From Data to Insights With Power BI

Power BI allows business users to analyze data and share insights across all levels of an organization. It gives an end-to-end view of important metrics and key performance indicators through intuitive and interactive dashboards all in one place.

In this Lesson, you will learn about several Power BI tools that would help you enhance reports to expose insights and present them in a way that appeals to a wide range of end-users.

Learning Objectives

• Understand how to apply conditional formatting, slicers, and filters
• Perform top N analysis
• Explore statistical summary
• Use the Q&A visual
• Add a Quick Insights result to a report
• Understand when and where to create reference lines by using the Analytics pane
• Learn when and where to use the Play Axis feature of a visualization
• Understand how to personalize visuals

Intended Audience

• Beginners to data analytics
• Business analysts
• Business intelligence developers
• Business intelligence managers
• Anyone who wants to learn about Power BI

Prerequisites

• Microsoft Power BI Desktop for PC/Windows users (free download)
• Familiarity with preparing data using Power BI
• Familiarity with modeling data using Power BI
• A basic understanding of Power Query, Power Pivot, and DAX is a plus but not required