Microsoft Power BI: Data Analysis Practitioner (Second Edition)

Course Description Overview

095211

2 days

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" is a direct result of the popularity and growth 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 competitive advantages.

Creating data-backed visualizations is key for data scientists, or any professional, to explore, analyze, and report insights and trends from data. Microsoft® Power BI® software is designed for this purpose. Power BI was built to connect to a wide range of data sources, and it enables users to quickly create visualizations of connected data to gain insights, show trends, and create reports. Power BI's data connection capabilities and visualization features go far beyond those that can be found in spreadsheets, enabling users to create compelling and interactive worksheets, dashboards, and stories that bring data to life and turn data into thoughtful action.

Course Objectives:

In this course, you will analyze data with Microsoft Power BI. You will:

Analyze data with self-service BI.
Connect to data sources.
Perform data cleaning, profiling, and shaping.
Visualize data with Power BI.
Enhance data analysis by adding and customizing visual elements.
Model data with calculations.
Create interactive visualizations.

Target Student:

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 services to perform numerical or general data analysis. They are responsible for connecting to cloud-based data sources, as well as shaping and combining data for the purpose of analysis. They are also 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.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success in this course you should have experience managing data with a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft® Excel®, which you could obtain by taking the following United states Career Campus courses.

Microsoft® Excel® for Office 365™ (Desktop or Online): Part 1 or Microsoft® Office Excel® 2019: Part 1
Microsoft® Excel® for Office 365™ (Desktop or Online): Part 2 or Microsoft® Office Excel® 2019: Part 2

Optionally, having experience with other data analytics tools, such as Google Analytics™ or Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems such as Salesforce®, as well as an understanding of database design concepts and basic programming constructs such as looping and branching, will help you get even more out of this course. The following courses are helpful but not required:

Google Analytics™: Foundation (Second Edition)
Database Design: A Modern Approach
Microsoft® Excel for Office 365™: Data Analysis with Power Pivot or Microsoft® Office Excel® 2019: Data Analysis with Power Pivot
Data Analysis and Visualization with Microsoft® Excel®

Course-specific Technical Requirements Software:

Each computer will need to have the following software installed. Unless otherwise specified, the software should be full licensed versions.

Microsoft® Windows® 10
Microsoft .NET version 4.6.2
Microsoft® 365 Business Premium (Trial) NOTE: Students will need to be provided with a Microsoft 365 Business Premium trial email address that they can access during the course.
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
Power BI ® Desktop
Any web browser
If necessary, software for viewing the course slides. (Instructor machine only.)

Course-specific Technical Requirements Hardware:

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

1 gigahertz (GHz) 64-bit (x64) processor.If you will be using virtual machines, it is recommended that you assign two virtual processors to each VM.
8 gigabytes (GB) of 64-bit Random Access Memory (RAM).
32 GB available storage space.
Monitor capable of a screen resolution of at least 1,440 × 900 pixels, at least a 256-color display, and a video adapter with at least 4 MB of memory. 1,440 × 900 or 1,600 × 900 (16:9) are recommended because some controls (such as closing the startup screen) display beyond lower resolutions such as 1,024 × 768 or 1,280 × 800.
Bootable DVD-ROM or USB drive.
Keyboard and mouse or a compatible pointing device.
Fast Ethernet (100 Mb/s) adapter or faster and cabling to connect to the classroom network.
IP addresses that do not conflict with other portions of your network.
Internet access (contact your local network administrator).
(Instructor computer only) A display system to project the instructor's computer screen.
Printer (optional), or an installed printer driver.
Mobile device to run the Power BI mobile app (optional).