Power BI Course: Essentials

This 1-day Power BI training is tailored for professionals who want to leverage the power of their data to create impactful, visually stunning reports and dashboards.

Whether you're a business analyst, manager, or decision-maker, this course covers all the essential elements of Power BI, from connecting to data sources to designing and sharing dynamic, insightful visualizations.

Our practical, instructor-led training ensures that you gain the skills you need to work confidently with Power BI for your reporting and data analysis needs.

Through a series of practical exercises and guided instruction, you will:

• Connect & Integrate Data: Learn how to connect Power BI to a wide range of data sources and seamlessly integrate them into your reports.
• Create Stunning Visualizations: Master the art of creating visually engaging bar charts, line graphs, maps, and other dynamic visuals that bring your data to life.
• Build Interactive Dashboards: Discover how to create dashboards that not only summarize your data but also allow for detailed interaction and exploration.
• Share & Collaborate: Learn how to publish and share your reports and dashboards, ensuring that key stakeholders can easily access and understand your insights.

By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills and confidence to build your own Power BI reports and dashboards that clearly communicate complex data in a way that’s easily understood.

If you're looking to explore advanced techniques, or want to dive deeper into the finer details of Power BI, we recommend checking out our 2 Day Power BI Course for a more comprehensive learning experience.

Our course covers the following key topics:

• Introduction to Power BI: An overview of Power BI’s capabilities and its place in the data analytics ecosystem.
• Creating a Data Set: How to import and organize data effectively within Power BI.
• Visualizing Your Data: Techniques for creating different types of visualizations, from basic charts to more advanced options.
• Multiple Page Reports: Learn how to create multi-page reports that are both insightful and easy to navigate.
• Publishing & Sharing: Best practices for publishing your reports to the Power BI service and sharing with colleagues.
• Dashboards: How to create dynamic dashboards that provide a comprehensive view of your data at a glance.

For more details, download the full course outline.

This training course is perfect for business professionals, analysts, and managers who want to make data-driven decisions.

No previous experience of creating Power BI reports is required, but you should be familiar with using Excel and have access to Power BI. 

Our 5 star rated Power BI training courses are practical courses with small class sizes, a maximum of 6 delegates, which allows for plenty of time to interact with the trainer and ask any questions!

These are held as in-person classroom courses or as live, online courses (over Zoom). All courses, run from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, with plenty of breaks.

Scheduled 1 Day Power BI Courses

Our scheduled public Power BI training courses are run in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Online. Dates for these can be found below.

Private / Bespoke Power BI Courses

We run private one to one and group Power BI Courses at our training centres, or at a location to suit you, anywhere in the UK. These can also be held Online.

See the Private Course tab further down the page for more information.

• Run by an experienced trainer
• This course is limited to 6 delegates so you are guaranteed personal support throughout the course
• Convenient location in central Manchester or Online.
• Course notes and support material
• 3 months online support
• Certificate of completion
• Course rating (By delegates): 5 Star (see our Google Ratings)