Power BI Certification Exam 70-778, DA -100

Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate

Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst

This Course Covers the Content required for the 70-778 and the
New DA-100 Power BI Certification Exam.
Course Duration – 60 Hours
Power BI Complete Introduction
 Power BI Introduction
 Data Visualization, Reporting
 Business Intelligence(BI), Traditional BI, Self-Serviced BI
 Cloud Based BI, On Premise BI
 Power BI Products
 Power BI Desktop (Power Query, Power Pivot, Power View)
 Flow of Work in Power BI Desktop
 Power BI Service, Power BI Report Server, Power BI Mobile
 Flow of Work in Power BI / Power BI Architecture
 A Brief History of Power BI

PBI Desktop Installation Power BI Desktop & Power BI Service Overview

Power BI Desktop Software Installation

 Download & Installation of Power BI Desktop Software

 What are the Prerequisites to Install Power BI Desktop Software

Power Query Software Overview

 Overview of Power Query / Power Query Editor

 How to Open Power Query / Power Query Editor Software
 Connecting to Data Sources and Extracting the Data
 Establish connection to the Excel source, SQL Server
 Importing Data into Power Query Editor
 Transforming the Data in Power Query Editor using GUI Options
 Loading the Data into Power Pivot
 Understanding the M(Mashup) Language behind the GUI Options

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 Power BI Certification Exam 70-778, DA -100
Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst

Power Pivot Software Overview

 Understanding about Power Pivot – A In Memory Columnar Database

 Advantage of In Memory Columnar Database
 Power Pivot - xVelocity In-memory Analytics Engine (Previously called Vertipaq)
 Overview of Data Modeling – Model View(Previously Relationship View)
 Enhancing the Data Model – DAX(Data Analysis eXpressions) Language – Data View

Power View Software Overview

 Overview of Visualizations, Fields, Field Wells

 Understanding Dimension Columns & Fact Columns
 Visualizing the Data using Power View and Power Maps – Report View
 Saving Report
 Publishing the Report to Power BI Service

Power BI Service Overview

 Power BI Service Overview

 Logon to Power BI Service
 Share the Reports with Clients

Power BI Desktop User Interface

 Understanding Power BI Desktop User Interface

 Fields Pane, Visualizations Pane, Filters Pane
 Ribbon, Multiple Views (Report View, Data View & Model View)
 Report Canvas, Pages Section

Building Blocks of Power BI

 Datasets, Visualizations, Reports, Dashboards & Tiles

Power Query

Introduction to Power Query & Power Query Editor User Interface

 Overview of Power Query / Query Editor

 How to Open Power Query / Query Editor
 Extracting the Data from Data Sources
 Transforming the Data using GUI Options
 Loading the Data in Power Pivot
 Query Editor UI(Queries Pane, Data Pane / Results Pane, Power Query Ribbon)
 Query Settings, Pane Applied Steps, Formula Bar
 Advanced Editor, Query Dependencies
 Understanding Power Query Conceptually
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Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst

Data Processing, Data types and Filters in Power Query

 How Data Processed in Power Query

 Data types, Changing the Data type of a Column, Detect Data Type
 Filters in Power Query and their Purpose
 Types of Filters in Power Query(Basic Filtering, Advanced Filtering)
 Auto Filter / Basic Filtering
 Filter a Column using Advanced Text Filters, Number Filters, Date Filters
 Filter Multiple Columns

Inbuilt Column Transformations

 Remove Columns / Remove Other Columns, Choose Columns, Go To Column

 Name or Rename a Column
 Reorder Columns or Sort Columns(Move Left, Right, To Beginning, To End)
 Column from Examples( From All Columns, From Selection)
 Add Column / Custom Column
 Duplicate Column, Split Column, Merge Columns
 PIVOT, UNPIVOT Columns, Transpose Columns
 Replace Values, Remove Empty

In built Row Transformations

 Header Row or Use First Row as Headers, Use Headers as First Row
 Keep Top Rows, Keep Bottom Rows, Keep Range of Rows
 Keep Duplicates, Keep Errors
 Remove Top Rows, Remove Bottom Rows, Remove Alternative Rows
 Remove Duplicates, Remove Blank Rows, Remove Errors
 Group Rows / Group By

Combine Queries (Merge Queries & Append Queries)

Merge Queries / Join Tables
 Merge Queries, Merge Queries as New
 Need of Merge Queries, Minimum requirements to Perform Merge Queries
 Types of Joins / Join Kinds / Merge Type
 Left Outer (all from first, matching from second)
 Right Outer (all from second, matching from first)
 Full Outer (all rows from both)
 Inner (only matching rows)
 Left Anti (rows only in first), Right Anti (rows only in second)
 Cartesian Join or Cross Join, Self-Join
 Merging the Tables using Multiple Join Conditions
 How to Merge 3 Tables
 Use Fuzzy Matching Option
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Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst
Append Queries / Union ALL Tables

