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Graduate School USA

PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Course

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Overview

Certification-oriented training for the PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst exam, covering the full analyst workflow: connecting to and optimizing data sources, cleaning and transforming data, designing data models with relationships and hierarchies, writing DAX calculated tables, columns and measures, optimizing model and DirectQuery performance, building reports with slicers, drillthrough, bookmarks and conditional formatting, creating dashboards including Q&A tiles, identifying patterns with AI visuals and forecasting, managing workspaces, files, datasets and parameters, and configuring row-level security. Suited to aspiring or working data analysts who want to produce and share business insights in Power BI.

Syllabus

Module 1 Get Started with Microsoft Data Analytics

  • Data Analytics and Microsoft
  • Getting Started with Power BI

Module 2 Getting Data in Power BI

  • Data Analytics and Microsoft
  • Optimize Performance
  • Resolve Data Errors

Module 3 Cleaning, Transforming, and Loading Data in Power BI

  • Shaping the Data
  • Profiling the Data
  • Enhance the data structure

Module 4 Design a Data Model in Power BI

  • Introduction to data modeling
  • Working with tables
  • Dimensions and Hierarchies
  • Create Model Relationships
  • Configure Tables and Column Properties
  • Create hierarchies

Module 5 Create Model Calculations using DAX in Power BI

  • Introduction to DAX
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Advanced DAX
  • Create calculated tables
  • Create calculated columns
  • Create measures
  • Use the CALCULATE() function to manipulate filter context
  • Use Time Intelligence functions

Module 6 Optimize Model Performance in Power BI

  • Optimize the data model for performance
  • Optimize DirectQuery Models

Module 7 Create Reports in Power BI

  • Design a report
  • Enhance the report
  • Create and configure Sync Slicers
  • Create a drillthrough page
  • Apply conditional formatting
  • Create and use Bookmarks
  • Design a report
  • Configure visual fields and format properties

Module 8 Create Dashboards in Power BI

  • Create a Dashboard
  • Real-time Dashboards
  • Enhance a Dashboard
  • Create a Dashboard
  • Pin visuals to a Dashboard
  • Use Q&A to create a dashboard tile

Module 9 Identify Patterns and Trends in Power BI

  • Advanced Analytics
  • Data Insights through AI visuals
  • Create animated scatter charts
  • Use the visual to forecast values

Module 10 Create and Manage Workspaces in Power BI

  • Creating Workspaces
  • Sharing and Managing Assets

Module 11 Manage Files and Datasets in Power BI

  • Parameters
  • Datasets

Module 12 Row-level Security in Power BI

  • Security in Power BI
  • Configure many-to-many relationships
  • Enforce row-level security

Taught by

Bruce Gay, Steve Pesklo, and Joe Mlakar

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