Connect and Prepare Data for Better Business Decisions

Learn how to bring data from different sources into Power BI, clean and organise it, and turn it into clear reports and dashboards. The course also covers analysing results and securely sharing reports so colleagues can make better-informed decisions.

People who need to turn business data into reliable reports, including data analysts and reporting specialists, regardless of previous Power BI experience.

• Confidence working with tables, spreadsheets and basic data.
• A general understanding of business reporting.
• Some experience using Power BI is helpful, but advanced technical or programming knowledge is not required.

You will learn how to:

• Connect to and clean data from different systems.
• Organise related data so reports produce accurate results.
• Create calculations and measures for business reporting.
• Build clear, interactive reports and dashboards.
• Find patterns, trends and useful insights in data.
• Publish, manage, secure and share Power BI content.

1. Get started with Microsoft data analytics – Understand the role of a data analyst and how Power BI supports the reporting process.
2. Prepare data for analysis with Power BI – Connect to different data sources and clean, combine and reshape information so it is ready to use.
3. Model data with Power BI – Build relationships and calculations that help reports return accurate and meaningful results.
4. Build Power BI visuals and reports – Create clear, interactive reports that help people explore performance, trends and exceptions.
5. Manage workspaces and datasets in Power BI – Publish, refresh, secure and share reports and their underlying data.