Power BI - Short Introduction

Name: Power BI - Short Introduction
Rating: 4.3 (9 reviews)

A short overview on Power BI

Created byFabian Gaußling

Last updated 11/2025

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

How to import data from an Excel file
How to do basic transformations
How to create a simple report page
How to publish your report to the Power BI cloud

Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 1h 26m total length

Introduction to Power BI12:38
Import an Excel file into Power BI, transform and clean data with the Power Query editor, build a report with visuals, and publish it to the Power BI cloud.
Load an Excel file into Power BI10:59
Load an Excel file into Power BI, use Get Data and the navigator to import and preview sheets, then build a chart and explore data transformations with Power Query editor.
Transform data23:44
Transform your data in Power BI using the Power Query Editor to edit queries, apply steps, and refresh data from Excel, creating calculated columns like revenue.
Create your first report page24:29
Design your first Power BI report page with hands-on chart creation, data field placement, and formatting to build interactive dashboards using charts, matrices, slicers, and filters.
Publish your report14:45
Publish your report from Power BI Desktop to the cloud, manage workspaces and licenses, share with colleagues, and control editing rights and access.

Requirements

Nothing. This course is designed for beginners in the Power BI topic.

Description

Would you like to learn how to use Power BI to effectively prepare and evaluate your data?

Then you've come to the right place!

In the Power BI video course, you will learn how to create appealing reports from data from different systems in the shortest possible time. The aim of the course is to significantly simplify your daily work through the sensible use of Microsoft Power BI.

In this short Power BI training, you will learn in 5 steps how to turn your Excel based data into a Power BI report in the Power BI cloud. You will first import your Excel data, do basic calculations and how to create a report page on top of it. Finally you will publish your report to the Power BI cloud in order to share it with other people.

The course is based on an end-to-end training example. The data and the finished model are also included in the course. You can download them from the authors webpage (Link is included).

This course is a very good starting point if you want to delve into Power BI. When you have completed this course there are many options how to deepen your knowledge.

Who this course is for:

Beginners in Power BI