slicers
    100 xp
    Create a scatter plot
    100 xp
    Create a bubble chart
    100 xp
  2. 2

    Getting an Emotional Response

    In the second chapter, you will learn how to build dashboards that connect on an emotional level, so they won't get forgotten about.

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    Getting an emotional response
    50 xp
    Factors for evoking emotion
    100 xp
    Bar charts and small multiples
    50 xp
    Create a bar chart
    100 xp
    Format a visual
    100 xp
    Stacking variables
    100 xp
    Using small multiples
    100 xp
  3. 3

    Reducing Cognitive Load

    In this chapter, we will learn how human memory works and why it is related to data visualization.

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    Reduce cognitive load
    50 xp
    Reducing cognitive load
    100 xp
    Combination charts and custom visuals
    50 xp
    Line and area charts
    100 xp
    Combo charts
    100 xp
    Tornado charts
    100 xp
  4. 4

    Less is More

    The last chapter is all about “less is more”. This will help you reduce the cognitive load for your dashboard’s users, making it easier for them to focus on the insights that matter.

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    Less is more
    50 xp
    How to do things better!
    100 xp
    Shares, gauges, and KPIs
    50 xp
    Shares of the whole
    100 xp
    Gauges and cards
    100 xp
    Key performance indicators
    100 xp
    Conditional formatting
    100 xp
    Congratulations!
    50 xp
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GroupTraining 2 or more people?

Get your team access to the full DataCamp library, with centralized reporting, assignments, projects and more

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Datasets

DataCamp vs. Local ExperienceExercises and Datasets

Collaborators

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Carl Rosseel
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Danny Tello
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Maarten Van den Broeck
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Kevin Feasel

Prerequisites

Introduction to Power BI
Iason Prassides HeadshotIason Prassides

Content Developer at DataCamp

Iason holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from UCL and is now a Content Developer at DataCamp. He is also a certified Power BI data analyst. Prior to working at DataCamp, Iason held a number of analytics roles within a range of industries across different countries. Having a passion for education, data, and storytelling, he has found a great place at DataCamp to develop engaging content for learning. As an avid sports fan, he has a keen interest in sports statistics
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