Microsoft’s Power BI is a business and data analytics service that enables professionals to process, analyse, and visualize vast volumes of data. It helps to extract insights, draw conclusions, and share results in the form of reports and dashboards. 

This session is an introduction to Power BI, we will look at data storytelling and visualisation best practices. This session is for you if you would like to get started with Power BI, learn how to use "Panes" and "Views" to build visualisations.

Topics covered-

Loading data for Excel- Obtain the data and identify necessary data fields

Setting up Views and panes- Determine the most effective way to represent the information

Visualisations- Visualise the data using visual best practices

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Suitable for:

Anyone who is comfortable using Excel to analyse data, using formulas, and presenting data using pivot tables, graphs, and charts. This session will take you on the next natural step to using Power BI, allowing you to work with larger datasets and providing interactive visualisations, dashboards, and faster analysis.

A recording of this session is available to watch in the member portal here: https://analyticsinstitute.org/resources/masterclasses/155/introduction-to-power-bi-masterclass