Analyzing Data with Excel

Overview

The main purpose of Analyzing Data with Excel course is to give students the ability to add BI techniques to Excel data analysis. The course goes beyond the capabilities of tables and charts and uses Pivot Charts, the Excel Data Model, and Power BI.
Audience:

• Students who are experienced with analyzing data with Excel and who wish to add BI techniques.
• SQL Server report creators who are interested in alternative methods of presenting data.

This course prepares you for Exam 70-778. Download Course Contents

Course Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.
• Working knowledge of relational databases.
• Extensive knowledge of Excel spreadsheets including formulas, charts, filtering, sorting, and sub-totals.

Upon Completion of this Course, you will accomplish following:-

• Explore and extend a classic Excel dashboard.
• Explore and extend an Excel data model.
• Pre-format and import a .CSV file.
• Import data from a SQL Server database
• Import data from a report.
• Create measures using advanced DAX functions.
• Create data visualizations in Excel.
• Create a Power BI dashboard with Excel