(SCTP Module) Power BI Essentials
About This Course
This practical, hands-on module equips participants with the skills to prepare, transform, and analyze data using Power Query and Power BI. Participants will learn essential and advanced data transformation techniques, including text modifications, conditional logic, pivoting/unpivoting, joins, unions, and managing table relationships.
The module also covers creating impactful visualizations and dashboards to identify trends and patterns, as well as time-based calculations for deeper analysis. Through guided exercises, participants will transform raw datasets into meaningful insights and present their findings using interactive Power BI dashboards.
The learning journey concludes with a real-world project, where participants prepare, transform, analyze, and visualize their own datasets, culminating in a project presentation and feedback session.
What You'll Learn
• Identify and work with different data types in Power Query.
• Perform text modifications and essential data transformations.
• Apply pivoting and unpivoting techniques to reorganize and reshape datasets.
• Create custom columns, including Conditional Columns and Custom Columns, to enhance data usability.
• Perform time-based calculations for trend and period analysis.
• Combine datasets using joins and unions, and manage cardinality and table relationships.
• Construct charts and visuals in Power BI to identify trends and patterns.
• Design and build interactive dashboards for effective data storytelling.
• Plan, implement, and present a complete Power BI project using real-world datasets.
Entry Requirements
Proficiency in English, computer literacy is required.