 Append Queries, Append Queries as New

 Minimum requirements to perform Append Queries
 Append Two Tables , Append Three or More Tables
 Folder as Source
 Appending Multiple Files of same type from a folder using Single Query
 Appending Multiple Excel Files and Multiple Sheets using Single Query
 Union All, How to get Union Result

Query Options

 Copy Query, Paste Query, Delete Query, Rename Query

 Enable Load, Include in report Refresh
 Duplicate Query, Reference Query
 Move to Group, Move Up, Move Down
 Create Function, Convert To Parameter
 Advanced Editor, Properties

Home Tab Options

 Close & Apply, Apply, Close

 New Source, Recent Sources, Enter Data, Data Source Settings
 Manage Parameters( Manage Parameters, Edit Parameters, New Parameter)
 Suggested Values(Any Value, List of Values, Query), Convert to List
 Query Parameters and Power BI Templates
 .pbix(Power BI File) and .pbit(Power BI Template File)
 Refresh Preview, Refresh All, Cancel Refresh
 Sorting Data

Transform Tab Options

 Reverse Rows, Count Rows, Replace Values, Replace Errors, Fill Down, Fill Up
 Text Column, Number Column, Date & Time Column Options
 Structured Column(Expand, Aggregate, Extract Values)
 Run R Script, Run Python Script

Add Column Tab Options

 Create Custom Function, Invoke Custom Function

 Conditional Column, Index Column, Duplicate Column
 From Text, From Number, From Date & Time Column Options

View Tab, Tools Tab & Help Tab Options

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Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst
Power Pivot
Power Pivot Software Overview

 Understanding about Power Pivot – A In Memory Columnar Database

 Advantage of In Memory Columnar Database
 Power Pivot - xVelocity In-memory Analytics Engine (Previously called Vertipaq)
 Overview of Data Modeling – Model View(Previously Relationship View)
 Enhancing the Data Model – DAX(Data Analysis eXpressions) Language – Data View

Power BI Data Modeling – Model View (Previously Relationship View)

 Data Modeling Introduction

 Relationships, Need of Relationship Between Tables
 Dimension Column, Fact Column, Dimension Table, Fact Table
 Star Schema, Snowflake Schema
 Galaxy Schema or Hybrid Schema or Fact Constellation Schema
 Relationship Types / Cardinality in General
 One-to-One, One-to-Many (or Many-to-One), Many-to-Many
 AutoDetect the relationship, Create a new relationship
 Edit existing relationships, Delete a relationship
 Make Relationship Active or Inactive
 Cross filter direction (Single, Both), Apply Security Filter in Both Directions
 Assume Referential Integrity

Enhancing the Data Model - DAX

 What is DAX(Data Analysis eXpressions) Language – Functional Language

 New Column, New Measure / Quick Measure, New Table
 DAX Table and Column Name Syntax
 Creating New Column, Creating New Measure
 Implicit Measures, Explicit Measures
 Difference Between New Columns & New Measures
 DAX Operators, Types of Operators
 Arithmetic Operators, Comparison Operators
 Text Concatenation Operator, Logical Operators

DAX Functions - Categories

 Text Functions
 Logical Functions
 Date and Time Functions
 Filter Functions
 Math & Statistical Functions
 Time Intelligence Functions

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Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst
DAX Text Functions

 LEN, CONCATENATE (&)

 LEFT, RIGHT, MID
 UPPER, LOWER
 TRIM, SUBSTITUTE, REPLACE, BLANK

DAX Logical Functions

 IF, Nested IF
 TRUE, FALSE, NOT, OR, IN, AND
 IFERROR
 SWITCH

DAX Date & Time Functions

 Creating Date Dimension Table for performing Time Intelligence Analysis

 YEAR, QUARTER, MONTH, DAY
 WEEKDAY, WEEKNUM
 FORMAT (Text Function)  Month Name, Weekday Name
 DATE, TODAY, NOW
 HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND, TIME
 DATEDIFF, YEARFRAC, CALENDAR, CALENDARAUTO
 EDATE, EOMONTH, DATEVALUE
 Week Number of Month, Fiscal Year, Fiscal Quarter

DAX Filter Functions

 CALCULATE, CALCULATETABLE
 ALL, ALLSELECTED, ALLEXCEPT
 RELATED, RELATEDTABLE
 LOOKUPVALUE (Information function)
 USERELATIONSHIP
 FILTER, DISTINCT(Column), DISTINCT(Table), VALUES, SELECTEDVALUE

