Microsoft Power BI – Data Analysis Practitioner

Details

Course Overview

As technology progresses and becomes more interwoven with our businesses and lives, more data is collected about business and personal activities. This era of “big data” has exploded due to the rise of cloud computing, which provides an abundance of computational power and storage, allowing organizations of all sorts to capture and store data. Leveraging that data effectively can provide timely insights and a competitive advantage.

Course Objectives

  • Analyze data with self-service BI.
  • Connect to data sources.
  • Perform advanced data modeling and shaping.
  • Visualize data with Power BI.
  • Enhance data analysis.
  • Model data with calculations.
  • Create interactive visualizations.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for professionals in a variety of job roles who are currently using desktop or web-based data-management tools such as Microsoft Excel or SQL Server reporting server to perform numerical or general data analysis. They are responsible for conducting data analysis and providing reports about their analysis, and are looking for alternative ways to analyze business data, visualize insights, and share those insights with peers across the enterprise. This includes capturing and reporting on data to peers, executives, and clients.

Course Prerequisites

Excel – Part 1 & Part 2, Data Analysis with Power Pivot or equivalent experience

What's Included

What’s included?

  • Authorized Courseware
  • Intensive Hands on Skills Development with an Experienced Subject Matter Expert
  • Hands-on practice on real Servers and extended lab support 1.800.482.3172
  • Examination Vouchers & Onsite Certification Testing- (excluding Adobe and PMP Boot Camps)
  • Academy Code of Honor: Test Pass Guarantee
  • Optional: Package for Hotel Accommodations, Lunch and Transportation

Training Solutions

With several convenient training delivery methods offered, The Academy makes getting the training you need easy. Whether you prefer to learn in a classroom or an online live learning virtual environment, training videos hosted online, and private group classes hosted at your site. We offer expert instruction to individuals, government agencies, non-profits, and corporations. Our live classes, on-sites, and online training videos all feature certified instructors who teach a detailed curriculum and share their expertise and insights with trainees. No matter how you prefer to receive the training, you can count on The Academy for an engaging and effective learning experience.

Methods

  • Instructor-Led (the best training format we offer)
  • Live Online Classroom – Online Instructor-Led
  • Self-Paced Video

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Schedule

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12/8/202512/12/2025
12/29/20251/2/2026
1/19/20261/23/2026
2/9/20262/13/2026
3/2/20263/6/2026
3/23/20263/27/2026
4/13/20264/17/2026
5/4/20265/8/2026
5/25/20265/29/2026
6/15/20266/19/2026
7/6/20267/10/2026
7/27/20267/31/2026
8/17/20268/21/2026
9/7/20269/11/2026
9/28/202610/2/2026
10/19/202610/23/2026
11/9/202611/13/2026
11/30/202612/4/2026
12/21/202612/25/2026
1/11/20271/15/2027

Curriculum

Agenda

Duration
2 Days

Analyzing Data and Reporting with Power BI

  • Data Analysis and Visualization for Business Intelligence
  • Interact with Reports in Power BI

Connecting to Data

  • Create Data Source Connections
  • Configure and Manage Relationships
  • Save Files in Power BI

Cleaning, Transforming, and Loading Data

  • Load, Clean, and Shape Data with the Query Editor
  • Profile Data with the Query Editor
  • Shape Data with the Query Editor
  • Transform Data with the Query Editor

Visualizing Data with Power BI

  • Create Visualizations with Power BI
  • Select Visualization Types with Power BI

Enhancing Visuals for Data Analysis

  • Customize Visuals and Pages
  • Incorporate Tooltips in Visualizations

Customizing and Filtering Reports

  • Create Data Hierarchies
  • Filter Reports
  • Configure Slicers for Interactive Filtering

Sharing Reports and Creating Dashboards in the Power BI Service

  • Publish and Explore Reports in the Power BI Service
  • Create Dashboards
  • Add Q&A to Dashboards