Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Description
Microsoft Power BI is a free to use business analytics solution that lets you visualize your data and share insights across your organization or embed them in your app or website. You can connect to hundreds of data sources and bring your data to life with live dashboards and reports.
This course will teach participants how to with a few clicks, they can create Power BI dashboards that bring data to life for better decision-making. Whether you are experienced with business intelligence or have never created a dashboard, you'll get the guidance, examples, and coaching to connect, model, and then explore your data with visual reports that you can collaborate, publish, and share, even if you've never used Power BI before.
Topics Include:
- Connect, import, and transform data for business intelligence (BI).
- Turn data into rich visuals that you can organize any way you want, allowing you to focus on key insights.
- Develop dynamic visualizations, including charts, maps, and graphs.
- Create live, interactive management dashboards to monitor crucial data from across your organization.
- Understand how you can ask questions in natural language and get the right charts and graphs as your answer.
- See how to access your data on the go with the native Power BI Mobile app.
- Empower your team to make quick, confident decisions with a single view of your business.
If you are interested in this webinar but are unable to attend the live session, a transcript and AODA compliant video recording of this seminar will be available 48 hours after the course ends. Registrants of this session will receive an email link to the recording and have access to the video for 30 days from the date it is sent.
Schedule
- May 23, 2024, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- May 24, 2024, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Who Will Benefit
Business professionals that want to learn how to use sophisticated analytics to create impressive visualizations and dashboards to better understand their business.
Prerequisite(s)
- General understanding of data, Microsoft Excel, and business concepts.
- Participants must bring a laptop with Microsoft Office 2016 or newer installed. They will also need to install and activate Power BI Desktop (free download from Microsoft).
How to Access the Course
This CPA Ontario course is a live webinar. You must attend the live course to receive verifiable CPD hours. We recommend you join five minutes prior to the scheduled starting time.
Electronic material can be accessed one week prior to the course and should be downloaded in advance.
Registration, cancellation, withdrawal and all other CPA Ontario PD policies can be found here.
Speaker(s)
David Elsner is the President of DHE Consulting, providing training, consulting, and analytical solutions to organizations. Working across a number of industries, his specialties lie in solution implementation, guiding businesses to make use of their data assets, and developing cost-saving strategies. An experienced lecturer, David instructs analytical classes to clients including the Rotman School of Management, Ryerson University, and CPA Ontario.