Microsoft Power BI Reporting Course - Online
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This one day course is ideal for those looking to gain a firm understanding of how to produce and publish powerful visual reports by using the Power BI desktop.
PREREQUISITES - An intermediate level of Excel and access to Office 365 is desirable.
COURSE BENEFITS
• Learn to use PowerBi (Business Intelligence) Desktop to create highly visual reports and dashboard that can easily be shared with others.
• Get an understanding of how the reports and dashboards can interact with each other and the great level of interactivity the audience can use to drill, filter, and sort the reports.
COURSE CONTENT
Power BI Desktop Basics
• What is Power Bi Desktop
• Introducing the Power BI Ecosystem
• Getting started with Power BI Desktop
Digital Storytelling
• Purpose of creating dashboard/reports
• Planning Reports & Dashboards
• Structure Reports & Dashboards
• Simple Data connections
• Connect to Excel data (single table)
• Connect to a data model created in Power Bi Desktop
Simple Calculations
• Sum
• Average
• Divide
• Multiply
Power BI Standard Visuals
• Chart • Table
• Matrix • Treemap
• Funnel • Map
• KPI • Gauge
• Card • Multi Row Card
• Slicer
Custom Visuals
• Import and use custom visuals
Visuals Interactions
• How to use Images, Shapes, and Textboxes on pages, Buttons and Bookmarks
• Add navigation to report
• Add interactivity to reports using buttons
Drill/Filter & Sort
• Page level filters
• Report level filter
• Drill through levels in visuals
• Sort data in visuals
• Sort by column
Tooltip Page
• Control Tooltips
• Create Tooltip pages
• Set interaction between visuals and tooltip pages, Layout and Formatting
• Format visuals
• Format pages
• Work with themes
• Snap Object to Grid
• Use gridlines
• Lock Objects
• Selection Pane
• Conditional Colour formatting
Duration: 1 day
Date: Thursday 18th December 2025
Cost: Free to attend - Digital & Employment skills bitesize training fully funded by Welsh Government
Venue: Online
Course Delivery: This course will be delivered by PS Training.
Book online using the booking form below, call 01686 628778 or email sam@mwmg.org
If there are no spots available and you wish to be added to the reserve list in case of cancellation please email sam@mwmg.org