Creative Designing in Power BI

Creative Designing in Power BI

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

354 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

2 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

92%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

How to create compelling and cohesive reports and dashboards.
How to work in detail with specialist chart visualizations.
How to add elements such as videos, streaming data and QR codes to dashboards.

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Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

This course forms part of the Microsoft Power BI Analyst Professional Certificate. This Professional Certificate consists of a series of courses that offers a good starting point for a career in data analysis using Microsoft Power BI.

In this course, you will learn how to creatively design dashboards, reports and charts that are easier for the audience to use. You will learn how to create cohesive business intelligence reports and dashboards, as well as what common problems to avoid. The insights that you will gain will help you to tell compelling stories using specialist chart visualizations and visual elements such as videos, streaming data and QR Codes. After completing this course, you'll be able to: ● Create compelling and cohesive reports and dashboards ● Recognize common problems in design in Power BI Reports and Dashboards ● Produce audience focused reports and dashboards ● Work in detail with specialist chart visualizations ● Use visualizations in reports ● Add elements such as videos, streaming data and QR codes to dashboards This is also a great way to prepare for the Microsoft PL-300 exam. By passing the PL-300 exam, you'll earn the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst certification.

This week you are introduced to data display and visualization design principles. This includes instruction on how to create a cohesive report while targeting your designs for a specific audience, and it describes the importance of security in data visualization.

What's included

13 videos17 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt

13 videos Total 77 minutes

Great data visualization 3 minutes
Introduction to color theory 5 minutes
The important role of color 7 minutes
Positioning and scale of information 4 minutes
Positioning and Information Density 6 minutes
Chaotic versus cohesive pages 7 minutes
Creating Cohesion 6 minutes
Knowing the audience 6 minutes
Age related Design 5 minutes
Prioritizing key information 5 minutes
Security in Data 10 minutes
The real world impact 3 minutes
Module Summary: Visualization and Design 10 minutes

17 readings Total 195 minutes

Course Syllabus 10 minutes
How to be successful in this course 10 minutes
Business intelligence cheatsheet 10 minutes
Accessibility in Power BI 10 minutes
How to open an image in a new tab 10 minutes
Setting up your Power BI environment 10 minutes
New name for Power BI datasets 10 minutes
Setting up Power BI Service 10 minutes
How to locate your downloaded files 10 minutes
Additional Resources: Key concepts 5 minutes
Exercise: Improving report cohesiveness 30 minutes
Exemplar: Improving report cohesiveness 10 minutes
Additional Resources: Visual cohesive design 5 minutes
Tips and tricks for formatting in reports 10 minutes
Exercise: Highlighting key information 30 minutes
Exemplar: Highlighting key information 10 minutes
Additional resources: Considering the audience 5 minutes

5 assignments Total 90 minutes

Self-Review: Improving report cohesiveness 15 minutes
Knowledge Check 15 minutes
Self-Review: Highlighting key information 15 minutes
Knowledge Check: Considering the audience 15 minutes
Module Quiz: Visualization and Design 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Discussion prompt: What do you hope to learn? 10 minutes

This week you explore the principles of cohesive design and discover how good design improves the user experience and comprehension of data.

What's included

19 videos11 readings6 assignments1 discussion prompt

19 videos Total 96 minutes

Clarity and visual impact in charts 4 minutes
Design Power BI reports for accessibility 5 minutes
Clarity and impact 5 minutes
Creating and formatting a KPI Chart 5 minutes
Dot plot chart in Power BI 5 minutes
Visualising high density multi-dimensional data 5 minutes
Advanced Display 5 minutes
Optimizing Report layout for mobile 6 minutes
Shape Map Visuals 5 minutes
Choropleth maps 4 minutes
Choropleth maps in Action 6 minutes
Tips on Map visualizations 5 minutes
Accessing the Map 3 minutes
Compare and Contrast Shape and Filled maps 6 minutes
Power BI Azure maps 4 minutes
Identifying a new market 3 minutes
What are custom visualizations? 6 minutes
Adding a Python-based visualization 5 minutes
Module Summary: Designing Powerful Report Pages 7 minutes

