Power BI Training

Microsoft Power BI is a powerful business analytics tool enabling effective data visualisation, analysis and distribution of organisational data. Power BI democratises data allowing users across all levels and functions to access data from various sources including databases, cloud services and spreadsheets and to transform that data into interactive reports and dashboards.

Power BI is an accessible tool for both business users and data professionals enabling exploration of data and identification of patterns and insights through powerful tools such as natural language querying and predictive analytics.

It enables users to visualise their data through detailed reports or summarised dashboard using a myriad of different charts, tables and data plotting tools.

At the heart of Power BI is the ability to democratise your organisations data so that all users can access the information and business insights they need to transform your business.  Data is no longer only the realm of data professionals and IT. 

Power BI is used by Data Analysts, as well as Executives and Managers, Business Analysts, Finance and Accounting staff, Sales and marketing Teams, Operations and Supply chain Management, Educators and Researchers and many other roles and functions

Basic use of Microsoft Power Bi requires very little in terms of pre-requisite skills or knowledge as the tool is intuitive and easy to use.

You should have the ability to use a keyboard and mouse and posses’ fundamental numeracy skills.  Advanced users of Power BI will have a good understanding of the universal principles of data analytics and data visualisation.

Power BI beginners may want to start with our Power BI essentials course, Power BI for business users and Power BI reports and dashboards. 

These courses provide an overview of the essentials of Power BI, which may be useful to a wide range of business users. 

For more experienced users, who want to expand their knowledge, they may be more suited to developing dynamic reports, or Power BI for technical users. 

These Power BI sit alongside our extensive portfolio of data training and data analyst apprenticeships. 

Power BI Certification

Microsoft currently offer the Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification that validates the candidate’s knowledge and expertise in Power BI.

A successful candidate for this certification is able to produce easily consumable data visualisations using Power BI that offer genuine insight and value to the business. You will be able to produce, configure and deploy effective reports that enable offers to self-serve to analyse the data.

Specifically, you will be able to transform, model, visualise and distribute data with Power BI. You will demonstrate your command of DAX, assess the quality of the data you are working on and any security considerations related to that data.

To achieve this certification first sit course:

• MPL300 “Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst” (4 days)

Then sit exam:

• PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst