Data Storytelling with Power BI

Instructor: Edureka

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Intermediate level

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2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

171 reviews

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Demonstrate the ability to connect, transform, model, and visualize data effectively in Power BI.
Implement DAX formulas to develop measures, establish relationships, and perform complex calculations.
Produce interactive visuals, dashboards, and reports that meet defined business intelligence needs.
Utilize Power BI Service features to deploy, protect, and publish reports for scalable insights.

Skills you'll gain

Data Security

Tools you'll learn

Microsoft Excel

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Assessments

25 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 5 modules in this course

Welcome to the Data Storytelling with Power BI course, where you'll embark on a journey to acquire practical expertise in data transformation and visualization. Leverage the potential of Power BI to create narratives through structured data, leading to the discovery of more profound insights.

Throughout this course, you'll explore the industry-specific applications of Power BI and delve into its various features and functionalities. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: - Explain essential concepts in data connectivity, transformation, and modeling using Power BI effectively. - Apply DAX formulas and functions to create measures, build relationships, and perform advanced calculations. - Design engaging and interactive visuals, reports, and dashboards to address diverse business requirements. - Evaluate Power BI Service capabilities to deploy, secure, and publish reports for scalable, data‑driven insights. This course is designed for a diverse audience: freshers, data analyst, business analysts, business intelligence analyst and IT professionals who are looking to enhance their data analysis skills through Power BI. Prior experience with Microsoft Excel or spreadsheet applications can be beneficial when working with Power BI. Embark on an educational voyage to master Microsoft Power BI and enhance your skills in creating efficient Reports and Dashboards using the Power BI ecosystem.

In this module, you will explore the world of business intelligence and derive stories from data and present them to a targeted audience. You will also learn to identify and implement transformations in data for visualization with Power BI Desktop.

What's included

22 videos9 readings9 assignments3 discussion prompts

22 videos Total 131 minutes

Course Introduction 7 minutes
What is Power BI? 9 minutes
Applications of Power BI 4 minutes
Installation of Power BI Desktop and Service 6 minutes
Working with Power BI 6 minutes
Frameworks for Data Model - I 7 minutes
Frameworks for Data Model - II 8 minutes
Power BI Desktop Interface 10 minutes
Power BI Service Interface 10 minutes
Data Sources in Power BI Desktop 8 minutes
Transforming Data - I 7 minutes
Transforming Data - II 6 minutes
Cleaning Data - I 6 minutes
Cleaning Data - II 3 minutes
Shaping Data - Relationships 6 minutes
Analyzing the Scenario 4 minutes
Transformations - Adjusting the Data 6 minutes
Transformations - Adding New Data 6 minutes
Transformations - Sorting New Data 4 minutes
Practice Project - Problem Statement 2 minutes
Practice Project - Solution 5 minutes
Summary for Data Modeling and Transformation 2 minutes

9 readings Total 145 minutes

Welcome to Data Storytelling with Power BI 10 minutes
Requirements for Installing Power BI Desktop 10 minutes
Power BI Licesnses 10 minutes
Building Blocks of Power BI 10 minutes
How to Use Discussion Forums 5 minutes
Types of Data Sources and Connections 10 minutes
Practice Session Problem Description 10 minutes
Problem Statement: San Francisco's Call Record Analysis 60 minutes
Solution: San Francisco’s Call Record Analysis 20 minutes

9 assignments Total 41 minutes

Practice Quiz: Basics of Power BI 3 minutes
Practice Quiz: Data Modeling 3 minutes
Practice Quiz: Data Handling 3 minutes
Practice Quiz on Transformations 2 minutes
Knowledge Check: Introduction to Power BI 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: Data Frameworks 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: Shaping Data 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: Transformations 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: Data Modeling and Transformation 10 minutes

3 discussion prompts Total 30 minutes

Introduce Yourself 10 minutes
List out notable differences between Power BI Desktop and Service 10 minutes
List alternate steps for the methods/techniques shown in the Practice Session 10 minutes

In this module, you will learn to manipulate data with DAX formulas to create measures and columns, operate these transformations with the help of DAX functions, and create relationships to manage data.

