Introduction to Power BI
4 Half Day Live Webinar
Instructor-Led
This Power BI course is focused on introducing users to the fundamentals of Power BI and DAX in a hands-on and interactive environment. Throughout the course, users will be guided through an end-to-end analytics scenario using a combination of lectures, demos, and hands-on labs to reinforce understanding of the data analysis process. Learn Power BI skills that will get you started with self-service business analytics and sharing discovered insights.
After completing this course, feel confident that you can create your own projects in Power BI. Topics covered in the course include Power Query Editor, Data Modeling, DAX, Visualizations, and more. Download the course syllabus for a full breakdown of course objectives.
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About Our Power BI Course
Course Objectives
The course objectives are to import, transform and cleanse data using Power Query Editor, build a data model for self-service reporting, manipulate the model with DAX , publish and share visualizations.
Duration
You will get 4 half days of an all access pass with our experienced instructors in this course. In other words, this is a 4 day course that runs from 9 am to 12:15 pm MST with time built in for asking questions.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course but previous experience with an analytics tool such as Excel is an asset. More realistically, the prerequisites for this course are a fun attitude and a desire to learn!
Canada Alberta Job Grant
By taking both the Introduction to Power BI and Intermediate Power BI courses, your employer may qualify for the Canada Alberta Job Grant for training funding. You have to start the first courses within 6 month of being approved for the funding and complete the second course within 52 weeks of the introductory training course start date.
Course Set Up
Download the latest version of Microsoft Power BI Desktop and get access to Power BI Service by signing in to powerbi.microsoft.com with your work or school email.
Location
This course is currently only available online (see COVID notice). Our online courses are run in Mountain Time and can be accessed around the world. When in-person events are available, our locations are Calgary and Edmonton.
What do I take next?
The best thing is to dive in and start working with Power BI. Try connecting your Excel data to Power BI. We suggest taking the Intermediate Power BI course 3-6 months after the Introduction to Power BI Course.
COVID Notice
All of our events will be delivered online until further notice due to COVID-19.
Accelerate Your Insights With Our Power BI Training
Power BI is a unified self-service & enterprise Business Intelligence platform.
It is the leading data visualization and interactive reporting tool from Microsoft, focused on aiding users to connect, analyze, visualize their data and publish and collaborate on reports.
Learn Power BI to empower your organizations analytics to get results faster, become more strategic, and work together more effectively.
Meet Our Instructors
Chris Sorensen
Chris Sorensen CPA, CGA, is the Founder and President of Iteration Insights, a tech-enabled data analytics solutions provider based in Calgary, Alberta.
He is a Microsoft Certified Data Analyst Associate and Microsoft Certified Trainer with a combined 20+ years of industry and teaching experience. As an adjunct instructor of the Business Intelligence program at SAIT, he plays a significant role in shaping new talent in Calgary’s emerging tech sector. Following his lifelong learning approach, Chris also coordinates both Power Platform and Azure Analytics User Groups, providing a space dedicated to knowledge-sharing and growing Alberta’s tech community. His favourite hashtag is #neverstoplearning.
Tutu Hamid
Tutu is a Senior Analytics Consultant and Microsoft Certified Instructor at Iteration Insights. As well as, an active member of the Power BI Super User Group.
He acquired his Master’s degree in Microsystems Technology in Germany and in 2018 he decided to pivot into Data Analytics. His primary focus is Microsoft Power BI with experience in the Enterprise Deployment, Development, and Governance. He also leads corporate and public Power BI trainings and teaches data analytics at SAIT. For fun, Tutu enjoys solving DAX challenges.