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Power BI

Getting Started with Power BI

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Beginner content levelBeginner

Visualizing and sharing impactful data insights

Course outcomes

  • Grasp the fundamental structure and components of Power BI
  • Acquire the skills to create a range of visualizations using Power BI Desktop
  • Learn how to use slicers and filters for customized and dynamic report presentations
  • Explore advanced techniques to improve the aesthetic and functional aspects of reports
  • Gain proficiency in personalizing reports to align with specific branding and aesthetic preferences
  • Become adept at saving, publishing, and sharing reports through Power BI Service

Course description

Join experts Nicolás Lagreste Zucchini and Florencia Hourcouripé to master the art of creating and sharing visually compelling reports using Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service. You’ll learn how to design, edit, and enhance visual elements for impactful data presentations using an established data model while focusing on row level security to cater to specific audience needs. In four hours, you’ll acquire a skill set that you can apply in real-world settings, making data-driven decisions and presentations that resonate across different business functions.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

  • Learn to create a spectrum of visualizations in Power BI Desktop, ranging from basic to advanced techniques
  • Understand the importance of design elements in enhancing the visual appeal and readability of reports
  • Master dynamic data presentation techniques using tools like slicers and filters
  • Identify common types of data visualization and their practical applications
  • Customize visuals to align with your organization's requirements and strategically direct user attention
  • Utilize new slicer visuals and card visuals for precise data representation
  • Personalize report aesthetics including theme customization, branded backgrounds, and visual formatting
  • Acquire skills in saving, publishing, and sharing reports via Power BI Service for effective collaboration and decision-making

This live event is for you because...

  • You’re a professional who needs to analyze, interpret, and effectively display data so that stakeholders can make well-informed business decisions.

Prerequisites

Recommended follow-up:

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Power BI visualization essentials (60 minutes)

  • Presentation: The role of Power BI in data analysis; benefits of using Power BI; creating a basic new report; models and measures; exploring the user interface (navigation pane, menus, and toolbars)
  • Demonstration and hands-on exercises: Create a basic report (table, matrix, card, and slicer)
  • Q&A
  • Break

Creating visualizations (60 minutes)

  • Demonstration and hands-on exercises: Build charts (bar, pie, line, cards, and maps)
  • Q&A
  • Break

Customizing reports (75 minutes)

  • Demonstration and hands-on exercises: Add background and theme to report; create combined charts; incorporate images into cards and slicers
  • Q&A
  • Break

Web Service PowerBI (35 minutes)

  • Presentation: Sharing reports (workspaces and apps); implementing row level security; exporting data to PDFs and PowerPoint; exploring other Power BI Service functionalities

Wrap-up and Q&A (10 minutes)

Your Instructors

  • Florencia Hourcouripé

    Florencia Hourcouripé works for Analytic Mood as an instructor and consultant specializing in Microsoft Power BI. After working as a business consultant in Argentina, she moved to Barcelona in 2017 and obtained her master’s degree in business intelligence and innovación tecnológica from the EAE Business School. She has worked to implement Power BI in several companies such as Louis Vuitton, Manpower, Ironhack, and Prosegur EEUU. Florencia is an active participant in the Power BI community and was a speaker at the 2022 Power BI Summit.

  • Nicolás Lagreste Zucchini

    Nicolás Lagreste Zucchini has served as a data expert and business analyst at NTT Data, Kabel Systems, Grupo Solutio and Analytic Mood, where he has been recognized for developing innovative solutions and deploying software and dashboards. He is responsible for Microsoft Power BI training and full lifecycle development of next-generation software, from initial requirement gathering to design, coding, testing, documentation, and implementation. His technical expertise includes cross-platform proficiency in different scripting/programming languages, including VB and SQL, and advanced knowledge of developer applications, tools, methodologies, and best practices including CI/CD, client/server architecture, design pattern, and quality assurance. Nicolas is an active participant in the Power BI community and spoke at the 2022 Power BI Summit. He graduated with distinction in business management and systems in 2015 at the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires. He has lately turned his focus to improving his knowledge in the field of programming and application development.