DAX Math and Statistical Functions

 INT, ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN
 DIVIDE, EVEN, ODD, POWER, SIGN, SQRT, FACT
 SUM, SUMX, MIN, MINX, MAX, MAXX, COUNT, COUNTX
 AVERAGE, AVERAGEX
 COUNTROWS, COUNTBLANK
 RANKX, SUMMARIZE

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Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst
DAX Time Intelligence Functions
 Time Intelligence Introduction
 Date Dimension Table, Mark as Date Table
 TOTALMTD, TOTALQTD, TOTALYTD
 PREVIOUSDAY, PREVIOUSMONTH, PREVIOUSQUARTER, PREVIOUSYEAR
 NEXTDAY, NEXTMONTH, NEXTQUARTER, NEXTYEAR
 SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR
 YOY Growth, QOQ Growth, MOM Growth
 FIRSTDATE, LASTDATE
Quick Measures

 Creating Measures without writing the DAX Formula using Quick Measures
 Sales YoY%, Sales YTD, Sales MTD

Power View

Report View / Power View

 Report View User Interface / Power BI Desktop User Interface
 Fields Pane, Visualizations pane, Filters Pane
 Ribbon, Multiple Views, Report Canvas, Pages Section
 Fields, Filed Wells, Formatting, Analytics

Visuals Interactions
 Visual Interactions
 Interaction Type (Highlight, Filter, None)
 Visual Interactions Default Behavior
 Changing the Default Interaction Behavior, Edit Interactions

Filters in Power View

 Filters, Filter Types in Power View
 Filters on this Visual, Filters on this Page, Filters on All Pages
 Drill Through Filters, Cross Report Drill Through, Keep All Filters
 Filter Sub Types - Basic Filtering, Advanced Filtering, Top N, Relative Date Filtering
 Numeric field filters, Text field filters, Date and Time field Filters

Hierarchies and Drill-Down Reports

 Hierarchy Introduction, Default Date Hierarchy
 Creating Hierarchy, Creating Custom Date Hierarchy, Change Hierarchy Levels
 Drill Actions - Drill Down, Drill Up, Show Next Level, Expand Next Level
 Apply Drill Down filters to Selected Visual

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Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst
Power BI Visualizations
 Visualizing Data, Why Visualizations
 Visualization types, Field Wells
 Visuals for Filtering, Visualizing Categorical Data, Visualizing Trend Data
 Visualizing KPI Data, Visualizing Tabular Data, Visualizing Geographical Data
 Leveraging Power BI Custom Visuals

Visuals for Filtering

 Slicer Visualization, When to use a Slicer
 Create and format Slicer Visualization
 Hierarchy Slicer (Custom Visualization)
 When to use a Hierarchy Slicer, Create and format Hierarchy Slicer
 Advantages of Hierarchy Slicer
 Play Axis (Dynamic Slicer) - Custom Visualization
 When to use a Play Axis Visual, Create and format Play Axis Visual

Visualizing Categorical Data

 Purpose of Pie and Donut Charts, Create and Format Pie and Donut Charts
 Purpose of Tree map Visual, Create and Format the Tree Map Visual
 Purpose of Bar & Column Charts
 Create and Format Bar and Column Charts
 Create and Format Stacked Bar Chart, Stacked Column Chart
 Create and Format Clustered Bar Chart, Clustered Column Chart
 Create and Format 100% Stacked Bar Chart, 100% Stacked Column Chart
 Purpose of Scatter Chart, Create and Format Scatter Chart

Visualizing Trend Data

 Purpose of Line and Area Charts
 Create and Format Line Chart, Area Chart, Stacked Area Chart
 Combo Charts
 Create and Format Line and Stacked Column Chart, Line and Clustered Column Chart
 Create and Format Ribbon Chart, Waterfall Chart

Visualizing KPI Data

 Create and Format Gauge Visual, KPI Visual
 Create and Format Card Visualization, Multi Row Card
 Create and Format Funnel Chart

Visualizing Tabular Data

 Create and Format Table Visual, Matrix Visualization

Visualizing Geographical Data

 Create and Format Map Visual, Filled Map Visual

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Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst
Grouping, Binning & Sorting
 Grouping and Binning Introduction
 Using grouping, Creating Groups on Text Columns
 Using binning, Creating Bins on Number Column and Date Columns
 Sorting Data in Visuals, Changing the Sort Column, Changing the Sort Order
 Sort using column that is not used in the Visualization
 Sort using the Sort by Column button
Tooltip Page

