DA-100: Microsoft Power BI, Part 1 of 5: Get Started with a Project

Course description

Data Science is a growing field, this initial course in Power BI describes what Power BI is as well as gets started with a project. Data Analysts are responsible for designing and building scalable data models, cleaning and transforming data, and enabling advanced analytic capabilities that provide meaningful business value through easy-to-comprehend data visualizations. The DA-100 Exam validates this expertise.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Prerequisites

Experience with Microsoft Excel, pivot tables and power pivot modelling is helpful.

Meet the expert

Nikolai Schuler

Nikolai is a mathematician and works as a data scientist in a large German company. He is focused mainly on gaining insights from data and creating a positive impact with this knowledge.

Video Runtime

52 Minutes

Time to complete

98 Minutes

Course Outline

Get Started

What is Power BI (37:46)

• Introduction (00:08)
• What is Power BI (03:01)
• Download & Installing Power BI Desktop (04:06)
• Getting to know the interface (02:43)
• Mini Project Transform Data (06:52)
• Mini Project Visualizing Data (05:07)
• Mini Project Data Model (07:21)
• What will you learn in this course (05:02)
• How Best to Learn (03:18)
• Summary (00:08)

Create Initial Project (14:26)

• Introduction (00:08)
• Creating our initial project file (04:08)
• Working with the attached project files (03:51)
• Exploring the Query Editor (06:11)
• Summary (00:08)