Power BI Essentials: Build & Share a Dashboard for COVID-19

You get 2 in 1 - Learn the fundamentals of Power BI Desktop and build / publish a COVID-19 dashboard using live data .

What you'll learn

Learn the steps and design principles for creating an effective dashboard for a great user experience
Build a professional-quality dashboard from ground up
Blend and transform raw data into an engaging and interactive dashboard
Connect Microsoft Power BI to data sources
Transform and cleanse data into the appropriate format for your dashboard
Build a wide range of graphs and visualizations including maps, cards, matrix, area and donut charts
Perform quality checks on data sets
Create calculated fIelds and measures using DAX in Power BI
Publish dashboards on the Web and view using laptops, tablets or smartphones

Requirements

A PC with internet connection
Microsoft Power BI Desktop (free download)

Description

We live in a world that is driven by data and having data skills is needed in just about every job.
Learn the best practices of data visualisation using Microsoft Power BI and gain practical experience by developing a COVID-19 dashboard.

This course will introduce you to power BI, a data visualisation tool which enables you to create professional dashboards and perform analytics with a few clicks of a button. This is what you will learn:

Best practices for building an engaging and meaningful dashboard

Create a professionally designed interactive dashboard in Power BI using COVID-19 as the real world scenario

Connect Power BI to live data on the web

Build visualisation charts and learn how to format them

Perform calculated measures in Power BI

Share your dashboard online with the public

Who this course is for:

Anyone looking for a hands-on, project-based introduction to Microsoft Power BI Desktop
Anyone looking to pursue a career in data and analytics
If you already work in data and analytics and want to develop dashboard design and business intelligence skills