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Data Dashboards in Power BI

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Build and use optimal data dashboards with Microsoft Power BI. Make your findings easy to understand through the design and customized setup of visuals and charts.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Building data dashboards in Power BI
  • What you should know
  • Setting up the Power BI model
  • Building the Power BI ecosystem
  • Choosing colors
1. Working with Data
  • Configuring table and matrix visuals
  • Building hierarchies
  • Creating lists and bins
  • Applying filters
  • Building and using DAX formulas
  • Using quick measures formulas
  • Formatting visuals
  • Adding color gradients to heatmaps
  • Utilizing report themes
2. Visualizing Data
  • Visualizing time-intelligence trends
  • Using column charts to visualize trends
  • Ranking categorical totals
  • Comparing proportions
  • Setting up histograms
  • Utilizing scatter plots
  • Challenge: Visualizing data
  • Solution: Visualizing data
3. Comparing Multiple Variables
  • Analytics options: Reference, trend, and forecast lines
  • Creating sparklines to quickly view trends
  • Leveraging box plots and violin plots
  • Visualizing flows with Sankey charts
  • Examining key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Challenge: Analyzing multiple variables
  • Solution: Analyzing multiple variables
4. Mapping Options
  • Exploring map options
  • Shape map visual
  • Drilling through map levels
  • Mapping flow patterns
  • Challenge: Map visuals
  • Solution: Map visuals
5. Putting It All Together
  • Customing tooltips
  • Configuring chiclet slicers
  • Displaying Top N rankings
  • Syncing slicers between pages
  • Creating dashboards
  • Adding nudge prompts to promote interactions
6. Sharing Your Work
  • Creating a phone view
  • Publishing to Power BI service
  • Sharing Power BI models
Conclusion
  • Getting more out of Power BI

Taught by

Helen Wall

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