Path overview
In this path, developed in collaboration with Microsoft, you’ll learn how to use Microsoft Power BI to analyze, clean, explore, and visualize data. By completing the path, you’ll be prepared to take the PL-300 exam. With this certification in hand, you’ll let existing or future employers know that you carry Microsoft’s stamp of approval when it comes to Power BI.
Best of all, you’ll learn by doing – you’ll write code and get feedback directly in the browser. You’ll apply your skills to several guided projects involving realistic business scenarios to build your portfolio and prepare for your next interview.
Key skills
- Preparing and exploring data with Power BI
- Modeling, organizing, and analyzing data with Power BI
- Creating reports and building interactive dashboards with Power BI
- Conveying insights effectively to tell a story
Path outline
Part 1: Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI [5 courses]
Introduction to Data Analysis Using Microsoft Power BI 10h
Objectives- Navigate Power BI and use its building blocks
- Understand Power BI interface
- Import data from common sources into Power BI
- Rename objects, pivot data, and select valuable data for your analysis
- Simplify a complicated model and change data types
- Combine data and find anomalies
Learn Data Modeling in Power BI 14h
Objectives- Design a data model in Power BI
- Understand dimensions and fact tables, define data granularity, and work with relationships and cardinality
- Create measures using Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) in Power BI
- Optimize a model for performance in Power BI
Learn to Visualize Data in Power BI 10h
Objectives- Create Power BI visuals
- Create a data-driven story using Power BI reports
- Design report layout and navigation
- Create dashboards in Power BI
Power BI Analytics 6h
Objectives- Perform data analysis using Microsoft Power BI
- Group and bin data
- Perform time series analysis
- Apply artificial intelligence insights to your data
Manage Workspaces and Semantic Models in Power BI 10h
Objectives- Create and manage a workspace in Power BI
- Import and update assets in a Power BI workspace
- Configure data protection in a Power BI workspace
- Create dynamic reports with parameters
- Implement static and dynamic row-level security
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Build your project portfolio
Build confidence with our in-depth projects, and show off your data skills.
Challenge yourself with exercises
Work with real data from day one with interactive lessons and hands-on exercises.
Showcase your path certification
Share the evidence of your hard work with your network and potential employers.
Projects in this path
Modeling Data in Power BI
For this project, you’ll act as an analyst at a company tasked with modeling sales data in Power BI. You’ll clean, transform and analyze the data to extract insights that inform business decisions.
Visualization of Life Expectancy and GDP Variation Over Time
For this project, you’ll assume the role of a data analyst tasked with visualizing life expectancy and GDP data over time to uncover trends and regional differences.
Building a BI App
For this project, you’ll act as a business intelligence analyst at Dataquest to build a Power BI app that analyzes course quality data, including completion rates and NPS scores, to recommend improvements.
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