Microsoft Excel: Business Intelligence w/ Power Query & DAX

Microsoft Excel: Business Intelligence w/ Power Query & DAX - Master Excel Power Query, Power Pivot & DAX for advanced data analysis & business intelligence w/ a top Excel instructor

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Description

This course introduces Microsoft Excel's powerful data prep, modeling, analytics and business intelligence tools: Power Query, Power Pivot, and Data Analysis Expressions (DAX).

If you're looking to become a power Excel user and absolutely supercharge your Excel analytics game, this course is the A-Z guide that you're looking for. I'll introduce the "Power Excel" landscape, and explore what these Excel tools are all about and why they are changing the world of self-service analytics and business intelligence.

Together, we'll walk through the Excel BI workflow, and build an entire Excel data model from scratch:

First we'll get hands-on with Power Query; a tool to extract, transform, and load data into Excel from flat files, folders, databases, API services and more. We'll practice shaping, blending, cleaning and exploring our project files in Excel's query editor, and create completely automated loading procedures inside of Excel with only a few clicks.

From there we'll dive into Data Modeling 101, and cover the fundamentals of database design and normalization (including table relationships, cardinality, hierarchies and more). We'll take a tour through the Excel data model interface, introduce some best practices and pro tips, and then create our own relational database to analyze throughout the course.

Finally, we'll use Power Pivot and DAX to explore and analyze our Excel data model. Unlike traditional Excel Pivot Tables, Power Pivot allows you to analyze hundreds of millions of rows across multiple data tables (inside of Excel!), and create supercharged calculated fields using a formula language called Data Analysis Expressions (or "DAX" for short). We'll cover basic DAX syntax, then introduce some of the most powerful and commonly-used functions – CALCULATE, FILTER, SUMX and more.

If you're ready to take your MS Excel game to new heights and join the leading edge of analytics & business intelligence, this course is for you. It's time to stop fighting with tedious, manual tasks and struggling with "old-school" Excel; join me on this journey and emerge a certified excel analytics NINJA.

See you in there!

-Chris (Founder, Maven Analytics)

IMPORTANT: Power Query and Power Pivot are currently NOT available in Excel for Mac. You'll need a PC version of Excel that is compatible with Power Pivot (Excel 2010 with plug-in, Excel 2013, Excel 2016, or Excel 2019 Standalone, Office 365 Pro Plus, Enterprise E3/E5, Office Professional 2016, etc.)

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Hear why this is one of the TOP-RATED Excel courses on Udemy, and the #1 Excel Power Query + Excel Power Pivot course:

"I am a self-taught Excel Power Query user and it took me a while to understand what each tool does and how it interacts with others. Thanks to your introduction I finally nailed it in a very clear, unambiguous way. You helped me build a method that I can confidently apply to my data in Excel. Thank you so much!"

-Francesca C.

"I'm less of an expert at breathing than Chris is at Excel. This course is thorough and well-planned, and he presents in a manner that simplifies the complicated. Well worth your time if you want to master Excel power query and power pivot!"

-Tim B.

"I'm geeking out, this is so cool. Where has this been all my life???"

-Karen P.

*This course includes Excel project files, quizzes & homework exercises, 1-on-1 instructor support, LIFETIME access and a 100% money-back guarantee!

Who this course is for:

• Excel users who want to learn advanced data analysis, modeling & business intelligence tools
• Students looking for a comprehensive, engaging, and highly interactive approach to Microsoft Excel training
• Anyone looking to become an Excel POWER USER and supercharge their analytics skillset
• Students looking to pursue a career in data analysis, data science or business intelligence

Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Intelligence

Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Intelligence

Master Power BI Desktop for data analysis with hands-on assignments & projects from top-rated Power BI instructors

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Welcome to the #1 best-selling Power BI Desktop course – completely rebuilt for 2023/2024!

If you’re a data professional or aspiring analyst looking to learn the top business intelligence platform on the market, you’ve come to the right place. With more than 100,000 perfect 5-star reviews from students around the world, this is the course you’ve been looking for.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn from top instructors on the Maven Analytics team and put your skills to the test with hands-on projects and unique, real-world assignments.

THE COURSE PROJECT:

You’ll play the role of Business Intelligence Analyst for AdventureWorks Cycles, a fictional manufacturing company. Your role is to transform raw data into professional-quality reports and dashboards to track KPIs, compare regional performance, analyze product-level trends, and identify high-value customers.

But don’t worry, we’ll be here to guide you along every step of the way, with intuitive, crystal clear explanations and helpful pro tips to take you from zero to expert – guaranteed.

