MS 20778 Analyzing Data with Power BI

Module 1: Introduction to Self-Service BI Solutions

Introduces business intelligence (BI) and how to self-serve with BI.

Lessons

• Introduction to business intelligence
• Introduction to data analysis
• Introduction to data visualization
• Overview of self-service BI
• Considerations for self-service BI
• Microsoft tools for self-service BI

Lab : Exploring an Enterprise BI solution

• Viewing reports
• Creating a Power BI report
• Creating a Power BI dashboard

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the trends in BI
• Describe the process of data analysis in Power BI.
• Use the key visualizations in Power BI.
• Describe the rationale for self-service BI.
• Describe considerations for self-service BI.
• Understand how you can use Microsoft products to implement a BI solution.

Module 2: Introducing Power BI

This module introduces Power BI desktop, and explores the features that enable the rapid creation and publication of sophisticated data visualizations.

Lessons

• Power BI
• The Power BI service

Lab : Creating a Power BI dashboard

• Connecting to Power BI data
• Create a Power BI dashboard

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Develop reports using the Power BI Desktop app.
• Use report items to create dashboards on the Power BI portal.
• Understand the components of the Power BI service including licensing and tenant management.

Module 3: Power BI

At the end of this module students will be able to explain the rationale and advantages of using Power BI.

Lessons

• Using Excel as a data source for Power BI
• The Power BI data model
• Using databases as a data source for Power BI
• The Power BI service

Lab : Importing data into Power BI

• Importing Excel files into Power BI
• Viewing reports from Excel files

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the data model and know how to optimize data within the model.
• Connect to Excel files and import data
• Use on-premises and cloud Microsoft SQL Server databases as a data source, along with the R script data connector
• Take advantage of the features of the Power BI service by using Q&A to ask questions in natural query language, and create content packs and groups.

Module 4: Shaping and Combining Data

With Power BI desktop you can shape and combine data with powerful, buil-in tools. This module introduces the tools that are available for preparing your data, and transforming it into a form ready for reporting.

Lessons

• Power BI desktop queries
• Shaping data
• Combining data

Lab : Shaping and combining data

• Shape power BI data
• Combine Power BI data

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Perform a range of query editing skills in Power BI
• Shape data, using formatting and transformations.
• Combine data together from tables in your dataset.

Module 5: Modeling data

This module describes how to shape and enhance data.

Lessons

• DAX queries
• Calculations and measures

Lab : Modeling Data

• Create relationships

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe relationships between data tables.
• Understand the DAX syntax, and use DAX functions to enhance your dataset.
• Create calculated columns, calculated tables and measures.

Module 6: Interactive Data Visualizations

This module describes how to create and manage interactive data visualizations.

Lessons

• Creating Power BI reports
• Managing a Power BI solution

Lab : Creating a Power BI report

• Connecting to Power BI data
• Building Power BI reports
• Creating a Power BI dashboard

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use Power Bi desktop to create interactive data visualizations.
• Manage a power BI solution.

Module 7: Direct Connectivity

This module describes various connectivity options using Power BI.

Lessons

• Cloud data
• Connecting to analysis services

Lab : Direct Connectivity

• Direct connectivity from Power BI desktop
• Direct connectivity from the Power BI service

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use Power BI direct connectivity to access data in Azure SQL data warehouse, in addition to big data sources such as Hadoop
• Use Power BI with SQL Server Analysis Services data, including Analysis services modles running in multidimentional mode.

Module 8: The Developer API

This module describes the developer API within Power BI.

Lessons

• The developer API
• Custom visuals

Lab : Using the developer API

• Using custom visuals

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the developer API.
• Use the developer API to create custom visuals.

Module 9: Power BI mobile app

This module describes the Power BI mobile app.

Lessons

• Power BI mobile apps
• Using the Power BI mobile app
• Power BI embedded

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the Power BI mobile app.
• Download and use the Power BI mobile app.
• Describe Power BI embedded and when you would want to use it.