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Power BI - Optimize your use online

Learn how to create simple reports using Power BI automatic reports from a SharePoint list or from the Power BI service.
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  • Duration: 1 day
  • Regular price: $500
  • Preferential price: $440

Course outline

Duration : 1 day

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Professionals, executives, managers and team leaders with no advanced knowledge of data analysis, who nevertheless wish to produce simple reports using Power BI's automatic reports from a SharePoint list or from the Power BI service accessible from their web browser.
At the end of this program, professionals will be able to use the automatic reports features to produce their first reports from simple data sources such as SharePoint and an existing dataset.

Audience

Power BI users and report consumers

Prerequisites

  • Connect to the Power BI service (Pro license)
  • Being able to create SharePoint sites

Objectives

  • Create reports using Power BI's automatic reports
  • Customizing Power BI reports
  • Creating a Power BI dashboard
  • Sharing a Power BI report
  • Sharing a Power BI dashboard
  • Use the Power BI application from the Windows desktop or from a mobile or tablet device.

Teaching method

Lectures - Demonstrations - Guided and individual exercises

Contents

Chapter 1 - Power BI and data analysis

  • Discover what data analysis is.
  • Understand the uses of Power BI.
  • Learn the ethical rules to apply.

Chapter 2 - Understanding the Power BI dataset

  • Discover the different modes of data acquisition.
  • Understand data refreshment.
  • Understand data security risks.
  • Discover the contents of a Power BI dataset.
  • Understand the difference between loading and importing.

Chapter 3 - Power BI applications

  • Understanding Power BI applications
  • Installing a Power BI application
  • Using a Power BI application

Chapter 4 - Creating a Power BI report

  • Use data from SharePoint.
  • Create an automatic report from SharePoint
  • Get data from Excel.
  • Create an automatic report in Power BI.
  • Simply customize your automatic status

Chapter 5 - Performing analyses in Power BI

  • Discover how to use filters.
  • Use the different display modes.
  • Learn how to add pages to your report.
  • Format and configure visuals for your report pages.

Chapter 6 - Creating dashboards in Power BI

  • Create and customize a dashboard.
  • Learn how to set up a Power BI alert.
  • Understand how to choose vignettes.
  • Learn how to create and track Power BI metrics.

Chapter 7 - Collaborating and sharing in Power BI

  • Learn how to use a Power BI workspace.
  • Understand the difference between collaborating and sharing.

Chapter 8 - Troubleshooting a Power BI report

  • Monitor the use and performance of your report.
  • Repair common Power BI errors.

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