From Excel to Power BI (Coursera)

We will help you to build fundamental Power BI knowledge and skills, including:

• Importing data from Excel and other locations into Power BI.

• Understanding the Power BI environment and its three Views.

• Building beginner-to-moderate level skills for navigating the Power BI product.

• Exploring influential relationships within datasets.

• Designing Power BI visuals and reports.

• Building effective dashboards for sharing, presenting, and collaborating with peers in Power BI Service.

For this course you will need:

• A basic understanding of data analysis processes in Excel.

• At least a free Power BI licensed account, including:

• The Power BI desktop application.

• Power BI Online in Microsoft 365.

Course duration is approximately three hours. Learning is divided into five modules, the fifth being a cumulative assessment. The curriculum design includes video lessons, interactive learning using short, how-to video tutorials, and practice opportunities using COMPLIMENTARY DATASETS. Intended audiences include business students, small business owners, administrative assistants, accountants, retail managers, estimators, project managers, business analysts, and anyone who is inclined to make data-driven business decisions. Join us for the journey!

What You Will Learn

Learners will be instructed in how to make use of Excel and Power BI to collect, maintain, share and collaborate, and to make data driven decisions

Syllabus

WEEK 1

From Excel to Power BI

Many of the same data management tools and mechanisms exist across both Microsoft Excel and Power BI. This means Excel users are uniquely positioned to transition to data modeling and visualization in Power BI! Using methods that will feel familiar, you can learn to use Power BI to make data-driven business decisions using large volumes of data. We will help you to build fundamental Power BI knowledge and skills, including: importing data from Excel and other locations into Power BI; understanding the Power BI environment and its three Views; building beginner-to-moderate level skills for navigating the Power BI product; exploring influential relationships within datasets; designing Power BI visuals and reports; and building effective dashboards for sharing, presenting, and collaborating with peers in Power BI Service. Join us for the journey!