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Advanced Power BI Reports Course (2 days)

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Topics covered on this course

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  • Advanced tables

    Subtopics

    1. Showing URLs as icons
    2. Images in tables
    3. Sorting multiple columns
    4. Preventing data grouping
  • Conditional formatting

    Subtopics

    1. Gradients and rules
    2. Based on a field value
    3. Icons and data bars
  • Dynamic display

    Subtopics

    1. Format properties as expressions
    2. Examples of dynamic formatting
  • Analytics

    Subtopics

    1. Adding constant lines
    2. Adding trendlines
    3. Showing anomalies
  • Decomposition tree

    Subtopics

    1. How it works
    2. Formatting the parts
    3. Locking levels
  • Other visuals

    Subtopics

    1. Key influencers
    2. Ribbon charts
    3. Waterfall charts
  • Dashboard visuals

    Subtopics

    1. Gauges
    2. Cards
    3. KPIs
  • Tooltips

    Subtopics

    1. Tooltip backgrounds
    2. Dynamic report tooltips
    3. Visual header tooltips
  • Bookmarks

    Subtopics

    1. Data and display properties
    2. Spotlighting and hiding visuals
    3. Bookmark navigators
    4. Some design case studies
  • Quick measures

    Subtopics

    1. Comparison against single items
    2. Line chart averages
    3. Listing selected items
    4. Running totals
  • Narratives

    Subtopics

    1. The smart narrative visual
    2. Text boxes and values
    3. Analysing differences
  • What-if parameters

    Subtopics

    1. Numeric range parameters
    2. Field parameters
  • Dynamic page navigation

    Subtopics

    1. Page navigators
    2. Page navigation buttons
    3. Controlling with slicers
    4. Drill-through with slicers
  • Advanced drill-through

    Subtopics

    1. Category vs summarized explained
    2. Drill-through between reports
    3. Disabling drill-through
    4. Mouse buttons/action buttons
  • Advanced Slicers

    Subtopics

    1. Sync slicers
    2. Buttons to apply changes
    3. Tricks with slicers
  • Custom visuals

    Subtopics

    1. Ways to import
    2. Pinning custom visuals
    3. Infographics (picture charts)
  • More custom visuals  

    Subtopics

    1. The play axis visual
    2. Synoptic panels
    3. Chiclet slicer
  • Themes  

    Subtopics

    1. Changing themes
    2. Building new themes
  • Mobile view  

    Subtopics

    1. The Power BI app
    2. Creating a mobile view

Topics marked will be covered if time allows.

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Why Choose Us?

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In addition, here are some benefits unique to classroom training:

And some benefits specific to online training:

  • Courseware posted to you in advance
  • Separate pre-course check-up included
  • Our clever Wordsworth system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

We've been in business over 30 years - we must be doing something right!

Advanced Power BI Reports course dates

The table below lists the Advanced Power BI Reports courses that we currently have scheduled (click on one of the tabs to filter the list).

If you can't see the course you want listed, don't despair! If you can muster 3 or 4 people together, it may well be worth organising an onsite course at your office (we'll provide and set up the computers), or else an online course tailored to your needs.

Date(s) Date(s) Duration Venue Price UK times  
Wed/Thu 25-26 November 2026 25-26 Nov 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 08-09 February 2027 08-09 Feb 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 22-23 March 2027 22-23 Mar 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 13-14 May 2027 13-14 May 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book

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You can also book hourly online consultancy for your time zone with one of our 7 expert trainers!

We don't currently have any Advanced Power BI Reports courses scheduled in our London training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Advanced Power BI Reports course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

Other relevant pages

You can also book hourly online consultancy for your time zone with one of our 7 expert trainers!

We don't currently have any Advanced Power BI Reports courses scheduled in our Manchester training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Advanced Power BI Reports course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

Other relevant pages

You can also book hourly online consultancy for your time zone with one of our 7 expert trainers!

If you can't see the course you want listed, don't despair! If you can muster 3 or 4 people together, it may well be worth organising an onsite course at your office (we'll provide and set up the computers), or else an online course tailored to your needs.

Date(s) Date(s) Duration Venue Price UK times  
Wed/Thu 25-26 November 2026 25-26 Nov 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 08-09 February 2027 08-09 Feb 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 22-23 March 2027 22-23 Mar 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 13-14 May 2027 13-14 May 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book

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You can also book hourly online consultancy for your time zone with one of our 7 expert trainers!

