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Microsoft Power BI for Beginners: Get Started with Power BI

Name: Microsoft Power BI for Beginners: Get Started with Power BI
Rating: 4.4 (453 reviews)

Learn to analyze data and create beautiful dashboards with this Microsoft Power BI beginners course

Created bySimon Sez IT

Last updated 1/2026

English

What you'll learn

How to create stunning, interactive dashboards with Power BI
How to share your analysis and dashboards using Power Bi Online
To import CSV and Excel files into Power BI Desktop
All about DAX including using the COUTROWS, CALCULATE, and SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR functions
All about using the card visual to create summary information
How to create amazing visuals, such as clustered column charts, maps, and trend graphs
How to use Slicers to filter your reports
How to edit the interactions between your visualizations and filter at visualization, page, and report level

Course content

10 sections • 55 lectures • 6h 9m total length

Welcome and Overview2:51
WATCH ME: Essential Information for a Successful Training Experience2:03
DOWNLOAD ME: Course Demo Files (Section 2-4)0:24
DOWNLOAD ME: Course Demo Files (Section 5-8)0:24
DOWNLOAD ME: Course Exercise File0:23
DOWNLOAD ME: Course Transcript0:19
What is Power BI?4:22
Install Power BI Desktop2:08
A Tour of BI Desktop6:54
Explore Commonly Used Power BI Options5:23
Section 1 Quiz

Import Files from a Folder into Power BI Desktop12:29
Import and combine multiple CSV files from a folder in Power BI, transform data with Power Query, split product into product and location, and load the model.
Get Data from Excel and Text Files7:08
Changing Query Source4:14
Reference Queries to Create Additional Lookup Tables6:36
Normalize the model by creating a location lookup table from the sales prep query, referencing the source, removing duplicates, and adding an index column for fast Power BI queries.
Merge Queries in Power Query6:57
Prevent Queries from Loading into Power BI Desktop3:05
Practise Exercise0:37
Section 2 Quiz

READ ME: This Additional Training Is Optional0:11
Ten Excel Tips and Tricks - Part 143:23
Table of Contents/Timestamps
0:00 How to Use Excel Dark Mode
2:90 Using the Accounting Number Format Excel
7:45 How to Split Cells in Excel
11:19 How to Group Worksheets in Excel
13:50 How to Add Error Bars in Excel
17:53 How to Indent in Excel
21:28 Excel Format Painter - How to use it
26:02 How to Insert Checkboxes in Excel
34:27 How to Fix the Spill Error in Excel
38:27 How to Lock Cells in Excel
Ten Excel Tips and Tricks - Part 240:36
Table of Contents/Timestamps
0:00 How to Record a Macro in Excel
6:28 How to Delete a Named Range in Excel
10:39 How to Insert a Page Break in Excel
13:56 How to Fix Missing Scrollbar in Excel
17:26 How to Insert a Heat map in Excel
21:07 How to Fix the Name Error in Excel
26:18 How to Move Rows and Columns in Excel
30:06 How to Remove Space in Excel
32:52 How to Add Bullet Points in Excel
37:20 How to Make a Pie Chart in Excel
Ten Excel Tips and Tricks - Part 337:09
Ten Excel Tips and Tricks - Part 3 – Bonus
0:00 Freeze Rows in Excel
2:09 How to Convert Microsoft Excel to Word
5:23 How to Stop Excel rom Rounding
8:45 How to Calculate SUBTOTAL in Excel
12:02 How to Add an Excel Slicer
15:40 How to Graph a Function in Excel
19:42 How to Convert Text to Number in Excel
23:35 How to Copy Visible Cells Only
29:02 How to Add a Secondary Axis in Excel
37:32 How to Select Non-Adjacent Cells in Excel

Requirements

A good knowledge of MS Excel is advised but not necessary
Power BI Desktop installed on your machine is required to take the practice exercises

Description

**This course includes practice exercise files and LIFETIME access**

Learn Microsoft Power BI with this brilliant beginner course from Microsoft experts Simon Sez IT.

Power BI is an incredibly powerful, self-service Business Intelligence (BI) solution from Microsoft. It is the perfect Business Intelligence tool for people with limited technical experience.

In this Power BI course, we start by looking at Power Query, and how to use this tool to organize and clean our data. We then show you how to build a Data Model and relate separate tables. After that, we teach you all about the data analysis language DAX in Power BI. Finally, we look at how to present this data using the charts and graphs available.

In this course you will learn:

What is Power BI and why you should be using it.
To import CSV and Excel files into Power BI Desktop.
How to use Merge Queries to fetch data from other queries.
How to create relationships between the different tables of the data model.
All about DAX including using the COUTROWS, CALCULATE, and SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR functions.
All about using the card visual to create summary information.
How to use other visuals such as clustered column charts, maps, and trend graphs.
How to use Slicers to filter your reports.
How to use themes to format your reports quickly and consistently.
How to edit the interactions between your visualizations and filter at visualization, page, and report level.

***Exercise and demo files included***

This course includes:

4+ hours of video tutorials
45 individual video lectures
Exercise files to practice what you learned
Certificate of completion

Here’s what our students are saying…

"Brilliant course. I'm quite new to the world of POWER and this course has shown me what it can do in a way that a newbie can understand. Recommended. I will be looking for other courses by them."

- Andrew

"Very detailed course, really enjoyed the Power BI course. Simon has done a really good job explaining each process step. Looking forward to completing additional Power BI courses for advanced techniques."

- Martin

"I would highly recommend. The course was informative and easy to follow."

- Thomas

"Great match! Learning so much and I love the quick step by step videos."

- Vikki

Who this course is for:

Advanced Excel users

Microsoft Power BI for Beginners: Get Started with Power BI

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Course content

Introduction10 lectures • 25min

Getting and Transforming Data7 lectures • 41min

Data Modelling7 lectures • 34min

Introduction to DAX Measures6 lectures • 24min

Adding Visualizations to your Report9 lectures • 59min

Report Design4 lectures • 26min

Editing Interactions and Filters4 lectures • 26min

Power BI Service3 lectures • 13min

Closing1 lecture • 1min

Additional Training4 lectures • 2hr 1min

Requirements

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