This course will be useful to anyone who wants to use Power BI to unlock business insights from their data. You will learn how to analyze data with self-service BI. You'll also connect to various data sources and manage relationships with those sources.
Power BI: Data Analysis, Reporting, and Connecting
Power BI: Data Analysis, Reporting, and Connecting
This course is part of Microsoft Power BI: Data Analysis Professional Specialization
Instructor: Bill Rosenthal
Access provided by Xavier School of Management, XLRI
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
5 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
In this course, you will analyze data with self-service BI and connect to data sources.
Skills you'll gain
- Data Visualization Software
- Microsoft Office
- Data Analysis Software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft 365
- Data Management
- Business Reporting
- Self Service Technologies
- Power BI
- Data Integration
- Data Storytelling
- Business Intelligence Software
- Data Analysis
- Data Modeling
- Business Intelligence
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Assessments
1 assignment
Taught in English
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This course is part of the Microsoft Power BI: Data Analysis Professional Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
- Learn new concepts from industry experts
- Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
- Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
- Earn a shareable career certificate
There are 3 modules in this course
Analyzing data, discovering useful insights, and infusing data-based visualizations into other apps is no longer a job reserved for dedicated data analysts. People in many job roles have access to more data and processing power than ever before. Business Intelligence (BI) is the art and science of analyzing data to find insights and opportunities, and to developing visual reports to showcase that information. In this lesson, you will describe data analysis and visualization for business intelligence, and how users can perform self-service BI with Microsoft® Power BI®.
What's included
1 reading5 plugins
In any data analysis or visualization project, the first milestone is to connect to the data sources. By creating data connections and establishing data relationships, you can develop a model for analyzing and visualizing your data.
What's included
6 plugins
You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
What's included
1 reading1 assignment
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