 Create a Report Tooltip Page, Configure your Tooltip Report Page

 Manually setting a Report Tooltip

Bookmarks, Selection Pane & Buttons

 Bookmarks, Selection Pane & Buttons

 Changing the chart type dynamically
 Changing the Axis of Chart Dynamically

Power BI Service
Power BI Service Introduction
 Power BI Service Introduction, Power BI Cloud Architecture
 Cloud Vs. On Premise
 Creating Power BI Service Account, SIGN IN to Power BI Service Account
 Power BI Pro & Power BI Premium
 My Workspace & Project Workspace

Adding Dataset to Power BI Service and Creating Multiple New Reports

 Publishing Reports to the Power BI service, Import / Getting the Report to PBI Service
 Creating Multiple Reports using Dataset
 Power BI Datasets Live Connection using Desktop to Create New Report
 Creating New Reports in Cloud using Published Datasets
 Shared and Certified Datasets, Sharing Dataset across Multiple Projects

Dashboards Development
 Dashboard, Creating Dashboards using Multiple Reports
 Pin Visuals and Pin LIVE Report Pages to Dashboard
 Advantages of Dashboards
 Interacting with Dashboards
 Adding Tiles to Dashboards
 Web Content, Image, Text Box, Video
 Formatting Dashboard

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 Power BI Certification Exam 70-778, DA -100
Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst
Building Blocks of Power BI
 Datasets, Visualizations, Reports, Dashboards & Tiles

Data Connectivity Modes in Power BI

 Import, Direct Query & Connect Live / Live

Installing & Configuring the Data Gateways

 Introduction to Data Gateways, How Data Gateways work
 Connect to an on premise Data Source by using a Data Gateway
 Download Data Gateway, Installing a Data Gateway
 Types of Gateways – Enterprise & Personal Gateway
 Difference Between Enterprise & Personal Gateway
 Manage Data Gateway
 Sharing the Gateway, Add and Remove Administrators
 Add Data Source, Add or Remove Users to a Data Source
 Refresh On Premise Data
 Configuring Automatic Refresh using Schedules
 Full Refresh / Truncate & Load , Incremental Refresh the Data in Dataset

Understanding Sub folder in Workspace

 Datasets + Dataflows - Dataflows, Datasets
 Content - Workbooks, Reports & Dashboards
 All - Dataflows, Datasets, Workbooks, Reports & Dashboards

Dataflows
 Dataflows, Purpose of Dataflows
 Creating and Working with Dataflows
 Using Dataflows to Create a Dataset in Power BI Desktop
 Power BI Architecture with Dataflows

Dataset Actions
 Refresh, Schedule Refresh, Analyze in Excel, Create Report
 Delete Dataset, Get Quick Insights, Security, Rename, Settings, Download .pbix
 Manage Permissions, View Lineage

Excel Workbooks
 Import Excel Data into Power BI as Dataset
 Upload you Excel file to Power BI

Report Actions
 Share, Mark as Favorite, Analyze in Excel, Delete, Quick Insights, Save a Copy, Settings
 View usage Metrics Report, View Lineage

Dashboard Actions
 Share, Mark as Favorite, Delete, Settings, View usage Metrics Report, View Lineage

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 Power BI Certification Exam 70-778, DA -100
Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Job role: Data Analyst
Team Collaboration in Power BI using Workspaces
 Introduction to Workspaces
 Classic Workspaces, Upgraded Workspaces
 Create an Workspace, Add Members to Workspace to Collaborate
 Workspace Access - Admin, Member, Contributor, Viewer Roles

Sharing Power BI Content using Basic Sharing, Content Packs and Apps
 Sharing Reports & Dashboards using Direct Sharing / Basic Sharing
 Content Pack Introduction
 Create Content Pack, Sharing Content Packs
 Specific Groups, My Entire Organization
 Selecting the Content / Items to Publish or Share
 Introduction to App
 Publish an App, Update a Published App
 Manage Content in App, Include in App, Exclude in App
 Sharing App
 Entire Organization, Specific individuals or group
 Un publishing an App

Row Level Security in Power BI

 Introduction to Row Level Security
 Row Level Security (RLS) with DAX
 Manage Roles, Creating Roles, Testing Roles
 Adding Members to Roles in Power BI Service
 Dynamic Row Level Security
 Creating Users Table and Adding to the Model
 Capturing users using UserName () or UserPrincipalName () DAX Functions

Syncing Published Power BI Report Files Using OneDrive

 Refresh a Dataset stored on OneDrive

 Schedule Refresh the Dataset stored on OneDrive

Deployment Pipelines

 Create a Deployment Pipeline

 Assign a workspace to a Deployment Pipeline

ADD ON
 Real-time Project Explanation
 Resume Preparation, Power BI Developer Roles & Responsibilities
 Interview Questions Discussions
 Mock Interviews

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