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Data Visualization in Power BI

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Overview

Power BI is a powerful data visualization tool that can be used in reports and dashboards.

Power BI has extraordinary visuals that can be used in reports and dashboards.
In this Power BI course, you’ll learn to create insightful visualizations through built-in and customized charts and conditional formatting. You’ll discover how to create a plethora of visualizations such as scatter plots, tornado charts, gauges, and how to visualize everything without overwhelming your audience.

Syllabus

The Audience is King
-​​In this first chapter, you'll get to understand how the target audience matters in visualization. You'll also be introduced to the UK clothing business sales database, which you’ll use throughout the course.

Getting an Emotional Response
-In the second chapter, you will learn how to build dashboards that connect on an emotional level, so they won't get forgotten about.

Reducing Cognitive Load
-In this chapter, we will learn how human memory works and why it is related to data visualization.

Less is More
-The last chapter is all about “less is more”. This will help you reduce the cognitive load for your dashboard’s users, making it easier for them to focus on the insights that matter.

Taught by

Kevin Feasel

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