Dashboard in a Day Using Power BI
Make the Most of Your Data
This one-day, hands-on, online workshop will cover the core capabilities of Power BI Power BI is a free interactive data visualization application developed by Microsoft with a primary focus on business intelligence that gives a single view of your data, that allows you to monitor and report on organizational data in real time No coding or algorithms are required!
“Everyone’ssittingonapileofdata.Let’s identifyabusinessquestion,andthengo getthedatatosolvethatquestion.”
-AmyPhillipsWhat You’ll Learn
Inthisone-dayworkshop,participantswilllearnto: Connectto,import,andtransformdatafroma varietyofsources
Usedatamodelingtoexploredatawithpowerful visualizations
BuildaninteractivedashboardandutilizethePower BIService
PleasenotethisisatechnologyheavyclassYouwillbe onlaptopsutilizingExcelandPowerBIformostofthe workshop.Thereisatwo-tothree-hourassignment whichneedstobecompletedoutsideofclasstime
Meet Your Faculty
Amy Phillips Daniels Executive Education
AmyLPhillipsisaformer professorofteachinginthe DepartmentofBusiness Information&Analytics,Daniels CollegeofBusiness,andisacore memberoftheExecutive EducationfacultyHerteaching andprofessionalinterestshave spannedtechnicalareasin businessincludingweb developmentanddatabase managementSheistheco-author oftheawardwinningandbestsellingtextbookBusinessDriven InformationSystemsAmyreceived herMEdineducationaltechnology in1995fromPlymouthState CollegeinNewHampshire,where shewasalecturerShejoinedthe UniversityofDenverfacultyin 2000Sheistheauthorofthe leadingMIStextbookintheworld, Business-DrivenInformation Systems,nowinitssecondedition
WhoShouldAttend
AvarietyofprofessionalswillbenefitfromtheDashboardina Dayworkshop:
Individualslookingtomakesenseoflargeamountsofdata
IndividualswithlimitedfamiliaritywithPowerBI
Alllevelsofprofessionalswhousedatatosell,marketand makedecisionsandarelookingtotransformdatainto actionableorganizationalintelligence
NopriorPowerBIexperienceisnecessary;afamiliarity withExcelisrecommended
Dashboard in a Day was a fantastic introduction to Power BI! The handson learning and Amy’s engaging teaching style made me confident that I could create powerful dashboards to help my team make better, datadriven decisions.
Workshop Agenda
Introduction to Power BI and Power BI Demo
DAY 1
Participant
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Module 1: Accessing and preparing the data (LO1)
Module 1: Accessing and preparing the data continued
Module 2: Data modeling and exploration (LO2)
Lunch
Module 3: Visualizations (LO2)
Module 4: Building a dashboard (optional Power BI service demo) (LO3)
Module 5: Collaboration and distribution (option Power BI service demo) (LO3)
Questions and Answers
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