July 2025
Intermediate
5h 33m
English
on-demand course
Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300) Certification Course: The Definitive Guide to the Most In-demand Data Analytics Certificate
with Nikola Ilic
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
Building a data-driven story is one of the core requirements for effective business decision-making. This course will boost your career opportunities in the data analytics realm, while at the same time setting you up for acquiring the in-demand PL-300 certificate (Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst). You’ll learn the skills necessary to succeed as a Data Analyst, and how to practically apply these skills by using Microsoft Power BI!
This course includes practical examples that any data analyst or business analyst can immediately apply in their day-to-day job, and many useful tips specifically related to successfully passing the PL-300 exam.
What you’ll learn and how to apply it
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Master all the skills necessary to successfully pass the PL-300 Power BI Data Analyst exam and feel more comfortable using Microsoft Power BI in their day-to-day work, including:
- Connect to various data sources and bring the data into Power BI
- Profile and clean data
- Transform and load the data into a Power BI report
- Design and implement a data model in Power BI
- Create and implement DAX calculations to enhance the data model
- Apply various techniques for optimizing data model performance
- Create interactive and visually appealing Power BI reports
- Implement advanced concepts and techniques for enhancing report usability and storytelling
- Apply various techniques for identifying trends and patterns in data
- Create and manage workspaces and different workspace assets
- Secure and govern Power BI items
This course is for you because
- You want to become a certified Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst.
- You’re a data analyst or a Business Analyst who wants to create data-driven stories to support the business decision-making process.
- You work closely with business stakeholders, enterprise data analysts and data engineers to identify and acquire data.
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of data analytics
- Foundational knowledge of Microsoft Power BI
- Microsoft Power BI Desktop installed
- Understanding of the end-to-end process for extracting, transforming, and visualizing the data
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