Power BI Data Visualization and Dashboard Tips, Tricks, & Techniques

Power BI Data Visualization and Dashboard Tips, Tricks, & Techniques

1h 59mBeginner2021-03-23

Authors

Emma Saunders

Emma Saunders

Data Consultant specializing in data visualization on the web

Course details

Power BI is a software that lets users visualize and report data flexibly and share it in a number of ways. It is rapidly gaining market share, as it is affordable and well-integrated with other Microsoft tools. In this course, instructor Emma Saunders shows you how you can use Power BI to create reports and visualizations with flair and share them easily with colleagues. Emma explains the Power BI app (desktop) and service (web browser). She takes you through a sample report to show how it’s built, then goes over how and why to design and structure a report, including how to structure tabs, how many visuals to put on a page, and how to draw attention to one visual over another. Emma covers more advanced visuals, as well, including statistical diagrams and maps for geographic data. She walks you through how to design reports like a pro in the Power BI service, from basic layouts to choosing specific themes and fonts.

Skills covered

Power BITips, Tricks, & TechniquesData VisualizationBusiness AnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceData AnalysisData ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft

Concepts

Introduction

  • Data visualization and reporting in Power BI
  • Who this course is for
  • What is Power BI

Get Started in Power BI

  • Power BI Desktop and service
  • Power BI licensing and trial account
  • Use a sample report to learn Power BI navigation
  • What your users can do with a report

Editing and Creating Simple Visuals in Power BI

  • Edit mode in Power BI service
  • Create a bar chart from a dataset
  • Filter data for line and area charts
  • Show single numbers with KPIs, cards, and gauges
  • Proportion data with pies and treemaps

More Advanced Visuals

  • Distribution analysis with scatterplot and histogram
  • Challenge - Find and download a boxplot
  • Solution - Find and download a boxplot
  • Explore data with process and segment analysis
  • Make a map or filled map for geographic data
  • Challenge - Visualize flight paths
  • Solution - Visualize flight paths
  • Explore data with a table, matrix, slicer, Q&A

Design a Report like a Pro in Power BI Service

  • When to make a new tab
  • How to lay out your report page for maximum effect
  • Use themes to change multiple colors or fonts
  • Use color and fonts well

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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