Power BI for Business Essentials: Course Learning Plan Course Overview: This course aims to equip business professionals with essential skills in Power BI for data analysis, visualization, and business intelligence. Over six weeks, learners will gain proficiency in using Power BI Desktop and Service, from data import to creating interactive reports. Course Objectives: Understand Power BI components. Load, transform, and model data. Create and share interactive reports and dashboards. Collaborate using Power BI Service. Apply data visualization best practices. Course Duration: 6 weeks (4-6 hours per week) Week 1: Introduction to Power BI Topics: Power BI Overview: Desktop, Service, Mobile. Installing and navigating Power BI Desktop. Activities: Install Power BI Desktop. Explore the interface. Week 2: Connecting and Transforming Data Topics: Data sources and import methods. Power Query Editor basics and advanced transformations. Activities: Import data from Excel and CSV. Perform data transformations. Week 3: Data Modeling Topics: Data modeling concepts: tables, relationships, keys. Introduction to DAX (basic functions, calculated columns, measures). Activities: Create table relationships. Implement basic DAX calculations. Week 4: Creating Visualizations Topics: Visualization types: bar, line, pie charts, maps. Formatting and interactive elements. Activities: Create various visualizations. Apply formatting and interactivity. Week 5: Designing Reports and Dashboards Topics: Report design best practices. Using Power BI Service for publishing, dashboards, sharing. Activities: Design a multi-page report. Publish and share reports on Power BI Service. Week 6: Advanced Features and Final Project Topics: Power BI Mobile, row-level security, dataflows. Custom visuals and themes. Activities: Implement row-level security. Final project: create a comprehensive business report/dashboard. Final Project: Objective: Apply course skills to create a comprehensive Power BI report/dashboard for a business scenario. Deliverables: Multi-page report or dashboard. Brief presentation on insights and methodology. Additional Resources: Books: "The Definitive Guide to DAX" by Marco Russo and Alberto Ferrari. Online Courses: Microsoft Learn Power BI modules. Communities: Power BI Community forums.