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Getting Started with Power BI for Business Professionals

by Ben Howard

The aim of this course is to provide the business professional with the skills and knowledge to enable them to turn raw data into powerful visual reports by way of practical and relatable examples.

What you'll learn

The aim of this course is to provide the business professional with the skills and knowledge to enable them to turn raw data into powerful visual reports by way of practical and relatable examples. In this course, Getting Started with Power BI for Business Professionals, you will learn foundational knowledge of/gain the ability to end product/overall skill. First, you will take Twitter feeds and CSV files as raw data and build simple but very powerful visual dashboards. Next, you will manipulate and massage data to make sure the data is in the exact format you require. Finally, you will see how to create sophisticated reports that can be presented on laptop, browser, or mobile device. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to provide the type of data that today’s premier organizations require.

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Course Overview
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About the author

Ben is a Power BI & Data Specialist with a healthy interest in Microsoft BI and planning tools. He has over 30 years of customer and implementation experience, has been a Microsoft MVP for 14 years, is a frequent speaker at several European conferences, and blogs and creates videos on a semi-regular basis. He is actively engaged in providing consultancy to UK FTSE companies, and co-runs the Manchester Power BI User Group.

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