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Bath Spa University

Getting Started with Power BI Course

Power up your data storytelling with Power BI, the industry-leading business intelligence platform.

Date event
Tue, 09 March 2027
Time schedule

About this event

Designed to support new and current users of Microsoft’s powerful business intelligence platform, Getting Started with Power BI combines presentation of real-life examples, discussion activities, and hands-on exercises, to inspire you to create truly effective visual assets to share with your colleagues.

Guided by an experienced analyst, you’ll explore the tools available to you in Power BI, following a typical industry scenario from data import right through to polished reports.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Clean and structure data using Power Query
  • Describe the principles of effective data visualisation and good dashboard design
  • Understand how to work with different data formats
  • Create a range of simple visual assets in Power BI
  • Source and create reference data
  • Apply interactive elements to a dashboard in Power BI.

This course is suited for beginner level, provided you have some experience of analysis using Excel or Google Sheets.

Getting Started with Power BI is a live online course, led by an experienced analyst. You must have a personal laptop or PC with Power BI Desktop installed.