Microsoft Power Platform – Power BI Data Analyst Associate

Programme Aim

Learn how to boost the value of your business’ data assets by using Microsoft Power BI.  This course will cover the various methods and best practices that are in line with business and technical requirements for modelling, visualizing, and analyzing data with Power BI.

How is it Delivered

Tutor-Led online Virtual classroom.  Flexible class times are available and can be agreed with clients to suit participants availability.  Training can be delivered over a number of days, a number of weeks, morning or evenings for example.

How Long is the Course

This course is  3 days in duration.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Ingest, clean, and transform data
• Model data for performance and scalability
• Design and create reports for data analysis
• Apply and perform advanced report analytics
• Manage and share report assets
• Create paginated reports in Power BI

Who Should Attend

Candidates for this exam are users who want to learn how to accurately perform data analysis using Power BI.  This course is also targeted towards those individuals who develop reports that visualise data from the data platform technologies that exist on both in the cloud and on-premise.

Job Role

Professionals who work under this profile are responsible to develop and execute new data analysis policies and build and verify new data models that help in decision-making. They work with technical teams to improve data analytics and business intelligence techniques.

Certification

Preparation for exam: PL-300T00  (Exam Voucher – priced separately)

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should have fundamental knowledge of:

• Core data concepts
• Working with relational data in the cloud
• Working with non-relational data in the cloud
• Data analysis and visualisation concepts

Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry.  Our training mentor will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.

Course Outline

Module 1:  Get Started with Microsoft Data Analytics

• Data Analytics and Microsoft
• Getting Started with Power BI

Module 2:  Prepare Data in Power BI

• Get data from various data sources

Module 3:  Clean, Transform and Load Data in Power BI

• Data shaping
• Data Profiling
• Enhance the data structure

Module 4:  Design a Data Model in Power BI

• Introduction to data modeling
• Working with tables
• Dimensions and Hierarchies

Module 5:  Create Model calculations using DAX in Power BI

• Introduction to DAX
• Real-time dashboards
• Advanced DAX

Module 6:  Optimise Model Performance in Power BI

• Optimize the data model for performance
• Optimize DirectQuery Models

Module 7:  Create Reports in Power BI

• Design a report
• Enhance the report

Module 8:  Create Dashboards in Power BI

• Create a Dashboard
• Real-time Dashboards
• Enhance a Dashboard

Module 9: Identify Patterns and Trends in Power BI  

• Advanced Analytics
• Data Insights through AI visuals

Module 10: Create and Manage Workspaces in Power BI

• Creating Workspaces
• Sharing and Managing Assets

Module 11:  Manage Files and Datasets in Power BI

• Parameters
• Datasets

Module 12:  Row-Level Security in Power BI

• Security in Power BI