Welcome to the Data Storytelling with Power BI course, where you'll embark on a journey to acquire practical expertise in data transformation and visualization. Leverage the potential of Power BI to craft narratives through structured data, leading to the discovery of more profound insights. Throughout this course, you'll explore the industry-specific applications of Power BI and delve into its various features and functionalities.
Data Storytelling with Power BI
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.6
(93 reviews)
Intermediate level
Some related experience required
12 hours to complete
3 weeks at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
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Taught in English
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There are 5 modules in this course
In this module, you will explore the world of business intelligence and derive stories from data and present them to a targeted audience. You will also learn to identify and implement transformations in data for visualization with Power BI Desktop.
What's included
22 videos8 readings9 assignments3 discussion prompts
In this module, you will learn to manipulate data with DAX formulas to create measures and columns, operate these transformations with the help of DAX functions, and create relationships to manage data.
What's included
19 videos4 readings7 assignments2 discussion prompts
In this module, you will learn to create data visuals with the help of common charts and custom visuals and understand how they work. We will also learn about the best practices that are to be followed while building paginated reports and dashboards.
What's included
16 videos1 reading6 assignments1 discussion prompt
In this module, you will learn about Power BI Service, make use of the features after publishing reports and dashboards on the Service interface, manage Smart Narrative, use Q & A to draw more insights from data, secure reports and dashboards with security roles, and observe data lineage.
What's included
8 videos1 reading2 assignments
This module is designed to assess an individual on the various concepts and teachings covered in this course. Answer a comprehensive quiz which marks you as a learner who is confident in working with Power BI.
What's included
1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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AK
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Reviewed on Sep 9, 2024
over all good and practical course, some of exam questions are not well designed to measure skills and knowledge,
CS
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Reviewed on Nov 27, 2024
The project assignments with the data was very useful for practice. That helped to understand the learnings better.
AM
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Reviewed on Nov 23, 2023
The practical part could be organized somehow different. Maybe less formulas, more individual work. But overall is was good :)
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Frequently asked questions
Data Storytelling refers to the process one conducts in a business environment where they do extensive research and modeling of data based on the principle that every piece of data tells a story, which can help an organization make intelligent decisions to amplify productivity and generate results. Storytelling in Power BI covers all the insightful results one gains and presents them to wider audiences.
Power BI is a Business Intelligence (BI) tool developed by Microsoft. It is used for data analysis, visualization, and sharing insights from various sources. Power BI allows users to connect to multiple data sources, including databases, spreadsheets, cloud services, and online data sources, and then transform and model the data to create interactive reports and dashboards. Most of the time, these stories are designed to follow as data interweaves between rich visual formats and insights.
This course is designed for freshers who are novices in Power BI and working professionals aiming for the role of Business Analyst, Data Analyst, etc. The main aim is to use Power BI data story to create impactful visuals.