Power BI Desktop for Business Users Training

Power BI Desktop is Microsoft’s powerful tool designed to analyze data and build rich, interactive reports. This 3-day training helps business users harness the full potential of Power BI Desktop—from connecting to data sources to designing and publishing visually compelling dashboards.

Participants will learn to use Power BI’s Query Editor, create custom visuals, model data effectively, and prepare professional reports for business insights.

Note: This course focuses solely on Power BI Desktop and does not cover Power BI Service.

Why Choose This Power BI Course?

• Hands-on labs for real-world experience

• Taught by Power BI experts

• Build dashboards and visual reports from scratch

• Enhance your decision-making with powerful insights

• Ideal for business professionals who need practical analytics skills

This course is not suitable for new Excel or database users. Participants should have:

• A basic understanding of data concepts

• Experience creating charts and formatting outputs

• Ability to create aggregate formulas and apply pivot techniques

If you don’t have access to Power BI Desktop, Bilginc can provide a remote PC via GoToMyPC.

By the end of this training, you will have gained knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Understand the core concepts and main features of Power BI Desktop
• Connect to various data sources and use Query Editor
• Apply data shaping and transformation techniques
• Model data relationships and create calculated columns and measures
• Design compelling data visualizations and publish reports

Module 1: Getting Started with Power BI Desktop

• Introduction to Power BI concepts

• Overview of features: Imports, Queries, Filters, Reports

Module 2: Connecting to Data Sources

• Supported data sources and data types

• Using Query Editor to connect, clean, and load data

• Append queries and merge data tables

Module 3: Querying and Shaping Data

• Applying filters and text transforms

• Creating columns from examples

• Unpivoting data, adding custom columns and conditions

Module 4: Data Modeling

• Creating and managing relationships

• Model view, field hierarchies, and drillthrough filters

• Introduction to DAX expressions and calculated columns

• Creating measures and tables using DAX

Module 5: Data Visualizations

• Using tables, matrix views, and charts

• Conditional formatting and slicers

• Interactive features: bookmarks, Q&A, decomposition tree

• Data grouping and binning

• Geo-data visualizations and maps

Module 6: Reporting and Output Options

• Managing report pages, layouts, and filters

• Custom tooltips, graphic elements, and themes

• Publishing and exporting professional reports