In this course, Getting Started with Power BI, you will gain a fundamental understanding of the capabilities of Power BI.

You’ll start out with seeing how you can quickly and easily gather data from a variety of sources, and then cleanse and transform that data with just a few clicks.

Next, you’ll also learn how you can enhance the results by integrating disparate data sources and adding simple calculations. Then, you’ll learn how to explore your data with visualizations and simple dashboards.

Finally, you’ll learn what steps are necessary to keep your data up-to-date.

By the end of this Power BI tutorial, you’ll have a firm understanding of the basic skills required for using Power BI to acquire and transform data, enhance the data for analysis, and produce reports and dashboards.
Author Name: Stacia Misner Varga
Author Description:
Stacia Misner Varga is an instructor, author, and principal consultant of Data Inspirations. Her career spans more than 30 years, with a focus on improving business practices through technology. Since 2000, she has provided consulting and education services for Microsoft’s data platform and authored or co-authored many books covering this topic. In addition, Stacia has been a frequent speaker over the years at technology conferences worldwide.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Introducing Power BI
  29mins
• Getting Data
  18mins
• Transforming Data
  32mins
• Modeling Data for Analysis
  34mins
• Enhancing the Data Model
  22mins
• Visualizing Data
  38mins
• Refreshing Data
  18mins