Online Training
3-day intensive Power BI/DAX training course
Live online training course - classroom version also available
Three days (09:30 to 16:30 UK time each day)
This is our most popular three-day fast-track course. To use the whole of Power BI you need to learn about building data models, massaging data using Query Editor and working with visuals, but at some stage you're also probably going to have to learn about DAX, the underlying language you can use to create calculated columns and measures. This fast-track course won't make you a DAX guru, but it will give you a good start, covering the all-important concepts of row and filter context and showing how you can use time-intelligence functions to compare data such as sales across a range of periods.
Our online fast-track courses are only available as tailored courses (you can see why here). They're not for the faint-hearted: the idea is to provide as quick a start to learning software as possible, for people who are IT-ability-rich but time-poor.
Course Contents
This fast-track course combines topics from the following other Wise Owl courses:
Basic reports
- Getting data
- Basic visualisations
- Shapes, text boxes and images
Data sources
- SQL Server / databases
- Excel / text files
- Websites and web services
Formatting visualisations
- The formatting panes
- Conditional formatting
Charts
- Working with charts
- Specific chart type issues
- Grouping and binning
Other types of visualisation
- Working with matrices
- Working with cards
Dashboard visualisations
- Gauges
- Single-number visualisations
- KPIs
Query editor
- Filtering rows
- Manipulating columns
- Working with data types
More on query editor
- Creating new columns
- Introducing the M language
Multiple tables
- Relationships
- Filter directions
Filtering data
- Slicers
- Visualisation level filters
Drill-down
- Interactions
- "See records" feature
Drill-through filtering
- Adding drillthrough filters
- Back buttons
Publishing reports
- Power BI accounts
- Power BI files (PBIX)
Power BI Service
- Publishing
- Dashboards and tiles
- Sharing reports
Ways to edit DAX
- Power BI
- PowerPivot
- SSAS Tabular
- DAX Studio
Data model basics
- Linking to data
- Creating a data model
Calculated columns
- Creating calculated columns
- IF and SWITCH
- Showing RELATED data
- Dealing with blanks
Basic measures
- Creating measures
- Understanding filter context
- Using a measures table
- AggregateX functions
The CALCULATE function
- Filter context revisited
- Removing and replacing context
- Context transition
If time
The VALUES function
- The HASONEVALUE function
- Listing single values
- Parameter tables
If time
Dynamic measures
- The ISFILTERED function
- The ALLSELECTED FUNCTION
- Dynamic titles
If time
The FILTER function
- Row context
- Iterator functions
- Applying criteria
Variables
- Creating variables
- Using for debugging
Calendars and dates
- Creating a calendar
- Date-based functions
Advanced date functions
- Multiple relationships
- Moving averages
Tooltips
- Tooltip backgrounds
- Dynamic report tooltips
- Visual header tooltips
Quick measures
- Date tables
- Time intelligence
- Showing selected items
- Filtering columns
Bookmarks
- Creating bookmarks
- Data and display properties
- Spotlighting and hiding visuals
If time
Bookmark case studies
- Dynamic chart axes
- Dynamic page titles
If time
Power BI Templates
- Creating templates
- Using parameters
Benefits of our online training
Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl online courses:
- Maximum of 5 people per class
- Excellent colour courseware manual posted to you in advance
- Pre-course set-up included in the days before the course
- No need to install any software on your computer
- All courses given by one of our 6 Wise Owl trainers
What other people have said
Many thanks to those listed below for kindly agreeing to let us use their names. All of the reviews are from the last 3 calendar years (although some may be for classroom courses):
Daryl Boylan (NSL Limited)
Lucy Goodfellow (Waltham Forest Council)
Mark McArdle (BAE Systems)
Haidar Javed (Argos Ltd)
Emma Jellicoe (Groupe Bel UK Ltd)
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How our live online training courses work
We've published a full summary of what it's like to attend a Wise Owl course online - here are the main things you need to know.
You'll need three things for the course:
- A computer (obviously) running Windows.
- A good internet connection.
- A microphone and (ideally) webcam.
In addition you'll find the course very difficult without an additional monitor (so that you can participate in the course on one screen, and use the software you're learning on the other).
Within a few hours of your booking a place on one of our online courses, we'll be in touch to get you set up correctly. This usually takes about half an hour, and can be done at any mutually convenient date/time.
A few days before your course begins you'll receive a parcel in the post (free for UK bookings) containing:
- A full colour courseware manual;
- An exercise booklet to go with the course; and
- A USB stick containing the files for the course, should you need a back-up.
Your parcel will even include a Wise Owl Sheaffer biro (they're good; trust us) and pad.
You won't need to install any software at all on your computer. This is because:
- you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers, and these will have all of the necessary files and software installed; and
- we use Teams for our online training, which you can run through most modern browsers.
On the day of the course itself you will be able to join the course up to half an hour before it begins. This will give you time to:
- familiarise yourself with the set-up;
- meet your trainer; and
- get to know the other delegates!
After the course finishes you'll receive an electronic certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).
You can see full details of exactly how our online courses work here.