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Power BI Course: Build Job-Ready BI & Dashboard Skills
4 students

Power BI Course: Build Job-Ready BI & Dashboard Skills

Learn Power BI skills with industry-aligned tools—so you can get job-ready.
Created byExcelR EdTech
Last updated 4/2026
English
English

What you'll learn

  • Set up Power BI Desktop and understand the workspace (Reports, Data, Model views).
  • Connect to data sources, including Excel, CSV files, SQL databases, web sources, SharePoint, and cloud platforms.
  • Develop a robust data model with relationships, cardinality, cross-filter direction, and star schema fundamentals.
  • Write essential DAX for measures and calculations (CALCULATE, FILTER, time intelligence, KPI measures).
  • Create core visuals: bar/line charts, cards, matrix, maps, slicers, tooltips, and custom visuals.
  • Build interactive dashboards with drill-down, drill-through, bookmarks, buttons, page navigation, and filters.
  • Publish and share dashboards using Power BI Service, workspaces, apps, and sharing controls.
  • Create refresh-ready reports with scheduled refresh, gateways, and basic performance best practices.

Course content

17 sections105 lectures17h 5m total length
  • Power BI Overview, Installation, and Setting13:40

    Explore data visualization with Power BI, learn its desktop and service ecosystem, understand end-to-end development from ingestion to dashboard sharing, and follow a guided installation checklist.

  • Basic Visuals11:36

    Explore the Power BI interface, load sample financial data, and create a stacked bar chart to visualize sales by country. Format visuals and data labels for clear insights.

  • Difference Between Power BI Desktop and Power Query3:36

    Explore the differences between Power BI Desktop and Power Query Editor, and learn how Power Query Editor transforms and cleans data, merges queries, and loads data into visuals.

  • Power Query5:04

    Explore Power Query to transform data by adding sources, entering data manually, selecting columns and rows, and applying transforms like transpose and merge.

  • Basic Dashboard Using Financial Data With the Help Chart and Slicer22:51

    Create a quick Power BI dashboard from financial data, highlighting sales, profit, units sold, and gross sales with a slicer, pie, bar, column, and line charts.

Requirements

  • No prior background in BI is required—this course starts from the basics.
  • Willingness to practise by building reports, dashboards, and measures.
  • A good computer. (64-bit CPU, atleast 4GB RAM)

Description

In today’s data-driven workplace, teams don’t just need data—they need dashboards that make decisions easier. Microsoft Power BI is one of the most widely used business intelligence platforms for reporting, analytics, and data storytelling across industries.

This course gives you a practical foundation in Power BI. You’ll start with data connections and simple visuals, then move step by step into Power Query, data modelling, DAX, dashboard interactivity, and publishing to the Power BI Service. Along the way, you’ll work with realistic datasets and build reports that mirror what companies expect in analytics and BI roles.

By the end, you’ll be confident in building professional dashboards, analysing datasets, and sharing insights—preparing you for roles in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Reporting, and Consulting.


Skills You’ll Master

  • Data Preparation: Clean and shape datasets with Power Query.

  • Data Modelling: Build relationships and analytics-ready models.

  • DAX & Measures: Create KPIs, calculations, and time-based insights.

  • Dashboard Building: Design interactive reports with filters and navigation.

  • Storytelling with Data: Communicate insights clearly with business-ready visuals.

  • Publishing & Sharing: Deploy reports in the Power BI Service with basic refresh settings.


Benefits

  • Learn by Doing: Build dashboards using real-world datasets.

  • Business-Ready Reporting: Create reports that enable leadership to act.

  • Faster Analysis: Replace manual reporting with automated dashboards.

  • Scalable Skills: Transfer what you learn to advanced analytics and BI roles.

  • Portfolio Value: Finish with report dashboards you can showcase.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginners starting a career in analytics, reporting, or data visualisation.
  • Students and fresh graduates preparing for BI/data roles.
  • Professionals in business, finance, HR, operations, or consulting who need better dashboards.
  • Data analysts and business analysts are expanding their BI toolkit.
  • Managers and team leads who want more transparent reporting and insight tracking.
  • Entrepreneurs and freelancers presenting insights to clients and stakeholders.