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Introduction to Power BI Course (2 days)

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Topics covered on this course

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  • Basic reports

    Subtopics

    1. Getting data
    2. Basic visuals
    3. Shapes, text boxes and images
  • Data sources

    Subtopics

    1. SQL Server / databases
    2. Excel / CSV files
    3. Websites
  • Creating data models

    Subtopics

    1. Relationships
    2. Hiding fields and tables
    3. Renaming fields/tables
  • Working with visuals

    Subtopics

    1. The formatting pane
    2. Conditional formatting
    3. Visual interactions
  • Charts

    Subtopics

    1. Creating charts
    2. Bubble and other charts
    3. Grouping data
    4. Small multiples
  • Matrices

    Subtopics

    1. Row and column headers
    2. Drill-down
  • Dashboard visuals

    Subtopics

    1. Gauges
    2. Cards
    3. KPIs
  • Query editor

    Subtopics

    1. Filtering rows
    2. Manipulating columns
    3. Working with data types
    4. Creating new columns
  • Filtering data

    Subtopics

    1. Slicers
    2. Using the filter pane
  • Drill-through

    Subtopics

    1. Adding drillthrough filters
    2. Creating back buttons
    3. Button drill-through
  • Azure maps

    Subtopics

    1. Latitude and longitude
    2. Creating basic maps
    3. Bubble, heat and cluster maps
    4. Tweaking maps
  • Calculated columns

    Subtopics

    1. Adding columns
    2. IF and SWITCH
    3. The RELATED function
  • Basic publishing

    Subtopics

    1. Power BI Service
    2. Workspaces
    3. Dashboards and tiles
    4. Lineage view

Topics marked will be covered if time allows.

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Creating Power BI reports course dates

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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.

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Thu/Fri 08-09 January 2026 08-09 Jan 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 09-10 February 2026 09-10 Feb 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 26-27 February 2026 26-27 Feb 2 days Manchester £1,050.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 10-11 March 2026 10-11 Mar 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 24-25 March 2026 24-25 Mar 2 days London £1,425.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 09-10 April 2026 09-10 Apr 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 23-24 April 2026 23-24 Apr 2 days Manchester £1,050.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 07-08 May 2026 07-08 May 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 28-29 May 2026 28-29 May 2 days London £1,425.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 08-09 June 2026 08-09 Jun 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 25-26 June 2026 25-26 Jun 2 days Manchester £1,050.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 09-10 July 2026 09-10 Jul 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 10-11 August 2026 10-11 Aug 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 08-09 September 2026 08-09 Sep 2 days London £1,425.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 10-11 September 2026 10-11 Sep 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 24-25 September 2026 24-25 Sep 2 days Manchester £1,050.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 12-13 October 2026 12-13 Oct 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
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Mon/Tue 23-24 November 2026 23-24 Nov 2 days Manchester £1,050.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
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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.

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Tue/Wed 24-25 March 2026 24-25 Mar 2 days London £1,425.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
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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  
Thu/Fri 26-27 February 2026 26-27 Feb 2 days Manchester £1,050.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 23-24 April 2026 23-24 Apr 2 days Manchester £1,050.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
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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  
Thu/Fri 08-09 January 2026 08-09 Jan 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 09-10 February 2026 09-10 Feb 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 10-11 March 2026 10-11 Mar 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 09-10 April 2026 09-10 Apr 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 07-08 May 2026 07-08 May 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 08-09 June 2026 08-09 Jun 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 09-10 July 2026 09-10 Jul 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
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Thu/Fri 10-11 September 2026 10-11 Sep 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 12-13 October 2026 12-13 Oct 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
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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 Introduction to Power BI course

Here are some comments we've received about our Introduction to Power BI course . You can see all of our 417 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.

"I found the whole experience with Wise Owl to be excellent, from the booking, through the pre-course technical testing and manuals, to the course itself. It was a pleasure to work with you. I like the fact that our trainer was able to watch over us in our individual environments and gently guide us through when we got stuck (without calling out to the other attendees). When we raised queries that couldn't be answered there and then, he took them away and came back with answers later. Originally chose Wise Owl because we'd been let down by another provider. I hadn't heard of Wise Owl before then but your website gave me a good introduction. I found the way you interacted with me during the booking and prep phases to be very professional. The course itself was excellent and the training manual and exercises will be useful to refer to in future. The style of the training was really good too - only a small number of attendees meant that no one got left behind and we were encouraged to ask questions. I will recommend Wise Owl to others. Thanks"

Simon Head

The Phoenix Group

"Covered lots in the two days, clearly explained."

Amy Hilton

Cormar Carpets

"An incredible trainer. I've done a fair amount of coaching / training etc in the past and our trainer was so good that I kept having to remember I was doing the course, not just getting tips on how to train well. :) Course content was also excellent - exactly the right pace and depth for me. Thank you."

James Charnock

Manchester Metropolitan University

"Really great course. I liked the pace the course ran at - fast enough to keep me interested but slow enough that I could keep up. Very approachable trainer & I learnt much more than I expected to."

Vicki Howard

MSI Reproductive Choices (formerly Marie Stopes)

"Amazing courses! Great trainer, pace and content. I literally couldn't have asked for better introductions to SQL and Power BI. Plus I have some many great resources to refer back to in the future :) Thank you!"

Simone Capp

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG)

"It was great that the manual was available straightaway when we were in the classroom and as an introductory course, I believe the fundamentals of Power BI were covered. The trainer was patient and ensured all delegates were working on the modules at the same pace. Classroom and refreshments provided were perfect. Lovely touch taking delegates out of the classroom for lunch."

Jill Renwick

Improveasy Ltd

About this Creating Power BI reports course

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

Our online Introduction to Power BI course gets you up and running with Microsoft's increasingly influential Business Intelligence tool.  Over the two days that the course lasts you'll learn how to:

  • load data from data sources like Excel, CSV files, SQL Server and even websites

  • create and format visuals (and get them to interact with each other)

  • create charts, matrices, gauges, KPIs and custom visuals

  • use Query Editor to transform your data before loading it

  • create calculated columns in tables

  • create slicers, filters and drill-downs to choose data to view

  • get an introduction to creating maps in Power BI

  • publish your reports to the basic Power BI service

The idea is that you will learn everything that you need to know to create and publish basic reports using Power BI Desktop!

Pre-requisites

Power BI is a standalone application, so there are no pre-requisites for attending this course.

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
Introduction to Power BI (this course) 2 days
Advanced Power BI Reports 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 Reports 2 days Intermediate or advanced
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 Bishopsgate, 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.
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