This course covers the various methods and best practices that are in line with business and technical requirements for modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data with Power BI. The course will show how to access and process data from a range of data sources including both relational and non-relational sources. Finally, this course will also discuss how to manage and deploy reports and dashboards for sharing and content distribution.

The audience for this course is data professionals and business intelligence professionals who want to learn how to accurately perform data analysis using Power BI. This course is also targeted at those individuals who develop reports that visualize data from the data platform technologies that exist both in the cloud and on-premises.

Before you start this learning path, you should be familiar with the Power BI Desktop application. You should also have a basic understanding of data analysis concepts and terminology, such as tables, relationships, and calculations.

Discover data analysis
• Introduction
• Overview of data analysis
• Roles in data
• Tasks of a data analyst
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Get started building with Power BI
• Introduction
• Use Power BI
• Building blocks of Power BI
• Tour and use the Power BI service
• Knowledge check
• Summary

Introduction to end-to-end analytics using Microsoft Fabric
• Introduction
• Explore end-to-end analytics with Microsoft Fabric
• Explore data teams and Microsoft Fabric
• Enable and use Microsoft Fabric
• Module assessment
• Summary

Get started with Copilot in Power BI
• Introduction
• Use Copilot in Power BI to prepare and model data
• Create reports with Copilot in Power BI
• Get your data ready for AI usage in Power BI
• Module assessment
• Summary

Get data in Power BI
• Introduction
• Get data from files
• Get data from relational data sources
• Create dynamic reports with parameters
• Get data from a NoSQL database
• Get data from online services
• Select a storage mode
• Get data from Azure Analysis Services
• Fix performance issues
• Resolve data import errors
• Exercise - Get data in Power BI
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Clean, transform, and load data in Power BI
• Introduction
• Shape the initial data
• Simplify the data structure
• Evaluate and change column data types
• Combine multiple tables into a single table
• Profile data in Power BI
• Use Advanced Editor to modify M code
• Exercise - Load data in Power BI Desktop
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Choose a Power BI model framework
• Introduction
• Describe Power BI model fundamentals
• Determine when to develop an import model
• Determine when to develop a DirectQuery model
• Determine when to develop a composite model
• Choose a model framework
• Module assessment
• Summary

Configure a semantic model
• Introduction
• Configure relationships
• Configure tables
• Configure columns
• Configure hierarchies
• Configure measures
• Configure parameters
• Exercise - Configure a semantic model in Power BI Desktop
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Write DAX formulas for semantic models
• Introduction
• Understand DAX calculation types
• Write DAX formulas
• DAX data types
• Work with DAX functions
• Use DAX operators
• Use DAX variables
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Create DAX calculations in semantic models
• Introduction
• Create calculated tables
• Create calculated columns
• Understand implicit measures
• Create explicit measures
• Use iterator functions
• Exercise - Create DAX calculations
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Modify DAX filter context in semantic models
• Introduction
• Understand filter context
• Modify filter context
• Use filter modifier functions
• Examine filter context
• Perform context transition
• Exercise - Modify DAX filter context
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Use DAX time intelligence functions in semantic models
• Introduction
• Use DAX time intelligence functions
• Additional time intelligence calculations
• Exercise - Use time intelligence functions
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Create visual calculations in Power BI Desktop
• Introduction
• Understand visual calculations
• Create visual calculations
• Use parameters in visual calculations
• Exercise - Create visual calculations in Power BI Desktop
• Module assessment
• Summary

Scope report design requirements
• Introduction
• Identify the audience
• Determine report types
• Define user interface requirements
• Define user experience requirements
• Explore designs in a Power BI report
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Design Power BI reports
• Introduction
• Design the analytical report layout
• Design visually appealing reports
• Use report objects
• Select report visuals
• Apply filters and slicers to reports
• Understand filtering techniques and considerations
• Case study - Configure report filters based on feedback
• Exercise - Design Power BI reports
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Enhance Power BI report designs for the user experience
• Introduction
• Design reports to show details
• Design reports to highlight values
• Design reports that behave like apps
• Work with bookmarks
• Design reports for navigation
• Work with visual headers
• Design reports with built-in assistance
• Tune report performance
• Optimize reports for mobile use
• Exercise - Enhance Power BI reports
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Perform analytics in Power BI
• Introduction to analytics
• Explore statistical summary
• Identify outliers with Power BI visuals
• Group and bin data for analysis
• Apply clustering techniques
• Conduct time series analysis
• Use the Analyze feature
• Create what-if parameters
• Use specialized visuals
• Exercise - Perform analytics in Power BI
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Manage workspaces in Power BI service
• Introduction
• Understand Power BI service
• Understand workspaces
• Publish to Power BI service
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Manage semantic models in Power BI
• Introduction
• Use a Power BI gateway to connect to on-premises data sources
• Configure a semantic model scheduled refresh
• Configure incremental refresh settings
• Manage and promote semantic models
• Boost performance with query caching (Fabric or Premium capacity)
• Use lineage and impact analysis
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Choose a content distribution method for Power BI.
• Introduction
• Understand sharing models
• Create a Power BI app
• Create and manage org apps
• Apply data governance principles
• Track report or dashboard usage
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Create dashboards in Power BI
• Introduction to dashboards
• Configure data alerts
• Explore data with Copilot for Power BI
• Review Quick insights
• Add a dashboard theme
• Pin a live report page to a dashboard
• Set mobile view
• Exercise - Create dashboards in Power BI
• Check your knowledge
• Summary

Secure data access in Power BI
• Introduction
• Configure row-level security with the static method
• Configure row-level security with the dynamic method
• Use single sign-on (SSO) for DirectQuery sources
• Restrict access to Power BI model objects
• Exercise - Enforce row-level security in Power BI
• Check your knowledge
• Summary