Course : Power BI: Advanced
Practical course - 2d
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 | Use the language M to create optimized data models |
| Design sophisticated measures with the language DAX |
| Create complex reports with Power BI Desktop |
| Create a presentation and scenario tailored to your message. |
Practical details
Teaching methods
Combination of lectures and hands-on work.
Course schedule
1 Overview, refreshers, and best practices
- Refresher on the design cycle of a Power BI report.
- Connecting and preparing data.
- Understanding the structure of a star schema, fact tables, and dimension tables.
- Expression of need and identifying sources of data.
- Organizing tables and relationships, defining measures, visualization.
2 Using queries to design an appropriate model
- Merging requests to reduce snowflakes.
- Aggregating and stacking sources.
- Importing data from a list of sources.
- Customizing functions and passing parameters in M.
- Managing errors.
Hands-on work
Designing a single table from multiple queries. Importing a set of workbooks and files in batches. Designing a function for cleaning up text.
3 Working with the Time dimension
- Using variables in DAX to produce a calendar, lists, and functions to produce a calendar in M.
- Cumulative sum by period. Comparing periods. Cumulative sum over sliding periods.
- Using Time Intelligence functions to create period comparisons, cumulative sums, and sliding periods.
- Using the functions: DATEADD, DATESYTD, DATESBETWEEN, DATESINPERIOD, CLOSINGBALANCE.
- Working with multiple date columns and double relationships with USERELATIONSHIP.
- Filtering data over the current period.
Hands-on work
Creating a calendar table incorporating paid holidays. Measuring progress. Doing a cumulative sum over 12 sliding months.
4 Using advanced DAX functions
- Calculating a cumulative sum with the EARLIER function.
- The CALCULATE function with multiple conditions and the FILTER function.
- The function of managing blank values: ISBLANK.
- DAX table creation functions: FILTER, CALCULATETABLE, ADDCOLUMNS, SUMMURIZE, UNION, etc.
Hands-on work
Taking advanced measurements. Creating cumulative sum and sorting columns. Filtering sorted columns. Working with tables in memory.
5 Display, navigation, and visualizations
- Creating a background, a theme, a report template.
- Using bookmarks for navigation and storytelling.
- Representing with images. Preparing dynamic comments and customizing tooltips.
- Defining a personalized visual with the Synoptic Panel.
- Creating Master Detail reports using drillthrough filters.
- Using the filter pane and selection pane.
Hands-on work
Defining a graphical identity and incorporating it into a report template. Setting up navigation and exploration tools. Presenting a scenario.
Customer reviews
4,3 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
AMRANI BOUCHRA K.
12/03/26
5 / 5
Très Satisfaite
SAMUEL B.
12/03/26
5 / 5
Très bonne interactivité avec le formateur. Les TPs sont suffisamment riches pour la mise en applications des cours.
VANESSA K.
12/03/26
4 / 5
Formateur très pédagogue et patient, attentif à tous.Très bon équilibre entre théorie et pratiqueSupports vidéo très appréciables mais du coup on a pas assez de supports que l’on peut garder en référence. Ceux fournis ne sont pas suffisament complets.
Publication date : 04/09/2024
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PREREQUISITES
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
PREREQUISITES
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
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