Power BI Desktop has a host of features available to build impactful reports. This demo-driven course will show you how to really make your reports shine by adding elements such as: drillthrough, bookmarks, report page tooltips, conditional formatting, custom visuals, and more.
This training is developed and delivered by Microsoft MVP Reid Havens, where he demonstrates many essential design principles (and how to apply them) to build impactful reports in Power BI Desktop. Students will learn about how to enhance report design by adding elements such as: drillthrough, bookmarks, report page tooltips, conditional formatting, custom visuals, and more.
There is coverage on best practices and recommendations that build upon the functions and features available in Power BI Desktop. The theory covered in the course will provide you with a strong design foundation upon which you can create your reports.
This course benefits both those new to Power BI and report design and those already familiar with Power BI. If you have a basic working knowledge of Power BI, this training will help fill in any gaps in your knowledge so you have a more complete set of skills.
Regardless of your experience in building visually attractive reports, this course will show you what a stunning Power BI report looks like. Reid will share the many things he does to make his reports stand out from the crowd.
When you apply what you learn to your own reports, you and your users are going to love the results.
Curious what kinds of things you are going to learn in this course? Embedded below is a fully interactive sample of the completed report you’ll be building.
As you watch the lessons, you’ll learn about different ways to visualize data, and how to combine and configure these elements into a clean and attractive report. You’ll also learn how to make your reports more engaging and useful, by creating interactive features that allow the end user to filter or drill down into the data to focus on certain aspects.
Try it out for yourself by playing around with the various features!
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