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A Thorough Introduction to Power BI
In this 3-hour course, you’ll gain a 360° overview of the Power BI basics and learn how to use the tool to build impactful reports. In this course, you’ll go from zero to hero as you discover how to use this popular business intelligence platform through hands-on exercises. Before diving into creating visualizations using Power BI's drag-and-drop functionality, you’ll first learn how to confidently load and transform data using Power Query and the importance of data models. You’ll also learn to drill down into reports and make your reports fully interactive.Learn the Power BI Basics
You’ll start by looking at some of the fundamentals of Power BI, getting to grips with Data, Model, and Report views. You’ll learn to load data sets, build a data model, and discover how to shape and transform your data with Power Query Editor. As you progress through the course, you’ll have access to hands-on exercises that can hone your skills. You’ll look at various visualizations, sort different data types, and learn to drill deeper into your reports.Create Powerful Data Visualizations
Once you've covered Power BI in general, you can dig into its options for data visualization. Learn to choose the right visual for your dataset and type, how to make changes to follow visualization best practices and tell a strong story with your data, and learn to sort and format your data for clearer storytelling.Training 2 or more people?
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Sara BillenData Scientist at DataCamp
Sara is a graduate of a master's degree in Business Engineering and Marketing Analysis. Prior to working at DataCamp she worked as a Data Science consultant for a Belgian IT company. Sara is passionate about education, data science, and business and loves that she is able to combine all of these disciplines in her job at DataCamp.
Iason PrassidesSenior BI Data Analyst, pawaTech
Iason holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from UCL and is now a Curriculum Manager 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.
Nabeela ZeitounSenior Data Scientist, DataCamp
Nabeela is a Senior Data Scientist at DataCamp, where she derives insights to optimize the platform’s AI-powered learning experience. Previously, she worked at Talabat (part of Delivery Hero), and Huspy (Series B PropTech), where she built the reporting layer from the ground up. Nabeela holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from The American University of Sharjah (AUS), bringing a multidisciplinary perspective to data analytics. As a self-taught data practitioner herself, she has a firsthand understanding of what it takes to learn data skills from scratch.
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