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Power BI Introduction Course

    Power BI Introduction Course

    This Power BI Introduction course aims to familiarize subscribers to Power BI Pro with the key features and operations of the Power BI service, as well as with the use of Power BI Desktop to prepare reports. Delegates will learn how to connect to local data sources and online services; customize and transform data sources to suit their own requirements; model data by creating relationships, calculated columns and measures; create reports using a wide variety of visualizations; publish reports to the Power BI service; distribute reports and dashboards both internally and to a wider audience; and schedule automatic refreshes of their datasets.

    We run our scheduled Power BI Introduction course online every month. We can also organise private instructor-led online courses tailored to the requirements of your organisation.

    Power BI Introduction – Next Scheduled Online Training Dates

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    Power BI Training Course Outline

    Getting started

    The key components of Power BI; What is Power BI Desktop; The Power BI service; Power BI free vs Power BI Pro; Power BI vs Excel add-ins; Dashboards, reports and datasets

    Connecting to software services

    Understanding content packs for services; Google Analytics content pack; Salesforce content pack; Microsoft Dynamics CRM content pack

    Getting data into Power BI

    Connecting to data sources in the Power BI service; Connecting to data sources in Power BI Desktop; Importing excel workbooks; Importing Access databases; Connecting to SQL Server

    Cleaning up and transforming data

    Using the Query Editor; Creating a query; Understanding query steps; Automatically generated steps; Removing query steps; Modifying query steps; Renaming columns; Reordering and removing columns; Changing data types; The close & apply command

    Data modelling

    Working in data view; Working in relationship view; Auto-detection of table relationships; Creating table relationships manually; Setting cardinality; Cross filter direction

    Using DAX

    Creating Calculated columns; Creating measures; Understanding row context; Understanding filter context; The SUMX function; The CALCULATE function; The ALL function; The FILTER function; Using time intelligence functions

    Creating reports

    Working in report view; Creating tables and key metrics; Working with matrixes; Filtering data with slicers

    Creating visualizations

    Creating column and bar charts; Creating line and area charts; Creating scatter charts; Treemap visualizations; Using charts as slicers; Using maps with geographical data; Using custom visuals in your reports

    Publishing content

    Publishing Power BI Desktop reports; Printing and exporting dashboards and reports; Creating Groups in the Power BI service; Creating content Packs; Assigning groups to content packs; Sharing dashboards with your organization; Publishing reports to the web; Embedding a report in a web page

    Creating Power BI Mobile Content

    Optimising visuals for small viewports; Creating a phone version of a dashboard; Creating phone-optimised reports

    Consuming and customizing content

    Browsing group content; Using content packs; Creating read-only versions; Using Quick Insights in Power BI; Creating dashboards from your reports; Querying with natural language; Creating custom Q & A suggestions

    Refreshing content

    Setting up a personal gateway; Customizing dataset refresh settings; Scheduling a refresh frequency; Setting up enterprise gateways; Managing enterprise gateways; Adding and removing data sources, Creating live connections to data


    Scheduled Instructor-Led Online Courses

    We run this scheduled Power BI training course regularly as a public, instructor-led online course. Our online classes are small, with a maximum of eight delegates and each person is given remote access to a computer in our training centre and provided with lots of opportunities to practice all of the techniques being taught.

    Private Online Training Courses

    Training Location for Scheduled Courses

    All of our scheduled public courses are now run online. When we resume the running of our in-person scheduled training courses, they will take place at the following address:
    Tower Bridge Business Centre
    46-48 East Smithfield
    London E1W 1AW
    Tel: 0800 998 9248

    Private Instructor-Led Online Training

    If you have several staff members that need to complete this training, we can arrange a private instructor-led online training course tailored to the requirements of your organisation. Each person is given remote access to a computer in our training centre and provided with lots of opportunities to practice all of the techniques being taught remotely. This means that your staff can attend a course either in the office or from home.

    Private Online Training Courses

    On-site Training

    For the moment, we have replaced on-site training with private online courses. When booking on-site training, use the pricing zone map below to determine the daily rate based on the location of your organization: zone A, £795, per day; zone B, £895, per day; zone C, £995, per day.

