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In today’s data-driven business environment, the ability to turn raw data into actionable insights is a game-changer. Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Professionals is a hands-on course designed to equip you with the tools and techniques needed to harness the power of data analytics and visualization effectively. Whether you’re a business analyst, manager, or decision-maker, this course will empower you to create compelling reports and interactive dashboards that drive smarter decisions.

This course begins by introducing you to the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI Desktop, including its intuitive interface and core functionalities. You’ll learn to connect to a variety of data sources, transform messy datasets into clean, usable formats, and design powerful data models that form the foundation of effective analytics. Through real-world examples and practical exercises, you’ll explore how to craft visually appealing reports and dashboards that convey critical business insights at a glance.

The course also delves into more advanced features like using DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) to perform calculations and implement custom logic, enabling you to uncover deeper insights. You’ll gain confidence in creating dynamic visualizations, filtering data interactively, and sharing your insights securely with colleagues or stakeholders.

With a focus on real-world applications, this course prepares you to tackle challenges across industries, from marketing analytics and financial reporting to operations management and beyond. By the end of this course, you’ll have a robust understanding of Power BI Desktop and the ability to leverage its capabilities to improve decision-making and add value to your organization.

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Course Key Highlights:

Learn the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI

Data Connection and Transformation

Data Modeling Essentials

Interactive Data Visualizations

Advanced Analytics with DAX

Hands-On Learning

Sharing and Collaboration

Self-Paced, Flexible Learning

Expert Support and Community Access

Certificate of Completion

Take the next step in your professional journey and join a community of learners mastering the art of business analytics with Microsoft Power BI Desktop!

Welcome to the #1 best-selling Power BI Desktop course – completely rebuilt for 2023/2024!

If you’re a data professional or aspiring analyst looking to learn the top business intelligence platform on the market, you’ve come to the right place. With more than 100,000 perfect 5-star reviews from students around the world, this is the course you’ve been looking for.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn from top instructors on the Maven Analytics team and put your skills to the test with hands-on projects and unique, real-world assignments.

THE COURSE PROJECT:

You’ll play the role of Business Intelligence Analyst for AdventureWorks Cycles, a fictional manufacturing company. Your role is to transform raw data into professional-quality reports and dashboards to track KPIs, compare regional performance, analyze product-level trends, and identify high-value customers.

But don’t worry, we’ll be here to guide you along every step of the way, with intuitive, crystal clear explanations and helpful pro tips to take you from zero to expert – guaranteed.

This course is designed to follow the key stages of the business intelligence workflow (data prep, data modeling, exploratory data analysis, data visualization & dashboard design) and simulate real-world tasks that data professionals encounter every day on the job:

STAGE 1: Connecting & Shaping Data

In this stage we’ll focus on building automated workflows to extract, clean, transform, and load our project data using Power Query, and explore common data connectors, storage modes, profiling tools, table transformations, and more:

Data connectors

Storage & import modes

Query editing tools

Table transformations

Connecting to a database

Extracting data from the web

QA & Profiling tools

Text, numerical, date & time tools

Rolling calendars

Index & conditional columns

Grouping & aggregating

Pivoting & unpivoting

Merging & appending queries

Data source parameters

Importing Excel models

STAGE 2: Creating a Relational Data Model

In stage 2 we’ll review data modeling best practices, introduce topics like cardinality, normalization, filter flow and star schemas, and begin to build our AdventureWorks data model from the ground up:

Database normalization

Fact & dimension tables

Primary & foreign keys

Star & snowflake schemas

Active & inactive relationships

Relationship cardinality

Filter context & flow

Bi-directional filters

Model layouts

Data formats & categories

Hierarchies

STAGE 3: Adding Calculated Fields with DAX

In stage 3 we’ll introduce data analysis expressions (DAX). We’ll create calculated columns and measures, explore topics like row and filter context, and practice applying powerful tools like filter functions, iterators, and time intelligence patterns:

DAX vs. M

Calculated columns & measures

Implicit, explicit & quick measures

Measure calculation steps

DAX syntax & operators

Math & stats functions

Conditional & logical functions

The SWITCH function

Text functions

Date & time functions

The RELATED function

CALCULATE, FILTER & ALL

Iterator (X) functions

Time intelligence patterns

STAGE 4: Visualizing Data with Reports

Stage 4 is about bringing our data to LIFE with reports and dashboards. We’ll review data viz best practices, building and format basic charts, and add interactivity with bookmarks, slicer panels, parameters, tooltips, report navigation, and more:

Data viz best practices

Dashboard design framework

Cards & KPIs

Line charts, trend lines & forecasts

On-object formatting

Table & matrix visuals

Conditional formatting

Top N filtering

Map visuals

Drill up, drill down & drillthrough

Report slicers & interactions

Bookmarks & page navigation

Numeric & fields parameters

Custom tooltips

Importing custom visuals

Managing & viewing roles (RLS)

Mobile layouts

Publishing to Power BI Service

We’ll also introduce brand new features as they are released, powerful artificial Intelligence tools like decomposition trees, key influencers, smart narratives and natural language Q&A, and performance optimization techniques to keep your reports running smoothly at scale.

Ready to get started? Join today and get immediate, lifetime access to:

15+ hours of high-quality video

200+ page Power BI ebook

25 homework assignments & solutions

Downloadable course project files

Expert Q&A support forum

30-day money-back guarantee

If you’re looking for the ONE course to help you build job-ready Power BI skills, you’ve come to the right place.

Happy learning!

-Chris & Aaron (Maven Analytics)

See why this is one of the TOP-RATED Power BI courses in the world:

“I believe this is the best Power BI course out there. I spent £1400 to attend a 3-day Power BI crash course, and have to confess it’s nothing compared to the knowledge, skills, expertise and understanding derived from this course. I am forever grateful to Chris and the Maven Analytics team for doing such amazing work and to Udemy for making this available.”

-Isaac Mensah

"Resources are awesome. Presenter is brilliant. I found this course more useful than the official Power BI course from Microsoft. Things are easy to follow, and presentations are high quality."

-Jacobus M.

"Chris is a skilled communicator and does a great job of explaining a complex tool like Microsoft Power BI. His 'pro-tips' are great for new user productivity and gaining a sense of the big picture, and I value his best practices on building and managing Power BI queries and reports. I'm feeling much more confident to dig in and use Power BI on my own projects!"

-Bill Jerrow

“Simply put, this course is AMAZING! The instructor literally takes you step-by-step from knowing nothing about Power BI into nearly an expert! I have had experience working with Power BI even in a corporate setting in the past, and I was still blown away by the level of granularity Chris was able to casually explain in a way that made sense. The hands-on exercises are THE perfect way to reinforce the concepts you learn throughout the course and connect theory to application. Can't speak enough to how great this course is, I will definitely be coming back to it as a reference guide in my work and would recommend it to anyone looking to learn Power BI!”

-Ikenna Egbosimba

“I've been in university classrooms for much of my life and Chris is a university level instructor.”

-Allan Searl

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