Gain Foundational Knowledge of Power BI including:

• What is Power BI and its business value
• Types of data visualizations and real-world use cases
• Overview of popular Power BI features and tools
• How Power BI supports digital transformation through data-driven decisions

Learn the basics of Power BI and build your first report:

• Installing and setting up Power BI Desktop
• User interface walkthrough of Power BI>User interface walkthrough
• Creating your first report and dashboard
• Connecting to data sources and using visuals

Dive into data modeling in Power BI:

• Understanding and creating relationships between tables
• Using calculated columns and measures with DAX
• Managing model performance and optimization
• Best practices in data modeling for accurate reporting

Learn how to handle and transform data in Power BI:

• Working with Power Query and M language
• Cleaning, shaping, and combining data sources
• Using calculated columns and measures with DAX
• Filtering and transforming data efficiently for reports

This comprehensive lesson covers all aspects of connecting and integrating data in Power BI, including:

• Advanced strategies for connecting to dynamic and cloud-based data sources
• Extracting and transforming complex tables and hierarchical structures
• Handling authentication methods (OAuth, API keys, gateways)
• Managing secured and enterprise-level data connections
• Optimizing performance for large-scale datasets and reports

Master professional troubleshooting techniques in Power BI, including:

• Identifying and resolving data refresh errors
• Handling query errors and invalid data types
• Using Power BI Service logs and audit trails
• Debugging DAX calculations with tools like DAX Studio
• Performance profiling and report optimization

Enterprise-grade Power BI topics covered:

• Setting up and managing workspaces
• Managing datasets, dataflows, and shared assets securely
• Implementing scheduled refresh and priorities
• Monitoring usage metrics and alerts
• Best practices for multi-environment (Dev, Test, Prod) deployment

End-to-end Power BI solution development covering:

• Gathering business reporting requirements and assessing data sources
• Designing Power BI solution architecture (datasets, dataflows, reports, dashboards)
• Implementing all learned techniques (DAX, modeling, visualization, and service features)
• Creating documentation and enabling knowledge transfer
• Deploying reports to Power BI Service and setting up refresh/maintenance strategies