Create a Compelling Power BI Dashboard via a Canned App

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Create a Compelling Power BI Dashboard via a Canned App

Experience the satisfaction of producing a cool dashboard — with non-trivial data — without having to know how to query data or write a Power BI report.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 25, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Register for Power BI
1. Register your email with Microsoft (if necessary), and sign up for a free subscription to Power BI Pro or Power BI Premium.
2. Log in to Power BI Service, the browser-based user experience for Power BI.
Challenge

Install GitHub Power BI App

While in the Power BI service, find and install the Github Repository Usage app.
Challenge

Interact with GitHub Dashboard
1. Drill into details by selecting any tile on the dashboard.
2. Drill into details by selecting a report from the menu.
3. Optional: Ask a question of the data.
4. Optional: Connect the GitHub app to live data on a GitHub repository. (You must first have a GitHub login.)

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