Surgent's Power BI Desktop: DAX Formulas, Reporting, and Visualizations - On-Demand Webcast

Overview

Power BI Desktop is the authoring tool for the Power BI Ecosystem and is an essential component of the Power BI ecosystem. Power BI Desktop is a free application that is available for download.

This one-hour course will demonstrate the capabilities of Power BI Desktop as your company continues its journey to increasing its data skills and data literacy.

Highlights

• Demonstration in Power BI Desktop of the following data tools: Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power View
• Skills demonstrated: DAX, data visualizations including AI visuals, and data storytelling
• Demonstration of DAX function types: Aggregation, Iterator, CALCULATE, CALCULATE Modifiers, Time Intelligence, Ranking, and Percentages
• Demonstration of how to curate a visual in PBI Desktop with a variety of formatting tools; visuals for exploratory analysis; and AI visuals for exploratory analysis

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Anyone who wants to continue their data analytics journey with the data authoring tool of the Power BI Ecosystem - Power BI Desktop

Objectives

• Understand where to find Power Query and Power Pivot in the PBI Desktop interface
• Be familiar with DAX (Data Analysis Expression) functions designed to work with a data model
• Explain the types of functions in DAX
• Understand data visualization - curated visualization for data storytelling
• Be familiar with AI visuals for exploratory analysis

Preparation

None