Introduction To Power BI - (2025 Update) Course

Zack Warren and Michael Hirsch

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Power BI is built to be both powerful and accessible, but there are a few things that are challenging to pick up. Get started with Power BI in our Intro course to connect to data and get started building reports, modeling data, creating calculations and refreshing data in the cloud.
This course is designed for new users of Power BI with experience in Excel, Tableau, or Spotfire. We use real industrial datasets (Upstream Oil & Gas, specifically) and show you how to solve real problems that we encounter on a regular basis in our consulting work. "Come for the Power BI wisdom, and stay for the memes and dad jokes!"Read more...

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Course contents

    Chapter 1 - Power BI Launch and a Starter Database

    01-01 - What we’re here for… (13 min.)  Sample Lesson Quiz

    01-02 - Installation and First Visualization (10 min.) Quiz

    01-03 - Five Minutes to Wow on an ARIES database (12 min.) Quiz

    01-04 - Customizing a Single Graph (12 min.) Quiz

    01-05 - Multi-Visualization Reports (16 min.) Quiz

    01-06 - Modifying Data Connections and The Service (8 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 2 - Deep Dive on the Front End

    02-01 - Thorough Tour of Power BI (16 min.) Quiz

    02-02 - Add Data and Build a Visual (15 min.) Quiz

    02-03 - Data Modeling & Data Tables (11 min.) Quiz

    02-04 - Two Tables in One Visual (17 min.) Quiz

    02-05 - Slice and Dice Your Data (13 min.) Quiz

    02-06 - Discovering DAX (14 min.) Quiz

    02-07 - Power Query for Data QC (18 min.) Quiz

    02-08 - The Scatter Plot (9 min.) Quiz

    02-09 - Line Plots & More DAX (18 min.) Quiz

    02-10 - DAX for Production Calcs (20 min.) Quiz

    02-11 - Cumulative DAX and Using AI (17 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 3 - Tackling Transactions

    03-01 - Importing Data and the Date Hierarchy (23 min.) Quiz

    03-02 - OPEX Dashboard and Data Model Schemas (21 min.) Quiz

    03-03 - Vendor Coding and Drill Through Tables (25 min.) Quiz

    03-04 - Basic Lease Operating Statement (25 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 4: Philosophy & Architecture

    04-01 - The 31 Flavors of Power BI (16 min.) Quiz

    04-02 - The Power Platform Multiverse (19 min.) Quiz

    04-03 - Languages and the Service (25 min.) Quiz

    04-04 - Useful Resources (11 min.) Quiz

    04-05 - So You’ve Inherited a Bunch of Power BI Reports… (13 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 5: Power BI for Report Consumers

    05-01 - What even is BI? (14 min.) Quiz

    05-02 - Using Reports Online (13 min.) Quiz

    05-03 - Customizing Your Own Report (15 min.) Quiz