About half of our courses are created bespoke for a single organisation, and either delivered onsite (usually somewhere in the UK, but we're willing to travel!) or online. For onsite courses we will usually provide and set up the necessary computers free of charge.

There are four main reasons why you might want to book tailored training like this:

  1. If you have 3 or more people, organising custom training will probably be cheaper than booking people individually onto a scheduled course.
  2. You'll be able to choose the content of any training, and be able to pause it for discussions on how you'll use software internally, or ask to take digressions.
  3. You may not be able to travel to our venues, so it might be easier to ask us to travel to you.
  4. You may not be able to make the dates of our published scheduled courses, and want to be able to choose when your training takes place.

If you'd like a quote for how much a tailored course would cost please let us know what you'd like to achieve and we'll get back to you (normally within half a working day).

What other people have said about our Power BI training

Here are some comments we've received about our Power BI training . You can see all of our 369 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.

"Great course, trainer was excellent. Highly recommend - thank you."

Lisa Wilkins

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

"I have attended a few PBI courses and we had by far the best tutor I've come across, his knowledge and teaching methods were amazing! He brought context to the lessons using examples to explain difficult DAX concepts by comparing and contrasting DAX formulas, which I found easier to digest. Also, we were all working together as a group so no one was left behind. The course was chosen based on the listed content, but our trainer made a valid point that all (Wise Owl) course instructors are encouraged to influence the course contents and tailor these when needed, I think this approach works well!"

Lola Beyioku

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

"Excellent training structured nicely to keep everyone engaged. Our trainer's delivery was excellent and would recommend to others."

Matthew Terry

Galliford Try Environmental / ESD

"As always, Wise Owl delivered a fantastic course. Straightforward to follow and came away feeling like I've learnt a lot. The paper guide is always appreciated too as it's easier to reference."

Gary Brittain

Southend-on-Sea City Council

"An excellent trainer. He explained everything really well and also made the subject of the course really interesting."

Tina Samways

Renault Trucks UK & Ireland

"The course was delivered at the right pace and covered a sufficient level of details. Our trainer was excellent at explaining the functionality as we worked through each exercise."

Richard Franklin

Crown Commercial Service

About this Advanced Power BI Reports course

Click on one of the tabs below to see the given information about this Power BI course.

If you've got the hang of the basic Power BI software, take two days out of your busy life to delve more into Microsoft's powerful BI software tool.  On this course you'll learn many things, including:

  • Lots of ways to apply conditional formatting to visuals

  • How (and when) to use the decomposition tree, key influencers tool, smart narratives and other standard visuals

  • Lots of ideas for custom visuals that you can use to enhance your reports

  • How to use bookmarks, page navigation and advanced drill-down features to make your reports easier to use

  • How to use report tooltips to make your reports easier to interpret

The idea is to build on what you learned on our two-day introduction to Power BI course.  If you're more interested in loading, transforming and manipulating data you should probably look at our two-day Advanced Power BI (Data) course instead.

Pre-requisites

To attend this course you must be familiar with creating Power BI reports, and use Power BI on a regular basis.

What you'll need to bring

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

  1. A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
  2. A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed.  This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers using our whizzy Wordsworth online training system, and these computers will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

  • For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
  • For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it). We will also ask you whether you want to receive a printed copy of the course manual (and post this to you if you do).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

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What other Power BI courses can I take?▼

Here is a list of all of the Power BI courses that we run:

Course name Days
Power BI Reports in a Day One day
Introduction to Power BI 2 days
Advanced Power BI Reports (this course) 2 days
Advanced Power BI Data 2 days
Writing M for Power Query 2 days
DAX for Power BI 2 days
Fast track Power BI 3 days
Fast track Power BI and DAX 3 days

What courses do you have related to this one?▼

You might like to consider invesigating these related courses:

Related course Days Level
Advanced Power BI Data 2 days Intermediate or advanced
DAX for Power BI 2 days Intermediate or advanced

What are your venues for your classroom Power BI courses?▼

We run our scheduled classroom training courses in the following venues:

Venue Details
Power BI training in London We run our courses in London from the LandMark offices in Bevis Marks, right in the middle of the City (and close to Liverpool Street mainline station).
Power BI training in Manchester We run our courses in Manchester from the Holiday Inn business centre, which is a few minutes' walk from Piccadilly station.

Booking 2 or more places? Ask about discounts:

Enquire online
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+44 (161) 883 3606

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