ANALYZING AND VISUALIZING DATA WITH POWER BI (SF)

ANALYZING AND VISUALIZING DATA WITH POWER BI (SF)

Funded

Course Duration

24.0 hr(s)

Mode of Assessment

Students must complete written question and practical performance assessments during class.

Who Should Attend

  • Report Creators
  • Data Analysts
  • Business Intelligence professionals

What's In It for Me

Self-service BI, an end-user’s ability to analyse data and create complex visual reports without the aid of someone with technical expertise, has been a growing demand in many companies as it drives productivity and efficiency. The course will walk you through the powerful features of Self-service BI using a data analytical tool.

Course Overview

The course is designed to equipped students with the basic skills needed to create visual reports with data analytics using Power BI.  Upon course completion, learners will be able to consume and transform data using the Power BI desktop application, create models from raw data sources and configure Dashboards using the Power BI Service.

Course Schedule

Next available schedule

Course Objectives

Upon course completion, learners will be able to:

  • Perform Power BI desktop data transformation.
  • Describe Power BI desktop modelling.
  • Create a Power BI desktop visualization.
  • Implement the Power BI service.
  • Describe how to connect to Excel data.
  • Describe how to collaborate with Power BI data.
  • Connect directly to data stores.
  • Describe the Power BI analytic and visual API. Describe the Power BI mobile app.

Pre-requisites

Required Prerequisites:

  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications – particularly Excel.

 

Suggested Prerequisites:

  • Some basic knowledge of data warehouse schema topology (including star and snowflake schemas).
  • Some exposure to basic programming constructs (such as looping and branching).
  • An awareness of key business priorities such as revenue, profitability, and financial accounting is desirable.
  • Hardware & Software
    This course will be conducted as a Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom platform. Participants must own a zoom account and have a laptop or a desktop with “Zoom Client for Meetings” installed. This can be downloaded from
    https://zoom.us/download

System Requirement

Must Have:

Please ensure that your computer or laptop meets the following requirements.

  • Operating system: Windows 10 (MacOS is not supported)
  • Processor/CPU: 1.8 GHz, 2-core Intel Core i3 or higher
  • Minimum 20 GB hard disk space.
  • Minimum 8 Gb RAM
  • Webcam (The camera must be turned on for the duration of the class)
  • Microphone
  • Internet Connection: Wired or Wireless broadband
  • Latest version of Zoom software to be installed on computer or laptop prior to the class.

Good to Have:

  • Wired internet connection
    Wired internet will provide you with stable and reliable connection.

  • Dual monitors
    Using a dual monitor setup will undoubtedly improve your training experience, enabling you to simultaneously participate in hands-on exercises and maintain engagement with your instructor.

Not Recommended:

Using tablets is not recommended due to their smaller screen size, which could cause eye strain and discomfort over the course of the program's duration.

Course Outline

Module 1: Get Started with Microsoft Data Analytics

Lessons

  • Data Analytics and Microsoft
  • Getting Started with Power BI

 

Module 2: Prepare Data in Power BI

Lessons

  • Get data from various data sources
  • Optimize performance
  • Resolve data errors

 Module 3: Clean, Transform, and Load Data in Power BI

 Lessons

  • Data shaping
  • Enhance the data structure
  • Data Profiling

Module 4: Design a Data Model in Power BI Lessons

  • Introduction to data modeling
  • Working with tables
  • Dimensions and Hierarchies  

Module 5: Create Model Calculations using DAX in Power BI

Lessons

  • Introduction to DAX
  • DAX context
  • Advanced DAX

Module 6: Optimize Model Performance

Lessons

  • Optimze the model for performance
  • Optimize DirectQuery Models
  • Create and manage Aggregations  

Module 7: Create Reports

Lessons

  • Design a report
  • Enhance the report   

Module 8: Create Dashboards

Lessons

  • Create a Dashboard
  • Real-time Dashboards
  • Enhance a Dashboard

Module 9: Create Paginated Reports in Power BI

Lessons

  • Paginated report overview
  • Create Paginated reports

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

Upon completion of the course and assessment, students will also be awarded with Statement of Attainments (SOAs) from SSG.

ICT-DIT-3006-1.1 Data Visualization

  • Certificate of completion from NTUC LearningHub

Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.

Additional Details

Medium of Instruction: English Trainer

Trainee ratio is 1:25

 

Price

Course Fee and Government Subsidies

  

Individual Sponsored 

Company Sponsored 

 

Non-SME 

SME 

Before GST 

After GST 

Before GST 

After GST 

Before GST 

After GST 

Full Course Fee
(For Foreigners and those not eligible for subsidies)

$1,800.00

$1,962.00

$1,800.00

$1,962.00

$1,800.00

$1,962.00

For Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below
and
For all Singapore Permanent Residents
(The minimum age for individual sponsored trainees is 21 years)

$540.00

$588.60

$540.00

$588.60

$180.00

$228.60

For Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above

$180.00

$228.60

$180.00

$228.60

$180.00

$228.60

Funding Eligibility Criteria:

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses

  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from trainee if he/she did not meet the eligibility criteria
  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses

  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from the employer if trainee did not meet the eligibility criteria

Remarks:

Individual Sponsored Trainee 

Company Sponsored Trainee 

SkillsFuture Credit: 

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding.

UTAP: 

  • This course is eligible for Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).
  • NTUC members can enjoy up to 50% funding (capped at $250 per year) under UTAP. 

PSEA: 

  • To check for Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) eligibility for this course, visit:
    (a) 
    SkillsFuture (TGS-2023018921) for Virtual Learning Class (VLC)
    (b) 
    SkillsFuture (TGS-2023019571) for Face-to-Face class
  • Scroll down to “Keyword Tags” to verify for PSEA eligibility. 
  • If there is “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is eligible for PSEA.  
  • And if there is no “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is ineligible for PSEA. 
  • Not all courses are eligible for PSEA funding.

Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding: 

  • $4.50 per hour, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year.
  • AP funding will be computed based on the actual number of training hours attended by the trainee.
  • Note: Courses / Modules under Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) will not be eligible for AP funding claim. 

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Prices are subject to other LHUB miscellaneous fees.

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