This course is designed to follow the key stages of the business intelligence workflow, and simulate real-world tasks that data professionals encounter on the job:

STAGE 1: Connecting & Shaping Data

In this stage we’ll focus on building automated workflows to extract, transform, and load our project data using Power Query, and explore common data connectors, storage modes, profiling tools, table transformations, and more:

Data connectors

Storage & import modes

Query editing tools

Table transformations

Connecting to a database

Extracting data from the web

QA & Profiling tools

Text, numerical, date & time tools

Rolling calendars

Index & conditional columns

Grouping & aggregating

Pivoting & unpivoting

Merging & appending queries

Data source parameters

Importing Excel models

STAGE 2: Creating a Relational Data Model

In stage 2 we’ll review data modeling best practices, introduce topics like cardinality, normalization, filter flow and star schemas, and begin to build our AdventureWorks data model from the ground up:

Database normalization

Fact & dimension tables

Primary & foreign keys

Star & snowflake schemas

Active & inactive relationships

Relationship cardinality

Filter context & flow

Bi-directional filters

Model layouts

Data formats & categories

Hierarchies

STAGE 3: Adding Calculated Fields with DAX

In stage 3 we’ll introduce data analysis expressions (DAX). We’ll create calculated columns and measures, explore topics like row and filter context, and practice applying powerful tools like filter functions, iterators, and time intelligence patterns:

DAX vs. M

Calculated columns & measures

Implicit, explicit & quick measures

Measure calculation steps

DAX syntax & operators

Math & stats functions

Conditional & logical functions

The SWITCH function

Text functions

Date & time functions

The RELATED function

CALCULATE, FILTER & ALL

Iterator (X) functions

Time intelligence patterns

STAGE 4: Visualizing Data with Reports

Stage 4 is about bringing our data to LIFE with reports and dashboards. We’ll review data viz best practices, building and format basic charts, and add interactivity with bookmarks, slicer panels, parameters, tooltips, report navigation, and more:

Data viz best practices

Dashboard design framework

Cards & KPIs

Line charts, trend lines & forecasts

On-object formatting

Table & matrix visuals

Conditional formatting

Top N filtering

Map visuals

Drill up, drill down & drillthrough

Report slicers & interactions

Bookmarks & page navigation

Numeric & fields parameters

Custom tooltips

Importing custom visuals

Managing & viewing roles (RLS)

Mobile layouts

Publishing to Power BI Service

We’ll also introduce powerful artificial Intelligence tools like decomposition trees, key influencers, smart narratives and natural language Q&A, along with performance optimization techniques to keep your reports running smoothly at scale.

Ready to get started? Join today and get immediate, lifetime access to:

15+ hours of high-quality video

200+ page Power BI ebook

25 homework assignments & solutions

Downloadable course project files

Expert Q&A support forum

30-day money-back guarantee

If you’re looking for the ONE course to help you build job-ready Power BI skills, you’ve come to the right place.

Happy learning!

-Chris & Aaron (Maven Analytics)

See why this is one of the TOP-RATED Power BI courses in the world:

“I believe this is the best Power BI course out there. I spent £1400 to attend a 3-day Power BI crash course, and have to confess it’s nothing compared to the knowledge, skills, expertise and understanding derived from this course. I am forever grateful to Chris and the Maven Analytics team for doing such amazing work and to Udemy for making this available.”

-Isaac Mensah

"Resources are awesome. Presenter is brilliant. I found this course more useful than the official Power BI course from Microsoft. Things are easy to follow, and presentations are high quality."

-Jacobus M.

"Chris is a skilled communicator and does a great job of explaining a complex tool like Microsoft Power BI. His 'pro-tips' are great for new user productivity and gaining a sense of the big picture, and I value his best practices on building and managing Power BI queries and reports. I'm feeling much more confident to dig in and use Power BI on my own projects!"

-Bill Jerrow

“Simply put, this course is AMAZING! The instructor literally takes you step-by-step from knowing nothing about Power BI into nearly an expert! I have had experience working with Power BI even in a corporate setting in the past, and I was still blown away by the level of granularity Chris was able to casually explain in a way that made sense. The hands-on exercises are THE perfect way to reinforce the concepts you learn throughout the course and connect theory to application. Can't speak enough to how great this course is, I will definitely be coming back to it as a reference guide in my work and would recommend it to anyone looking to learn Power BI!”

-Ikenna Egbosimba

“I've been in university classrooms for much of my life and Chris is a university level instructor.”

-Allan Searl

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Who this course is for:

• Anyone looking for a hands-on, project-based introduction to Microsoft Power BI Desktop
• Data analysts and Excel users hoping to develop advanced data modeling, dashboard design, and business intelligence skills
• Aspiring data professionals looking to master the #1 business intelligence tool on the market
• Students who want a comprehensive, engaging, and highly interactive approach to training
• Anyone looking to pursue a career in data analysis or business intelligence