Learn from the experts in the Power BI product team

Power BI is a cloud-based business analytics service, helping you stay up-to-date with the information that matters to you. It helps create live operational dashboards from on-premises and cloud data in one central location that you can access across a range of devices.

On this three-week data analysis course, you’ll learn from the Power BI product team at Microsoft as you walk through Power BI end-to-end, and develop practical knowledge of this powerful software.

Through a series of short, lecture-based videos, complete with demos, quizzes, and hands-on labs, you’ll get a complete overview of Power BI and develop essential data science skills.

Discover how to connect and import data

You’ll start by learning how to connect and import your data from multiple sources.

With this knowledge, you’ll learn how to create and enhance the data model and explore the data.

Master data visualisation to help identify trends and patterns

Data visualisation is key in helping you identify trends and patterns within your data set.

On the course, you’ll learn to create stunning visualisations, upload reports, and make dashboards to extract important insights.

Develop future-ready data science skills

With the knowledge of creating visuals, you’ll learn how you can then share them with your co-workers and business users, both on the web and on mobile devices.

Learning from the experts at CloudSwyft and Power BI, you’ll finish the course with sought-after data science skills.

What topics will you cover?

Import Data from Different Resources

Table Transformations

Manage Table Relationships

Data Analysis Expressions

Data Visualization

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Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Demonstrated how to connect, import, shape, and transform data for business intelligence (BI)
Developed how to visualize data, author reports, and schedule automated refresh of your reports
Described real-time dashboards
Explained dashboards based on reports in Power BI desktop and Excel

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about using Power BI.

You don’t need any prior experience as this course will help you explore the foundations of using Power BI for data analysis, visualisation, and more.

Who developed the course?

CloudSwyft Global Systems, Inc.

CloudSwyft has partnered with the top global technology companies to deliver cutting edge digital skills learning across the modern workplace.

About this ExpertTrack

Learn applied data analysis from scratch including descriptive statistics and using the powerful tools in Excel and Power BI.

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Pay $39 per month to keep learning online
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Work at your own pace and set your own deadlines at every stage
Only pay while you’re learning; the subscription will cancel automatically when you finish
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Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

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Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

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As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate

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