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Data Visualization and Decision Making for Business Analysts with Power BI

This course is designed to empower participants with the essential skills required to effectively communicate insights through data visualization using Microsoft Power BI. Participants will learn to...

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$1,665 USD
Duration 2 days
Course Code WA3315
Available Formats Classroom

Overview

Course Description

This course is designed to empower participants with the essential skills required to effectively communicate insights through data visualization using Microsoft Power BI. Participants will learn to craft compelling narratives from raw data, driving informed decision-making within their organizations. The course covers the end-to-end process going from raw data to delivering data insights to make well-informed decisions.

Skills Gained

By the end of this course, students should be proficient in the following skills:

  • Understand effective data storytelling.
  • Apply data storytelling best practices.
  • Select and create compelling visualizations.
  • Communicate complex insights effectively.
  • Drive informed decisions from raw data.
  • Delivering data insights using dashboards, scorecards/metrics, and apps.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with Excel and Power BI is useful but not necessary.

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Course Details

Course Details

Course Outline

Chapter 1. Understanding Data Analytics and Power BI

  • Understanding Data Analytics
  • Distinguishing Between Descriptive, Diagnostic, Predictive, Prescriptive, and Cognitive Analytics
  • Explore the different roles in data
  • Identify the tasks that are performed by a data analyst
  • Getting Started with Power BI
  • Describe the Power BI landscape of products and services

Chapter 2. From Raw Data to Informed Decision-Making: The End-to-End Process

  • Understanding the End-to-End Process
  • Data Preparation: Transforming Raw Data
  • Data Modeling: Structuring for Analysis
  • Visualization: Crafting Compelling Data Stories
  • Publishing Reports
  • Creating Dashboards and Metrics/Scorecards
  • Packaging as an Application
  • Effective Distribution Strategies
  • Consuming Insights and Making Informed Decisions

Chapter 3. Creating a Basic Report in Power BI

  • Get data from various data sources.
  • Using Data Profiler to identify errors.
  • Implementing a basic data model using Star Schema
  • Create a report.
  • Publish the report to Power BI Service
  • Explore the report on Power BI Service

Chapter 4. Performing Descriptive Analytics with Power BI

  • Your story: summarizing historical data to provide insights into what has happened and to understand past trends and patterns.
  • Presenting raw data and statistics.
  • Summarizing categorical data and displaying frequencies.
  • Tracking trends and changes over time.
  • Displaying proportions and percentages.
  • Displaying patterns and correlations.

Chapter 5. Performing Diagnostic Analytics with Power BI

  • Your story: identifying the reasons behind past events and patterns by examining data in depth to uncover root causes and correlations.
  • Identifying relationships and correlations between variables.
  • Analyzing data distributions.
  • Visualizing data variability and identifying outliers.
  • Exploring details and root causes.

Chapter 6. Performing Predictive Analytics with Power BI

  • Your story: make informed forecasts about future events and trends, enabling organizations to strategically plan.
  • Utilizing predictive modeling for future trends.
  • Predicting outcomes based on historical data.
  • Segmenting data and identifying patterns.
  • Identifying unusual data points.

Chapter 7. Performing Prescriptive Analytics with Power BI

  • Your story: recommend specific actions that organizations should take to optimize outcomes and make data-driven decisions.
  • Implementing scenario analysis and decision support.
  • Identifying factors impacting a specific outcome.
  • Visualizing paths and outcomes based on decisions.
  • Optimization and goal-based analysis.

Chapter 8. Performing Cognitive Analytics with Power BI

  • Your story: analyzing data, providing insights, and making predictions in a human-like manner.
  • Interact with data using plain language.
  • Using built-in AI visuals.
  • Overview of Sentiment Analysis and Image Recognition.

Chapter 9. Enhancing Reports in Power BI

  • Understanding conditional formatting options.
  • Adding images and hyperlinks to a table.
  • Working with databars, sparklines, and indicators.
  • Working with sync slicers.
  • Working with tooltip popup.
  • Implementing bookmarks, buttons, and selections.

Chapter 10. Delivering Data Insights

  • Publishing Reports.
  • Creating Dashboards and Metrics/Scorecards.
  • Packaging as an Application.
  • Effective Distribution Strategies.
  • Consuming Insights and Making Informed Decisions.

Schedule

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FAQ

How do I get a Microsoft exam voucher?

Pearson Vue Exam vouchers can be requested and ordered with your course purchase.

  • Vouchers are non-refundable and non-returnable. Vouchers expire 12 months from the date they are issued unless otherwise specified in the terms and conditions.
  • Voucher expiration dates cannot be extended. The exam must be taken by the expiration date printed on the voucher.

Do Microsoft courses come with post lab access?

Most Microsoft official courses will include post-lab access ranging from 30 to 180 calendar days after instructor led course delivery. A lab training key in class will be provided that can be leveraged to continue connecting to a remote lab environment for the individual course attendee.

Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?

Lunch is normally an hour-long after 3-3.5 hours of the class day.

What languages are used to deliver training?

Microsoft courses are conducted in English unless otherwise specified.

Reviews

The instructor was thorough and they also provided hands-on demonstrations with labs.

Easy to use and exactly what I was looking for. Value for money was exceptional.

ExitCertified was a great. They gave me all the materials and information I needed ahead of time to prepare for the course.

The training was very good to understand the concepts and how to set up things .

I thought the course was informative and the tools to go over the material were very nice.