Hands on exercises
• Lecture: Introduction to data science
• Individual Exercise
DAY 1 • Group Exercise
• Assignment
• Create Microsoft Account/Download Power BI
• Download Tableau/Request for license
• Lecture: Data collection and preparation
• Individual Exercise
DAY 2 • Group Exercise
• Assignment
Schedule • Lecture: Exploratory data analysis
DAY 3 • Individual Exercise
of Activities • Build your dashboard
DAY 4 • BI Tools : Hands-on exercises
• Lecture: Machine learning
DAY 5 • Individual Exercise
• Group Exercise
• Assignment
DAY 6 • Lecture: Preparing your career in data science
• Group presentation – Storytelling with data
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Important when submitting answers to quizzes
1. Please send your outputs to:
[email protected] [email protected] cc:
[email protected].
2. Under the Subject field, properly and strictly indicate the following:
• Quiz No. - Title of the Quiz - University/College/Major - Certification Course -
Session Number - Date Quiz/Exercise/Assignment Was Given
• For Example:
• Q1 - #FAKENEWS - UM/BSBA - CDMP - Session 1 - 29Jan2022
3. Submissions must be done on or before the prescribed deadline.
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Power BI hands on exercises
Topics to cover are the following:
• Data upload
• Data preparation
• Unpivoting
• Data transformation
• Data visualization
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Hands on exercise 1
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Hands on exercises
Power BI hands on exercises
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Task:
A. Create a dashboard in Power BI
similar to this.
• Visualizations: Matrix chart; Line chart
with reference line; Bar chart; Slicer
B. Get a screen capture of your
dashboard, paste in PowerPoint file.
List 5 insights from the dashboard.
C. Present/demo your dashboard to
class. (3min)
D. Submit the PowerPoint file by April 23,
12mn. You don’t need to submit the
Power BI project file.
Build the dashboard (60 minutes)
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This exercise is taken from Workout Wednesday - Power BI challenge.
https://www.workout-wednesday.com/2021/02/16/pbi-2021-w07/
1. Download the excel file from Google drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kwlwTDLRTXKkHUshxq8VNfxjY6KYLEz2?fbclid=Iw
AR0v9t7dBJnZPrXZOJPsH_nVZS38TGG5pYo6LSjicO3y0HsahrdVQPq8IHU
2. Launch Power BI software.
3. Import data from the excel file into Power BI. (Follow the steps to import on slide 5.)
***Always save your work***
Importing data into Power BI
4.a. Click Get data -> Excel
workbook.
4.b. Select the Excel file.
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Importing data into Power BI
4.c. At Navigator window,
select Great Lakes. It will
display the rows and columns
of data.
4.d. Click Transform Data.
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Visualization: Matrix
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Create a matrix chart
1. On Visualizations -> Build
visual, select Matrix.
2. Watch and follow the steps
in Youtube. Start video play
at 7:22.
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=hU12Y7Cd6n8
3. Change the title and
labels.
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Change the font of rows
1. Select the Matrix visualization.
2. Go to Format visual -> Visual ->
Values –> Font.
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Change background color of matrix
1. Select the Matrix visualization.
2. Go to Build visual.
3. Click dropdown arrow at
Coverage. Select -> Conditional
formatting -> Background color.
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Change background color of matrix
4. Select colour for Minimum
value and Maximum value.
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Visualization: Line chart
with reference line
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Create a line chart
1. On Visualizations -> Build
visual, select Line chart.
2. Set the following:
Axis: Year
Values: Coverage
3. Increase the font sizes.
4. Change the title and labels.
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Create a line chart
5. Change the Coverage
units to Average.
Click the dropdown for
Coverage, select Average.
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Create the trend line
1. On Analytics -> Trend line,
switch it on.
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Visualization: Bar chart
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Create a bar chart
1. On Visualizations -> Build
visual, select Clustered column
chart.
2. Set the following:
Axis: Lake
Values: Coverage
3. Increase the font sizes.
4. Change the title and labels.
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Create a bar chart
5. Change the Coverage
units to Maximum.
Click the dropdown for
Coverage, select Maximum.
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Visualization: Slicer
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Create a slicer
1. On Visualizations -> Build visual,
select Slicer.
2. Set the following:
Field: Year
3. Increase the font sizes.
4. Change the title and labels.
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Visualization: Text box
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Create a text box for the title and short description
1. On Toolbar, select Textbox.
A grey box appears.
2. Add the title and description.
3. Change the font sizes/color and
background color.
4. Add your insights.
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Create a text box for the title and short description
Your dashboard should be
similar to this with added
insights.
You may change the
background and font colors
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THANK YOU!
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