Microsoft Power BI Desktop

Power BI Desktop is part of the suite of tools from Microsoft which enable data to be analysed and published from a variety of sources. With Power BI Desktop, you get a report authoring tool that enables you to connect to and query data from different sources using the Query Editor. From the datasets you build with Query Editor, you can create reports and visualisations or dashboards within Power BI Desktop. Reports can then be published. This course covers the use of Power BI Desktop to connect to data, create visualisations, query the data and publish reports. Target student Anyone who needs to work with data in order to connect to, process, analyse in order to produce suitable output at all levels within an organisation.
It is assumed that attendees on the course are already working with data, are familiar with charts and PivotTable concepts. You will be either an Experienced IT or non-IT business user, perhaps with some query writing skills or a data analysis role Please Note: This course does not cover Microsoft's Power BI accessed via Office 365 or SharePoint Services. Learning Objectives Delegates will learn how to Power BI Desktop concepts and main featuresData sources compatible with Power BI DesktopConnecting to data with Power BI DesktopExplore data visualisationsApply common query tasks to shape data in Power BI DesktopCreate and publish reports