    Price Zones

    Power BI Training Prices for UK Delivery

    The fee for running in-house Power BI courses in Colchester is £795, per day.
    The cost for running customized Power BI courses in Luton is £795, per day.
    Our fee for delivering customized Power BI training in Tyneside is £895, per day.
    The charge for running customized Power BI training in Liverpool is £895, per day.
    Our price for delivering on-site Power BI courses in Medway Towns is £895, per day.
    The fee for running customized Power BI training in Doncaster is £895, per day.
    The fee for running customized Power BI training in Exeter is £895, per day.
    Our charge for delivering on-site Power BI courses in Farnborough/Aldershot is £895, per day.
    The charge for running customized Power BI training in Greater Manchester is £895, per day.
    Our charge for delivering Microsoft Power BI courses in Chesterfield is £895, per day.
    Our price for supplying on-site Power BI courses in Reading is £795, per day.
    Our price for delivering on-site Power BI courses in Blackpool is £895, per day.
    Our fee for delivering in-house Power BI courses in High Wycombe is £895, per day.
    The charge for running Microsoft Power BI courses in Chelmsford is £895, per day.
    The fee for running on-site Power BI training in Edinburgh is £995, per day.
    Our price for delivering in-house Power BI courses in Oxford is £895, per day.
    Our price for running on-site Power BI training in The West Midlands is £795, per day.
    The fee for running on-site Power BI training in Telford is £795, per day.
    The cost of supplying on-site Power BI courses in Accrington/Rossendale is £895, per day.
    Our charge for supplying Microsoft Power BI courses in Sunderland is £895, per day.
    Our price for supplying in-house Power BI courses in Derby is £795, per day.
    Our price for delivering customized Power BI courses in Basingstoke is £895, per day.
    Our price for delivering customized Power BI courses in Eastbourne is £895, per day.
    Our fee for delivering on-site Power BI training in Northampton is £895, per day.
    The fee for running customized Power BI training in Ireland is £995, per day.
    The charge for running in-house Power BI courses in Preston is £895, per day.
    Our price for running Microsoft Power BI courses in Sheffield is £895, per day.
    Our price for running customized Power BI training in Plymouth is £895, per day.
    Our price for supplying in-house Power BI courses in Slough is £895, per day.
    Our charge for supplying on-site Power BI training in Newport is £895, per day.
    The fee for running customized Power BI courses in Torquay is £895, per day.
    Our price for delivering customized Power BI courses in Burnley is £895, per day.
    Our fee for delivering customized Power BI courses in Ipswich is £895, per day.
    The fee for running on-site Power BI training in West Yorkshire is £795, per day.
    Our price for supplying Microsoft Power BI courses in Dundee is £995, per day.
    Our fee for delivering customized Power BI courses in Cardiff is £895, per day.
    Our fee for delivering Microsoft Power BI courses in Bristol is £895, per day.
    The fee for running customized Power BI training in Norwich is £795, per day.
    Our charge for supplying on-site Power BI courses in Birkenhead is £895, per day.
    Our charge for delivering customized Power BI courses in Coventry is £795, per day.
    Our fee for delivering on-site Power BI courses in Warrington is £895, per day.
    Our price for delivering in-house Power BI courses in Mansfield is £895, per day.
    The fee for running on-site Power BI courses in Greater Glasgow is £995, per day.
    The charge for running customized Power BI courses in Lincoln is £795, per day.
    Our charge for delivering customized Power BI training in Wigan is £895, per day.
    The cost for running in-house Power BI courses in Poole is £895, per day.
    The fee for running on-site Power BI courses in Worcester is £895, per day.
    The charge for running customized Power BI courses in Stoke-on-Trent is £795, per day.
    Our charge for supplying on-site Power BI courses in Maidstone is £895, per day.
    Our price for running customized Power BI training in Nottingham is £795, per day.
    Our price for supplying Microsoft Power BI courses in Basildon is £895, per day.
    The cost for running customized Power BI courses in Hastings is £895, per day.
    Our charge for delivering customized Power BI courses in Swindon is £895, per day.
    Our price for delivering customized Power BI training in Brighton and Hove is £895, per day.
    The cost of supplying Microsoft Power BI courses in Cheltenham is £895, per day.
    Our price for running on-site Power BI courses in Teesside is £895, per day.
    Our price for supplying customized Power BI training in Cambridge is £795, per day.
    The charge for running customized Power BI courses in Thanet is £895, per day.
    The charge for running customized Power BI courses in Birmingham is £795, per day.
    The cost of supplying on-site Power BI courses in Grimsby is £895, per day.
    The cost of supplying on-site Power BI courses in Burton-upon-Trent is £895, per day.
    Our price for supplying on-site Power BI courses in Greater London is £895, per day.
    The cost of supplying customized Power BI courses in Crawley is £895, per day.
    The fee for running in-house Power BI courses in York is £895, per day.
    Our charge for supplying customized Power BI training in Leicester is £795, per day.
    Our fee for delivering customized Power BI training in Southend-on-Sea is £895, per day.
    The cost of supplying in-house Power BI courses in South Hampshire is £895, per day.
    The cost for running customized Power BI training in Bedford is £895, per day.
    Our fee for delivering Microsoft Power BI courses in Barnsley is £895, per day.
    Our price for delivering in-house Power BI courses in Blackburn is £895, per day.
    Our price for running Microsoft Power BI courses in Gloucester is £895, per day.
    Our charge for supplying customized Power BI training in Bournemouth is £895, per day.
    Our price for supplying customized Power BI training in Aberdeen is £995, per day.
    The fee for running on-site Power BI courses in Peterborough is £795, per day.
    Our price for running customized Power BI courses in Milton Keynes is £795, per day.
    The cost for running customized Power BI courses in Kingston upon Hull is £895, per day.
    Our price for running Microsoft Power BI courses in Swansea is £895, per day.
    Our charge for supplying on-site Power BI training in Belfast is £995, per day.