11 readings Total 160 minutes

Using accessibility tools 10 minutes
Exercise: Optimizing a report for mobile 30 minutes
Exemplar: Optimizing a report for mobile 10 minutes
Additional Resources: Laying out a report 5 minutes
Getting the data ready 10 minutes
Exercise: Visualizing data by geographical location 30 minutes
Exemplar: Visualizing data by geographical location 10 minutes
Additional Resources: Map Visuals 5 minutes
Activity: Installing custom visualizations from AppSource 10 minutes
Activity Adding a chart using Python (Optional) 10 minutes
Additional Resources Custom Visualizations 30 minutes

6 assignments Total 95 minutes

Self-Review: Optimizing a report for mobile 10 minutes
Knowledge Check: Laying out a report 15 minutes
Self-Review: Visualizing data by geographical location 10 minutes
Knowledge Check: Map Visuals 15 minutes
Knowledge Check: Custom Visualizations 15 minutes
Module Quiz: Designing Powerful Report Pages 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

How will design improve your data reporting? 10 minutes

In this week you will compare designing a dashboard, in contrast to designing a report. You also get to explore the principles of data storytelling.

What's included

11 videos9 readings6 assignments2 discussion prompts

11 videos Total 64 minutes

Dashboard vs Report design 8 minutes
Targeting the end-user 7 minutes
Optimize a dashboard for mobile phones 5 minutes
Working with multiple dashboards 5 minutes
Dashboards and Media 8 minutes
Adding Media to dashboards 5 minutes
QR codes in dashboards 5 minutes
What is Data Storytelling? 5 minutes
Story Elements 6 minutes
The storytelling process 5 minutes
Module Summary: Dashboard Design and Storytelling 6 minutes

9 readings Total 115 minutes

Exercise: Optimizing a dashboard 30 minutes
Exemplar: Optimizing a dashboard 10 minutes
Additional Resources: Improving Dashboard Design 5 minutes
Activity: Creating a QR code 10 minutes
Additional Resources: Additional Dashboard Elements 5 minutes
Examples of poor storytelling 10 minutes
Exercise: The elements of a data story 30 minutes
Exemplar: The elements of a data story 10 minutes
Additional resources: Principles of Data Storytelling 5 minutes

6 assignments Total 98 minutes

Self-Review: Optimizing a dashboard 10 minutes
Knowledge Check: Improving Dashboard Design 18 minutes
Knowledge Check: Additional Dashboard Elements 15 minutes
Self-Review: The elements of a data story 10 minutes
Knowledge Check: Principles of Data Storytelling 15 minutes
Module Quiz: Dashboard Design and Storytelling 30 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

How will mobile media-rich dashboards improve business insight? 10 minutes
How will data storytelling help drive business decisions? 10 minutes

In this week, you will be assessed on the key skills covered in the course. A summary of the course is provided, and you get to reflect on the primary learning objectives. There is also the project for the course, which encapsulates the learning into a practical whole.

What's included

1 video3 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

1 video Total 9 minutes

Course Recap: Creative Design in Power BI 9 minutes

3 readings Total 50 minutes

About the final project and assessment Creative Design in Power BI 10 minutes
Exercise Adventure Works quarterly report 30 minutes
Exemplar: Adventure Works Quarterly Report 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 111 minutes

Self-Review: Adventure Works Quarterly Report 21 minutes
Course Quiz Creative Design in Power BI 90 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Reflect on Learning 10 minutes

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Reviewed on Feb 23, 2026

I learnt a lot that I thought I knew earlier. with each step presenting new creative ways of data presentation. Thanks to Microsoft and Coursera for this initiative.

Reviewed on Aug 13, 2024

It's very challenging but I really appreciate my effort

Reviewed on Jan 24, 2024

Amazing course. It will introduce you to the world of Creative Design of Power BI visualizations.

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