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Course Details

Title: Data Visualisation - How to Present Data No. of places: 10

Duration: 4 full-day sessions, 9am to 4:30pm

Dates: Day one - 17 September Day two - 24 September Day three – 30 September Day four - 8 October

Venue Location Peak IndicatorsTapton Park Innovation Centre ChesterfieldS41 0TZ

Course OverviewData is a useful tool to inform great business decisions. But how do you present figures and statistics in interesting and accessible ways to team members or senior management with less knowledge than you?

This four-day training course will provide a comprehensive overview of how you can record and present data in ways that will help inform great business decisions. The course is about presenting large amounts of information in ways that are universally understandable and how to spot patterns, trends and correlations that then translate into recommendations. The formats covered in the course include charts, graphs, infographics and other pictorial diagrams.

The course also covers use of the tools and software necessary to communicate information in these ways, for clients or your own company. This course is great for anyone who has to analyse, digest and present large amounts of data as part of their role.

Course OutlineDay 1: Introducing Power BI 

Setting up Power BI Service, Power BI Desktop and SQL Server Development Studios  Connect to the Azure Adventureworks Data Warehouse  Basic Transformations in Power Query Editor  Changing datatypes and working with dates  Power Desktop modelling  Optimising models for reporting  Creating calculated measures  Creating and managing hierarchies 

 Day 2: Power BI Desktop Visualisation 

Understanding hierarchical axis and concatenating  Applying Filters  Producing Bar and Clustering charts  Understanding and using Slicers  Working in Focus Mode  Establishing Map visualisations  Establishing Gauge charts and KPI  Working with Multiple visualisations 

 

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Day 3: Working with Power BI Service  Uploading to Power BI Service  Quick insights  Configuring a dashboard  Sharing a dashboard  Pinning a live page  Custom URL  Printing a Dashboard  Exporting to csv and Excel  Power BI Notifications  Alerts in the Power BI Service 

 Day 4: Working with Excel 

Importing Excel data using simple data  Excel workbook with the Excel data model  Connecting to Excel via one drive  Managing Query Groups  Transforming Less Structured Data  Pivot/Unpivot/Transpose 

 Key training course outcomes 

Greater understanding of the fundamentals of Power BI  Gain experience in using Power Query Editor  To create visualisations to provide further insight into data  Gain confidence in technical terms with Power BI and Power BI Service 

Desired Skills required?

The successful applicant will have a thorough understanding of computer systems and applications, be familiar with file management, word processing and spreadsheet systems, have excellent written skills.  

Excellent analytical skills  Ability to work with large amounts of information and see the

‘bigger picture’  Comfortable with juggling facts, figures and numbers  Critical thinking: able to look at numbers, trends, and data and

come to new conclusions based on the findings  Attention to detail  Excellent maths skills 

Personal Attributes/Qualities

Dynamic, intelligent and passionate about all things digital To be thorough and pay attention to detail