Course Title Power BI Boot Camp
Course Length Total 24 Hours (Sat & Sun – 6 Hours a day) – 2 consecutive weekends
Target Audience Individuals seeking Data/Business Analysts positions or existing employees to enhance skills in
managing and presenting data using the Power BI application.
Individuals seeking to pass Microsoft Exam PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst
Prerequisites (if any) Basic knowledge of working with data in spreadsheets and/or relational databases
Language of Instruction English / Urdu
Course Description
This Power BI Analyst course is specifically designed for individuals who play a crucial role in leveraging available data to deliver actionable
insights. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to collaborate with key stakeholders across departments within an organisation to
identify business requirements, cleans and transforms the data, and design, and build data models using Power BI, enabling report consumers
to make informed decisions through easy-to-comprehend data visualisations and self-service analytics.
This course can also help you pass the Microsoft Exam PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the students should be able to:
LO1: Understand business requirements. Identify challenges and roadblocks. Create a strategy and roadmap for final deliverables
promptly.
LO2: Source, transform and load data in Power BI.
LO3: Apply Power Query knowledge to model data.
LO4: Use DAX functions to create more complex measures.
LO5: Use the best visualisation to present and analyse data.
LO6: Upload, share and secure Power BI online reports with different teams in an organisation.
Assessments/Graded Components
Class participation by asking questions and sharing ideas.
Share real-world challenges from existing or previous job experience.
Work as a team to deliver the final project of the CRM Sales Dashboard.
Course Summary
Lecture Module Name Essential Concepts/Topics Covered Assessments
/Day
1 Introduction to Data Analyst job role and responsibilities Lab/Quiz
Data Analyst Agile Project management lifecycle from requirements gathering to final deliverables.
job role and Power BI components: Personal BI Desktop, Power BI Service and Power BI Mobile
responsibilities. Power BI Desktop application walkthrough
Basic to Data Discovery: Source data from popular data sources
Advance Power BI online service use-cases
knowledge of
Power BI online Workspaces, Datasets, Dataflows and Datamarts walkthrough
Power BI
MS Teams integration with Power BI and collaboration
application
2 Model data Power Query use cases. Lab/Quiz
using the Power Model data using Power Query
Query and Source and Transform data using Power Query
DAX Combine, append and merge queries in Power Query
Creating a custom calendar table for time-series analysis
Basic to Advance DAX function use-cases
Use DAX functions to create more complex measures
3 Visualise and Dashboard Lab/Quiz
analyse the data Paginated Reports
Power Visuals and Custom Visuals
Perform analytics in Power BI
Work with AI visuals in Power BI
4 Power BI Power BI online service Workspaces and Security Lab/Quiz
Online Service Publish reports to online Power BI Workspace
Power BI Apps
Deployment pipelines
Data refresh using gateways or cloud data sources.
Dataflows vs Datamarts
Power BI Service Administration
Publish Power BI reports to Websites
Supplementary Reading Material
1. Microsoft Exam PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/exams/pl-300
2. https://pragmaticworks.com/
3. https://radacad.com/blog