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    Introduction to Microsoft Power BI
    Provider   Programme Management Office (PMO)

    This beginner online course introduces the essential features and techniques needed for creating engaging and interactive Power BI reports/dashboards.

Duration 2 hours

Course Type Online

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Target Audience: Staff

This course is designed to give Power BI beginners a solid grounding in the use of Microsoft Power BI.

It introduces the steps, features and techniques needed for creating and publishing engaging and interactive Power BI reports/dashboards.

*Please note: the two-hour duration is an estimate based on competing the entire course in a single session.  You are welcome to take as long as necessary like to complete the course.

 Topics:

  • What is Microsoft Power BI?
  • Power BI Desktop - installation and updates
  • The Power BI Desktop interface
  • How to create a report using SharePoint data
  • Exercise - create a report from SharePoint list data
  • How to create a report from an Excel spreadsheet
  • Exercise - create a report from an Excel spreadsheet
  • How to publish a report to the Power BI Service
  • Exercise - publish a report to the Power BI Service
  • The Power BI Service


Delivered By: Programme Management Office (PMO), Continuous Improvement Directorate

Prerequisites

The University's site licence for Power BI Pro covers non-manual staff only.

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