# PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Course (Self-Paced)

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/pl-300-microsoft-power-bi-data-analyst-course-self-paced>

## Overview

This course will discuss the various methods and best practices that are in line with business and technical requirements for modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data with Power BI. The course will also show how to access and process data from a range of data sources, including both relational and non-relational data. This course will also explore how to implement proper security standards and policies across the Power BI spectrum, including datasets and groups. The course will also discuss how to manage and deploy reports and dashboards for sharing and content distribution.

## What you'll learn

- Ingest, clean, and transform data.
- Model data for performance and scalability.
- Design and create reports for data analysis.
- Apply and perform advanced report analytics.
- Manage and share report assets.

## Curriculum

**Module 1 Get Started with Microsoft Data Analytics**

- Data Analytics and Microsoft
- Getting Started with Power BI

**Module 2 Getting Data in Power BI**

- Data Analytics and Microsoft
- Optimize Performance
- Resolve Data Errors

**Module 3 Cleaning, Transforming, and Loading Data in Power BI**

- Shaping the Data
- Profiling the Data
- Enhance the data structure

**Module 4 Design a Data Model in Power BI**

- Introduction to data modeling
- Working with tables
- Dimensions and Hierarchies
- Create Model Relationships
- Configure Tables and Column Properties
- Create hierarchies

**Module 5 Create Model Calculations using DAX in Power BI**

- Introduction to DAX
- Real-time dashboards
- Advanced DAX
- Create calculated tables
- Create calculated columns
- Create measures
- Use the CALCULATE() function to manipulate filter context
- Use Time Intelligence functions

**Module 6 Optimize Model Performance in Power BI**

- Optimize the data model for performance
- Optimize DirectQuery Models

**Module 7 Create Reports in Power BI**

- Design a report
- Enhance the report
- Create and configure Sync Slicers
- Create a drillthrough page
- Apply conditional formatting
- Create and use Bookmarks
- Design a report
- Configure visual fields and format properties

**Module 8 Create Dashboards in Power BI**

- Create a Dashboard
- Real-time Dashboards
- Enhance a Dashboard
- Create a Dashboard
- Pin visuals to a Dashboard
- Use Q&A to create a dashboard tile

**Module 9 Identify Patterns and Trends in Power BI**

- Advanced Analytics
- Data Insights through AI visuals
- Create animated scatter charts
- Use the visual to forecast values

**Module 10 Create and Manage Workspaces in Power BI**

- Creating Workspaces
- Sharing and Managing Assets

**Module 11 Manage Files and Datasets in Power BI**

- Parameters
- Datasets

**Module 12 Row-level Security in Power BI**

- Security in Power BI
- Configure many-to-many relationships
- Enforce row-level security

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $1739