Power BI & Data Analytics Practical Training
Learn how to collect, clean, analyse and visualise business data using Power BI. Build interactive reports and dashboards and develop the practical skills required to convert data into meaningful business insights.
What This Course Includes
- Data Analytics Fundamentals
- Power BI Fundamentals
- Data Import & Preparation
- Power Query
- Data Modelling
- DAX Fundamentals
- Interactive Reports
- Business Dashboards
- Business Insights
- Real-World Power BI Project
Course Description
Businesses generate large amounts of data every day. The ability to understand that data and present it in a meaningful way is an important skill for modern organisations.
This course introduces students to the complete practical workflow of data analytics using Microsoft Power BI. Learners work with data from different sources, clean and transform it, create relationships, perform calculations and build interactive reports and dashboards.
The training focuses not only on how to use Power BI, but also on understanding what the data means and how to communicate useful business insights.
Students repeatedly perform similar tasks with different datasets so that they gain confidence in handling real-world reporting requirements.
Course Objectives
- Understand fundamentals of data analytics
- Understand Power BI environment
- Import data from common sources
- Clean and transform data using Power Query
- Create relationships between tables
- Understand basic data modelling
- Create calculations using DAX
- Build interactive reports and dashboards
- Analyse business performance
- Present meaningful data-driven insights
- Complete a real-world Power BI project
Power BI & Data Analytics Curriculum
1. Data Analytics Foundations — 2 Days
Day 1: Introduction to Data Analytics & Business Data
Day 2: Understanding Data, Questions, KPIs & Insights
Practical Lab: Explore a business dataset and identify useful information
Job Task: Identify KPIs for a sample business
2. Power BI Fundamentals — 2 Days
Day 1: Power BI Desktop, Interface & Basic Workflow
Day 2: Reports, Visuals, Filters & Basic Navigation
Practical Lab: Create a basic Power BI report
Job Task: Convert a simple spreadsheet into a Power BI report
3. Data Import & Preparation — 2 Days
Day 1: Importing Excel, CSV & Other Business Data
Day 2: Understanding Data Types, Columns & Tables
Practical Lab: Import multiple datasets into Power BI
Job Task: Prepare a business dataset for reporting
4. Power Query & Data Transformation — 3 Days
Day 1: Power Query Interface & Data Cleaning
Day 2: Removing Errors, Duplicates & Unwanted Data
Day 3: Splitting, Merging, Transforming & Combining Data
Practical Lab: Clean and transform a messy business dataset
Job Task: Create a repeatable data preparation workflow
5. Data Modelling & Relationships — 2 Days
Day 1: Tables, Relationships & Data Model Fundamentals
Day 2: Building a Simple Business Data Model
Practical Lab: Connect multiple business tables
Job Task: Build a sales data model using related tables
6. DAX Fundamentals & Calculations — 3 Days
Day 1: Introduction to DAX & Calculated Columns
Day 2: Measures, Aggregations & Business Calculations
Day 3: Filters, Time-Based Analysis & Practical Calculations
Practical Lab: Create business measures and calculations
Job Task: Build KPIs for a management dashboard
7. Interactive Reports & Dashboards — 2 Days
Day 1: Charts, Cards, Tables, Slicers & Filters
Day 2: Dashboard Layout, Navigation & User Interaction
Practical Lab: Build an interactive Power BI dashboard
Job Task: Create a management dashboard for business performance
8. Business Analysis & Insights — 1 Day
Topic 1: Sales & Revenue Analysis
Topic 2: Customer & Product Analysis
Topic 3: Identifying Trends, Exceptions & Opportunities
Practical Exercise: Present business insights from a Power BI report
9. Real-World Power BI Project — 2 Days
Day 1: Project Requirements, Data Preparation & Data Model
Day 2: DAX, Dashboard, Insights & Presentation
Practical Lab: Complete an end-to-end Power BI project
Job Task: Build a business dashboard from raw data
Documentation: Prepare project explanation and business insights
10. Career & Practical Assessment — 1 Day
Topic 1: Power BI Skills for Data & Reporting Careers
Topic 2: Understanding Real-World Reporting Requirements
Topic 3: Building a Power BI Portfolio
Practical: Final Power BI Assessment
Final: Career Readiness & Next Learning Path
70% Practical Training
Power BI is learned by working with data repeatedly. Students will not simply watch demonstrations. They will work with datasets, make mistakes, correct them and repeat the same process using different business examples.
Our Training Method
- Trainer Demonstration — Trainer demonstrates step by step
- Student Follows — Students perform the same task
- Repeat the Same Task — Another dataset
- New Example — Different business situation
- Independent Exercise — Without step-by-step help
- Workplace-Style Task — Actual business-style assignment
Hands-on Practice
- Importing Excel and CSV data
- Data cleaning and transformation
- Power Query exercises
- Combining multiple datasets
- Creating table relationships
- Building data models
- Creating DAX measures
- Creating KPIs
- Building interactive reports
- Designing dashboards
- Sales and revenue analysis
- Customer and product analysis
- Business insight generation
- Job-oriented assignments
- Real-world Power BI project
Career & Certification
Career Opportunities
Power BI and data analytics skills can support entry-level opportunities in data, reporting, business intelligence and operations.
- Junior Data Analyst
- Power BI Developer - Junior Level
- MIS Analyst
- Reporting Analyst
- Business Intelligence Support Associate
- Business/Data Reporting Executive
- Data & Operations Support Roles
Career Preparation
Students learn how to understand a business reporting requirement, work with raw data, create a data model, build dashboards and explain insights.
Students also work on a practical project that can be used to demonstrate Power BI skills during interviews and career discussions.
Final Practical Assessment
Students work with a realistic business dataset and complete the complete reporting workflow. They clean data, create relationships, develop calculations, build an interactive report and explain important business insights.
The assessment focuses on completing the complete workflow rather than simply memorising Power BI features.
Important Note
This course focuses on practical Power BI and data analytics skills. Microsoft Power BI certifications, where applicable, are separate from Dheen Systems Academy training and are conducted through Microsoft's official certification process.