About Course
Course Objectives
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Understand the role of data analytics and the responsibilities of a data analyst
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Connect to and retrieve data from multiple data sources
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Clean, transform, and load data using Power BI
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Design efficient data models with relationships, hierarchies, and dimensions
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Create calculations and measures using DAX
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Optimize data models and improve performance
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Design interactive reports and dashboards
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Create and publish paginated reports
Course Outlines
Module 1:
- Get Started with Microsoft Data Analytics
- Data Analytics and Microsoft
- Getting Started with Power BI
- After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Explore the different roles in data
- Identify the tasks that are performed by a data analyst
- Describe the Power BI landscape of products and services
- Use the Power BI service
Module 2:
- Prepare Data in Power BI
- Get data from various data sources
- Optimize performance
- Resolve data errors
- After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Identify and retrieve data from different data sources
- Understand the connection methods and their performance implications
- Optimize query performance
- Resolve data import errors
Module 3:
- Clean, Transform, and Load Data in Power BI
- Data shaping
- Enhance the data structure
- Data Profiling
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Apply data shape transformations
- Enhance the structure of the data
- Profile and examine the data
Module 4:
- Design a Data Model in Power BI
- Introduction to data modeling
- Working with tables
- Dimensions and hierarchies
- After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the basics of data modeling
- Define relationships and their cardinality
- Implement dimensions and hierarchies
- Create histograms and rankings
Module 5:
- Create Model Calculations using DAX in Power BI
- Introduction to DAX
- DAX context
- Advanced DAX
- After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Understand DAX
- Use DAX for simple formulas and expressions
- Create calculated tables and measures
- Build simple measures
- Work with Time Intelligence and Key Performance Indicators
Module 6:
- Optimize Model Performance
- Optimize the model for performance
- Optimize Direct Query Models
- Create and manage Aggregations
- After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the importance of variables
- Enhance the data model
- Optimize the storage model
- Implement aggregations
Module 7:
- Create Reports
- Design a report
- Enhance the report
- After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Design a report page layout
- Select and add effective visualizations
- Add basic report functionality
- Add report navigation and interactions
- Improve report performance
- Design for accessibility
Module 8:
- Create Dashboards
- Create a Dashboard
- Real-time Dashboards
- Enhance a Dashboard
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create a Dashboard
- Understand real-time Dashboards
- Enhance Dashboard usability
Module 9:
- Create Paginated Reports in Power BI
- Paginated report overview
- Create Paginated reports
- After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Explain paginated reports
- Create a paginated report
- Create and configure a data source and dataset
- Work with charts and tables
- Publish a report
