Fundamentals of Data Visualisation using Microsoft Power BI
About This Course
This course introduces you to the end to end process of building reports and dashboards in Power BI. You will begin by working with Power BI Desktop to ingest data sources, transform and model your data, and prepare it for analysis. As you progress, you will design interactive visualisations and apply effective formatting techniques.
You will also learn how to develop data stories using analytical visuals, performance indicators, and AI generated narrative to communicate your business findings clearly.
The course concludes with Power BI Service, where you will publish your reports to the cloud, build dashboards, and work with emerging AI capabilities, including natural language queries and automated insight generation, to further explore and interpret your business findings.
What You'll Learn
1. Perform data analysis in Power BI
2. Identify data types and explain how they are interpreted as visualisations
3. Design and create visualisations, based on user-centred workflows, for others to use
4. Discuss concepts of data visualisation and how they are implemented in Power BI
5. Identify best practices for Power BI visualisation design
6. Share insights with Power BI
Entry Requirements
• Basic computer literacy (comfortable using Windows applications)
• Some familiarity with relational databases
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel will be advantageous