Power BI Data Visualization and Dashboard Tips, Tricks, & Techniques

Learn how to use Power BI, with a focus on how to design reports and charts that communicate data well.

Introduction

• Data visualization and reporting in Power BI
• Who this course is for
• What is Power BI?

1. Get Started in Power BI

• Power BI Desktop and service
• Power BI licensing and trial account
• Use a sample report to learn Power BI navigation
• What your users can do with a report

2. Editing and Creating Simple Visuals in Power BI

• Edit mode in Power BI service
• Create a bar chart from a dataset
• Filter data for line and area charts
• Show single numbers with KPIs, cards, and gauges
• Proportion data with pies and treemaps

3. More Advanced Visuals

• Distribution analysis with scatterplot and histogram
• Challenge: Find and download a boxplot
• Solution: Find and download a boxplot
• Explore data with process and segment analysis
• Make a map or filled map for geographic data
• Challenge: Visualize flight paths
• Solution: Visualize flight paths
• Explore data with a table, matrix, slicer, Q&A

4. Design a Report like a Pro in Power BI Service

• When to make a new tab
• How to lay out your report page for maximum effect
• Use themes to change multiple colors or fonts
• Use color and fonts well

Conclusion

• Next steps