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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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Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 03, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. 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.

  2. Challenge

    Install GitHub Power BI App

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

  3. 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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Pluralsight Skills

Pluralsight Skills gives leaders confidence they have the skills needed to execute technology strategy. Technology teams can benchmark expertise across roles, speed up release cycles and build reliable, secure products. By leveraging our expert content, skill assessments and one-of-a-kind analytics, keep up with the pace of change, put the right people on the right projects and boost productivity. It's the most effective path to developing tech skills at scale.

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

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We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

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Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.
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