Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Intelligence

About Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Intelligence

Welcome to the

#1 best-selling Power BI Desktop course

! If you’re a data professional or aspiring analyst looking to learn the top business intelligence platform on the market, you’ve come to the right place. With more than

250,000 perfect 5-star reviews

from students around the world, this is the course you’ve been looking for. Throughout the course, you’ll learn from top instructors on the Maven Analytics team and put your skills to the test with

hands-on projects

and

unique, real-world assignments

.

THE COURSE PROJECT:

You’ll play the role of Business Intelligence Analyst for

AdventureWorks Cycles

, a fictional manufacturing company. Your role is to transform raw data into professional-quality reports and dashboards to track KPIs, compare regional performance, analyze product-level trends, and identify high-value customers. But don’t worry, we’ll be here to guide you along every step of the way, with intuitive, crystal clear explanations and helpful pro tips to take you from zero to expert – guaranteed. This course is designed to follow the

key stages of the business intelligence workflow

(data prep, data modeling, exploratory data analysis, data visualization & dashboard design) and simulate real-world tasks that data professionals encounter every day on the job:

STAGE 1

:

Connecting & Shaping Data

In this stage we’ll focus on building automated workflows to extract, clean, transform, and load our project data using Power Query, and explore common data connectors, storage modes, profiling tools, table transformations, and more:

_Data connectors_

_Storage & import modes_

_Query editing tools_

_Table transformations_

_Connecting to a database_

_Extracting data from the web_

_QA & Profiling tools_

_Text, numerical, date & time tools_

_Rolling calendars_

_Index & conditional columns_

_Grouping & aggregating_

_Pivoting & unpivoting_

_Merging & appending queries_

_Data source parameters_

_Importing Excel models_

STAGE 2

:

Creating a Relational Data Model

In stage 2 we’ll review data modeling best practices, introduce topics like cardinality, normalization, filter flow and star schemas, and begin to build our AdventureWorks data model from the ground up:

_Database normalization_

_Fact & dimension tables_

_Primary & foreign keys_

_Star & snowflake schemas_

_Active & inactive relationships_

_Relationship cardinality_

_Filter context & flow_

_Bi-directional filters_

_Model layouts_

_Data formats & categories_

_Hierarchies_

STAGE 3

:

Adding Calculated Fields with DAX

In stage 3 we’ll introduce data analysis expressions (DAX). We’ll create calculated columns and measures, explore topics like row and filter context, and practice applying powerful tools like filter functions, iterators, and time intelligence patterns:

_DAX vs. M_

_Calculated columns & measures_

_Implicit, explicit & quick measures_

_Measure calculation steps_

_DAX syntax & operators_

_Math & stats functions_

_Conditional & logical functions_

_The SWITCH function_

_Text functions_

_Date & time functions_

_The RELATED function_

_CALCULATE, FILTER & ALL_

_Iterator (X) functions_

_Time intelligence patterns_

STAGE 4

:

Visualizing Data with Reports

Stage 4 is about bringing our data to LIFE with reports and dashboards. We’ll review data viz best practices, building and format basic charts, and add interactivity with bookmarks, slicer panels, parameters, tooltips, report navigation, and more:

_Data viz best practices_

_Dashboard design framework_

_Cards & KPIs_

_Line charts, trend lines & forecasts_

_On-object formatting_

_Table & matrix visuals_

_Conditional formatting_

_Top N filtering_

_Map visuals_

_Drill up, drill down & drillthrough_

_Report slicers & interactions_

_Bookmarks & page navigation_

_Numeric & fields parameters_

_Custom tooltips_

_Importing custom visuals_

_Managing & viewing roles (RLS)_

_Mobile layouts_

_Publishing to Power BI Service_ We’ll also introduce

brand new features

as they are released, powerful

artificial Intelligence tools

like decomposition trees, key influencers, smart narratives and natural language Q&A, and

performance optimization techniques

to keep your reports running smoothly at scale. Ready to get started? Join today and get

immediate, lifetime access

to:

_17 hours of high-quality video_

_200+ page Power BI ebook_

_25 homework assignments & solutions_

_Downloadable course project files_

_Expert Q &A support forum_

_30-day money-back guarantee_

If you’re looking for the ONE course to help you build job-ready Power BI skills, you’ve come to the right place.

Happy learning! -Chris & Aaron (

_Maven Analytics_

)

_See why this is one of the TOP-RATED Power BI courses in the world:_

_“I believe this is the best Power BI course out there. I spent £1400 to attend a 3-day Power BI crash course, and have to confess it’s nothing compared to the knowledge, skills, expertise and understanding derived from this course. I am forever grateful to Chris and the Maven Analytics team for doing such amazing work and to Udemy for making this available.”_

_-Isaac Mensah_

_"Resources are awesome. Presenter is brilliant. I found this course more useful than the official Power BI course from Microsoft. Things are easy to follow, and presentations are high quality."_

_-Jacobus M._

_"Chris is a skilled communicator and does a great job of explaining a complex tool like Microsoft Power BI. His 'pro-tips' are great for new user productivity and gaining a sense of the big picture, and I value his best practices on building and managing Power BI queries and reports. I'm feeling much more confident to dig in and use Power BI on my own projects!"_

_-Bill Jerrow_

_“Simply put, this course is AMAZING! The instructor literally takes you step-by-step from knowing nothing about Power BI into nearly an expert! I have had experience working with Power BI even in a corporate setting in the past, and I was still blown away by the level of granularity Chris was able to casually explain in a way that made sense. The hands-on exercises are THE perfect way to reinforce the concepts you learn throughout the course and connect theory to application. Can't speak enough to how great this course is, I will definitely be coming back to it as a reference guide in my work and would recommend it to anyone looking to learn Power BI!”_

_-Ikenna Egbosimba_

_“I've been in university classrooms for much of my life and Chris is a university level instructor.”_

_-Allan Searl_

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