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Learn Data Storytelling: Power BI Techniques (Coursera)

Offered by Edureka,

Welcome to the Data Storytelling with Power BI course, where you'll embark on a journey to acquire practical expertise in data transformation and visualization. Leverage the potential of Power BI to craft narratives through structured data, leading to the discovery of more profound insights. Throughout this course, you'll explore the industry-specific applications of Power BI and delve into its various features and functionalities.

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By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
• Explain the different data sources present in Power BI Desktop.
• Demonstrate the use of Power Query Editor to clean and transform data.
• Manipulate data with the DAX formula and depict stories by using different visualization
techniques.
• Apply Power BI Service features to elevate the quality of your Reports and implement Dashboards
on Power BI Service.
• Create Reports and Dashboards on Power BI service utilizing its prevalent features.
• Implement Smart Narrative and Key Performance Indicators to enhance reports for a target
audience.
This course is designed for a diverse audience: freshers, data analyst, business analysts, business intelligence analyst and IT professionals who are looking to enhance their data analysis skills through Power BI.
Prior experience with Microsoft Excel or spreadsheet applications can be beneficial when working with Power BI.
Embark on an educational voyage to master Microsoft Power BI and enhance your skills in creating efficient Reports and Dashboards using the Power BI ecosystem.
This course is part of the Mastering Power BI for Data Analytics & Storytelling Specialization.

Syllabus

Data Modeling and Transformation
In this module, you will explore the world of business intelligence and derive stories from data and present them to a targeted audience. You will also learn to identify and implement transformations in data for visualization with Power BI Desktop.

Data Analysis Expression (DAX)
In this module, you will learn to manipulate data with DAX formulas to create measures and columns, operate these transformations with the help of DAX functions, and create relationships to manage data.

Data Visualization
In this module, you will learn to create data visuals with the help of common charts and custom visuals and understand how they work. We will also learn about the best practices that are to be followed while building paginated reports and dashboards.

Power BI Service
In this module, you will learn about Power BI Service, make use of the features after publishing reports and dashboards on the Service interface, manage Smart Narrative, use Q & A to draw more insights from data, secure reports and dashboards with security roles, and observe data lineage.

Course Wrap Up and Assessment
This module is designed to assess an individual on the various concepts and teachings covered in this course. Answer a comprehensive quiz which marks you as a learner who is confident in working with Power BI.

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