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Build Power BI visuals and reports

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Overview

  • Module 1: Gathering appropriate inputs to scope your report design requirements involves identifying your audience, determining the suitable report types, and defining their interface and experience requirements. This module provides you with a strong foundation on which to learn how to plan your report design requirements.

    In this module, you will:

    • Determine business goals.
    • Identify your audience.
    • Determine report types.
    • Define user interface requirements.
    • Define user experience requirements.
  • Module 2: Because Power BI includes more than 30 core visuals, it can be challenging for a beginner to select the correct visual. This module will guide you through selecting the most appropriate visual type to meet your design and report layout requirements.

    In this module, you will:

    • Learn about the structure of a Power BI report.
    • Learn about report objects.
    • Select the appropriate visual type to use.
  • Module 3: Report filtering is a complex topic because many techniques are available for filtering a Microsoft Power BI report. However, with complexity comes control, allowing you to design reports that meet requirements and expectations.

    In this module, you will:

    • Design reports for filtering.
    • Design reports with slicers.
    • Design reports by using advanced filtering techniques.
    • Apply consumption-time filtering.
    • Select appropriate report filtering techniques.
  • Module 4: Enhance Power BI report designs for the user experience

    In this module, you will:

    • Design reports to show details.
    • Design reports to highlight values.
    • Design reports that behave like apps.
    • Work with bookmarks.
    • Design reports for navigation.
    • Work with visual headers.
    • Design reports with built-in assistance.
    • Use specialized visuals.
  • Module 5: You'll learn how to use Power BI to perform data analytical functions, how to identify outliers in your data, how to group data together, and how to bin data for analysis. You'll also learn how to perform time series analysis. Finally, you'll work with advanced analytic features of Power BI, such as Quick Insights, AI Insights, and the Analyze feature.

    In this module, you'll:

    • Explore statistical summary.
    • Identify outliers with Power BI visuals.
    • Group and bin data for analysis.
    • Apply clustering techniques.
    • Conduct time series analysis.
    • Use the Analyze feature.
    • Use advanced analytics custom visuals.
    • Review Quick insights.
    • Apply AI Insights.
  • Module 6: Paginated reports allow report developers to create Power BI artifacts that have tightly controlled rendering requirements. Paginated reports are ideal for creating sales invoices, receipts, purchase orders, and tabular data. This module will teach you how to create reports, add parameters, and work with tables and charts in paginated reports.

    In this module, you will:

    • Get data.
    • Create a paginated report.
    • Work with charts and tables on the report.
    • Publish the report.

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Module 1: Scope report design requirements
    • Introduction
    • Identify the audience
    • Determine report types
    • Define user interface requirements
    • Define user experience requirements
    • Explore report designs
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Module 2: Design Power BI reports
    • Introduction
    • Design the analytical report layout
    • Design visually appealing reports
    • Report objects
    • Select report visuals
    • Select report visuals to suit the report layout
    • Format and configure visualizations
    • Work with key performance indicators
    • Exercise - Design a report in Power BI desktop
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Module 3: Configure Power BI report filters
    • Introduction to designing reports for filtering
    • Apply filters to the report structure
    • Apply filters with slicers
    • Design reports with advanced filtering techniques
    • Consumption-time filtering
    • Select report filter techniques
    • Case study - Configure report filters based on feedback
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Module 4: Enhance Power BI report designs for the user experience
    • Design reports to show details
    • Design reports to highlight values
    • Design reports that behave like apps
    • Work with bookmarks
    • Design reports for navigation
    • Work with visual headers
    • Design reports with built-in assistance
    • Tune report performance
    • Optimize reports for mobile use
    • Exercise - Enhance Power BI reports
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 5: Module 5: Perform analytics in Power BI
    • Introduction to analytics
    • Explore statistical summary
    • Identify outliers with Power BI visuals
    • Group and bin data for analysis
    • Apply clustering techniques
    • Conduct time series analysis
    • Use the Analyze feature
    • Create what-if parameters
    • Use specialized visuals
    • Exercise - Perform Advanced Analytics with AI Visuals
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 6: Module 6: Create paginated reports
    • Introduction to paginated reports
    • Get data
    • Create a paginated report
    • Work with charts on the report
    • Publish the report
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary

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