What's included

19 videos5 readings7 assignments2 discussion prompts

19 videos Total 101 minutes

Introduction to DAX 4 minutes
DAX Queries - I 3 minutes
DAX Queries - II 7 minutes
DAX Queries - III 5 minutes
DAX Operations - I 2 minutes
DAX Operations: Problem Description 6 minutes
DAX Operations: Transformations 7 minutes
DAX Operations: Column Manipulations 6 minutes
DAX Operations - Date Manipulations 3 minutes
DAX Functions - I 7 minutes
DAX Functions - II 6 minutes
DAX Functions - III 6 minutes
Data Functions - IV 6 minutes
DAX Functions - V 7 minutes
Practice Project I: Railway Analysis 7 minutes
Practice Project II: Table Management 6 minutes
Practice Project III: Modifying Measures 6 minutes
Practice Project IV: Insights 8 minutes
Summary for DAX 2 minutes

5 readings Total 135 minutes

DAX Formula List 25 minutes
Starting out with DAX in Power BI 20 minutes
DAX Problem Description 10 minutes
Project: Majestic Traders: Kings of Import and Export 60 minutes
Solution: Majestic Traders: Kings of Import and Export 20 minutes

7 assignments Total 31 minutes

Practice Quiz: DAX Queries 2 minutes
Practice Quiz: DAX Operations 2 minutes
Practice Quiz: DAX Functions 2 minutes
Knowledge Check: DAX 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: DAX Operations 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: DAX Functions 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: Mastering DAX 10 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

Do you find DAX easy to use with Power BI? 10 minutes
Do you think DAX gives you more control over data or it restricts Power Query Editor? 10 minutes

In this module, you will learn to create data visuals with the help of common charts and custom visuals and understand how they work. We will also learn about the best practices that are to be followed while building paginated reports and dashboards.

What's included

16 videos2 readings6 assignments1 discussion prompt

16 videos Total 74 minutes

Populating Charts with Data 6 minutes
Visualization Types - I 3 minutes
Visualization Types - II 4 minutes
Visualization Types - III 4 minutes
Visualizing Data I 4 minutes
Visualizing Data II: Problem Description 3 minutes
Visualizing Data III: Loading Data 5 minutes
Visualizing Data IV: Creating Visuals 6 minutes
Visualizing Data V: Arranging Visuals 5 minutes
Visualizing Data VI: Managing Visuals 5 minutes
Practice Project I: Problem Description 5 minutes
Practice Project II: Transforming Data 6 minutes
Practice Project III: Creating Visuals 5 minutes
Practice Project IV: Arranging Visuals 6 minutes
Practice Project V: Syncing Visuals 4 minutes
Summary for Data Visualization 2 minutes

2 readings Total 80 minutes

Project: Visualizing Netflix Dataset 60 minutes
Solution: Visualizing Netflix Dataset 20 minutes

6 assignments Total 30 minutes

Practice Quiz: Practice Session Visualizing Data 3 minutes
Practice Quiz on Charts 2 minutes
Knowledge Check: Introduction to Visuals 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: Visualizing Data 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: Practice Session Visualizing Charts 5 minutes
Knowledge Check: Visualization 10 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

What modifications would you implement in the Practice Project's generated report to align it with your perspective? 10 minutes

In this module, you will learn about Power BI Service, make use of the features after publishing reports and dashboards on the Service interface, manage Smart Narrative, use Q & A to draw more insights from data, secure reports and dashboards with security roles, and observe data lineage.

What's included

8 videos2 readings2 assignments

8 videos Total 43 minutes

Overview of Power BI Service 4 minutes
Power BI Service I: Loading Data 6 minutes
Power BI Service II: Manipulating Visuals 5 minutes
Power BI Service III: Creating Report 6 minutes
Power BI Service IV: Publishing Reports 7 minutes
Power BI Service V: Dashboarding 7 minutes
Power BI Service VI: AI Insights 6 minutes
Summary for Power BI Service 3 minutes

2 readings Total 80 minutes

Project: Sales Report 60 minutes
Solution: Sales Report 20 minutes

2 assignments Total 7 minutes

Practice Quiz on Power BI Service 2 minutes
Knowledge Check: Power BI Service 5 minutes

This module is designed to assess an individual on the various concepts and teachings covered in this course. Answer a comprehensive quiz which marks you as a learner who is confident in working with Power BI.

What's included

2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

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Reviewed on Jun 12, 2024

Great course. I learned elements od Power BI and also important aspect of databases. Thanks to course I also discover some features of PBI I have not idea about. Thanks so much. Jiri

Reviewed on Aug 11, 2025

This course will be the good fit for the beginner to start learning Power BI as a tool for data storytelling, data cleaning, data visualizing.

Reviewed on Nov 27, 2024

The project assignments with the data was very useful for practice. That helped to understand the learnings better.

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