Introduction
Today’s business world is becoming increasingly more data driven. Small and large businesses alike use data to make decisions about sales, hiring, goals, and all areas for which they have data. While most businesses have access to data of one type or another, it can be intimidating for your average business user to understand the data without a background in data analytics or statistics. Even for those individuals who do understand the data, it can be challenging to display it in an easily understood format.
Power BI takes intimidation and hassle out of data analysis and visualization. By connecting to one or more of the hundreds of existing data sources through a secure and simple interface, you can quickly and interact with and understand your data to influence all business systems.
In this module, we will:
Describe the business value and features of Power BI.
Compare and contrast the different components that make up Power BI.
Describe how to clean and transform data.
Examine how AI insights help detect anomalies and spot trends.
Build a basic dashboard.
Consume Power BI reports and dashboards.