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Instructor: Ahmad Varasteh
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Basic computer skills (navigating files, using software). Familiarity with Excel and understanding of spreadsheets, rows, and columns.
(23 reviews)
Recommended experience
Beginner level
Basic computer skills (navigating files, using software). Familiarity with Excel and understanding of spreadsheets, rows, and columns.
Explore your data in Power BI by following a structured data exploration roadmap, from data loading to visualization and insight.
Analyze sales, profit, and customer data using Power BI to identify key business insights and trends.
Create interactive data visualizations, including line charts, bar charts, pie charts, and tree maps, to effectively present sales and location data.
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November 2024
Only available on desktop
In today’s data-driven world, making sense of your sales data is essential for staying competitive. This Guided Project was created to help aspiring data analysts and business professionals build a comprehensive sales dashboard in Power BI, providing them with the skills to explore and visualize data like a pro.
In this 2-hour, project-based course, you will learn how to explore data using a structured roadmap, analyze sales and profit trends, and create compelling visualizations to uncover key business insights. To achieve this, you will build an interactive sales dashboard by examining product, customer, and regional sales data in a realistic business scenario. This project is unique because it provides hands-on experience with Power BI, walking you step-by-step through the process of transforming raw data into valuable insights. No prior experience with Power BI or data analysis is required—just basic computer skills and a desire to make data-driven decisions!
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Load and Transform Your Data
Analyze Sales Trends Over Time
Visualize Product Sales Insights
Identify Key Customer Segments
Explore Regional Sales Performance
Basic computer skills (navigating files, using software). Familiarity with Excel and understanding of spreadsheets, rows, and columns.
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