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Power BI Desktop for Beginners - FREE

Name: Power BI Desktop for Beginners - FREE
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From Excel data to your first Power BI dashboard

This course is aimed squarely at Excel users taking their first step into Power BI, walking through the full path from connecting a data source to publishing an interactive dashboard. It covers Power Query for transforming and cleaning data, building visuals like cards, matrices, and donut and bar charts, and the basics of DAX for calculated columns.

Beyond the fundamentals, it touches on quick measures and visual calculations, row and filter context, customizing slicers, and the AI-powered decomposition tree for exploratory analytics — plus a look at using ChatGPT to help generate report backgrounds. A quiz at the end checks your understanding of the material covered.

Who it's for

Excel users and complete beginners who want a structured first introduction to Power BI.

Key takeaways

Connecting to and cleaning data with Power Query
Building visuals and understanding row and filter context
An introduction to DAX, quick measures, and the decomposition tree

About this course

This course is designed for students and professionals looking to get started with Power BI. You will learn the fundamentals of data visualization, report building, and interactive dashboards. The course covers:

Connecting to Excel
Transforming and cleaning data with Power Query - Basic transformations and data types
Creating dynamic reports using visuals, cards, matrix, Donut chart, bar chart
Understanding Calculated Columns & DAX basics for calculations
Use of Quick Measures and Visual Calculations
Row Context, Filter Context explained
Using and customizing Slicer
Decomposition Tree - AI Analytics
ChatGPT usage to create background
By the end of this course, you'll be able to have the confidence of importing data into Excel and creating your first Power BI Dashboard. Perfect for beginners with no prior experience!
If you're comfortable working with data in Excel but want to take your analytics skills to the next level, this course is perfect for you!
By the end of this course, you'll understand how Power BI enhances Excel’s capabilities, making it easier to analyze and visualize large datasets efficiently. Whether you're an Excel power user or just getting started with data analytics, this course will set you on the right path to Power BI!
Quiz to check your understanding level of the topics covered