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...
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