Power BI Data Analyst Overview
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Power BI Data Analyst Overview
Kickstart your data analytics career building in-demand Power BI skills. Explore Power BI's core features and components and become familiar with its user-friendly interface and capabilities.
Self-Paced
Mentored
Beginner
Duration
Power BI is a popular data analysis tool from Microsoft. Professionals who are keen to start their career in data analysis often start by building strong skills in Power BI.
During this course, you will discover the features and components of Power BI that make it a great tool for data analysis. You will learn how Power Query is leveraged for data extraction from diverse sources, and you will explore how to make critical decisions about storage modes and connectivity types. Plus, you will master profiling and cleansing of data and loading it into Power BI.
Next you will gain insight into Power BI data models and the data loading approaches available. You will look at how to simplify the process of creating data models, with an emphasis on techniques such as star schema design. You will learn how to perform advanced calculations in tabular data models. You will explore how the significance of data granularity for performance and usability. You will investigate various visualization types that enable you to implement effective data visualization. You will learn the art of designing reports for compelling storytelling and discover techniques that will refine your reports. Plus, you will dive into data analytics within Power BI, to explore how to identify outliers, group data, and apply time series analysis.
Once you have completed the course, you will be proficient in navigating the Power BI service workspace and be able to create dynamic dashboards and add essential security measures to ensure your data is safe.
If youre looking to kickstart your data analytics career, enroll in this course TODAY and build in-demand skills in one of the most popular tools in the field Power Bi.
This course comprises two modules that take you on a carefully defined learning path. It is a self-paced course, which means it is not run to a fixed schedule with regard to completing modules or submitting assignments. To give you an idea of how long the course takes to complete, it is anticipated that if you work 3 hours per week, you will complete the course in 2 weeks. However, as long as the course is completed before the end date, you can work at your own pace.
The materials for each module will become available when you start the particular module. Methods of learning and assessment will include videos, reading material, and graded assignment.
Once you have successfully completed the course, you will earn your Certificate of Completion.
You'll be able to:
- Carry out analysis using PowerBI
- Create data models
- Publish and secure dashboards
- Extract data using Power Query
- Clean and load data
- Create dynamic dashboards
- This course is ideal for individuals interested in pursuing a career as a data analyst and wish to leverage Power BI.
You should have:
- No prior data analytics experience or degree is required to take this course.
- However, some working knowledge of data analysis, including preparing, modeling, and visualizing data and deriving actionable insights, and applying domain expertise is helpful to get the most out of the course.