Creating a two-week Power BI training program requires careful planning to cover essential concepts and hands-on experience with the tool. Below is a suggested two-week Power BI training plan:
Week 1: Fundamentals of Power BI
Day 1: Introduction to Power BI
- Morning: Welcome and course overview.
- Afternoon: Install Power BI Desktop, create an account, and navigate the interface.
Day 2: Data Sources and Loading Data
- Morning: Connecting to various data sources (Excel, databases, web sources).
- Afternoon: Data transformation and loading into Power BI.
Day 3: Data Modeling
- Morning: Understanding tables and relationships.
- Afternoon: Creating calculated columns and measures.
Day 4: Building Basic Visualizations
- Morning: Creating bar charts, line charts, and pie charts.
- Afternoon: Building tables, matrices, and cards.
Day 5: Interactive Reports
- Morning: Slicers, filters, and drill-through.
- Afternoon: Bookmarks and buttons for interactivity.
Weekend Break
Week 2: Advanced Power BI Topics
Day 6: Advanced Visualizations
- Morning: Building maps and custom visuals.
- Afternoon: Creating waterfall charts, funnel charts, and KPI indicators.
Day 7: DAX Functions and Formulas
- Morning: Advanced DAX functions (SUMX, AVERAGEX, etc.).
- Afternoon: Time intelligence functions and advanced DAX calculations.
Day 8: Data Modeling Best Practices
- Morning: Handling many-to-many relationships and bidirectional filtering.
- Afternoon: Using variables in DAX expressions.
Day 9: Power Query and Data Transformation
- Morning: Advanced data transformation with Power Query.
- Afternoon: M language and custom functions.
Day 10: Data Gateway and Data Refresh
- Morning: Setting up a data gateway for on-premises data sources.
- Afternoon: Scheduling data refresh.
Day 11: Power BI Service
- Morning: Publishing reports to Power BI Service.
- Afternoon: Collaboration, sharing, and embedding.
Day 12: Power BI Administration
- Morning: Admin settings, managing workspaces, and sharing options.
- Afternoon: Usage monitoring and security.
Day 13: Power BI Integrations (Optional)
- Morning: Integrating Power BI with other tools (e.g., Excel, SharePoint).
- Afternoon: Using Power Automate with Power BI.
Day 14: Final Projects and Review
- Morning: Participants work on a final Power BI project.
- Afternoon: Project presentations and review.
End of Training Program
Adapt this plan to suit the prior experience and needs of the participants. Encourage hands-on practice and exploration throughout the training. Provide real-world examples and datasets to work with. Consider offering a certification or assessment at the end of the program to measure participants’ proficiency in using Power BI. Additionally, share resources for self-learning and ongoing improvement in Power BI skills.
