Power BI
Create stunning interactive reports and share amazing insights! Power BI gives Excel users the power to extract data from multiple sources, link it together, perform calculations and create powerful visualizations. Power BI is an amazing cloud-based business analytics service provided by Microsoft that allows users to transform data into rich, interactive visual reports that present a 360-degree business view and improve business decision making. Power BI Desktop is a development platform from Microsoft that allows users to connect to a huge range of data sources, clean and transform messy data, create relationships between data sets, perform calculations and prepare stunning interactive reports. Power BI.com allows users to publish their interactive reports and share certain features of those reports with others. Reports published to PowerBI.com can be set to refresh automatically and can be interacted with online using any browser or mobile device.

Newcastle
May 21-22, 2026
Classroom Session
2 Day
About this course
Create stunning interactive reports and share amazing insights! Power BI gives Excel users the power to extract data from multiple sources, link it together, perform calculations and create powerful visualizations. Power BI is an amazing cloud-based business analytics service provided by Microsoft that allows users to transform data into rich, interactive visual reports that present a 360-degree business view and improve business decision making. Power BI Desktop is a development platform from Microsoft that allows users to connect to a huge range of data sources, clean and transform messy data, create relationships between data sets, perform calculations and prepare stunning interactive reports. Power BI.com allows users to publish their interactive reports and share certain features of those reports with others. Reports published to PowerBI.com can be set to refresh automatically and can be interacted with online using any browser or mobile device.
What you'll learn
- Easily connect to multiple data sources, including Excel files, SQL Databases, Google Analytics, SharePoint, CSVs, and more
- Quickly prepare raw data for analysis by recording data transformations
- Simply drag and drop to create relationships between different data sources without VLOOKUP
- Create custom report calculations for measuring profitability, margins, KPIs and other areas
- Easily prepare interactive data visualizations with corporate color coordination
- Quickly publish reports to Power BI.com for users to interact with anywhere
Course Contents
Module 1: Preparing Dashboard Data
- Importing from different data sources into Power BI Desktop
- Cleaning and transforming data
- Delving into 'Get Data' and Exploring 'M' code
- Joining multiple data tables together and understanding relationships
- Creating and utilizing a Calendar Table
- Exploring DAX formulas and creating calculated measures
Module 2: Creating Interactive Visualizations
Who Should Attend
- Excel users & analysts focused on data extraction and analysis
- Anyone involved in creating visualizations & data modeling
- Anyone interested in automating recurring reports and dashboards
- Business analytics professionals
- Data professionals looking to enhance reporting capabilities
Prerequisites
Basic Excel knowledge recommended; familiarity with data analysis concepts helpful
Course Materials
Participants will receive Power BI Desktop templates, data transformation guides, DAX formula references, visualization best practices, and sample dashboards for reference.
Course Price
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