Power BI Desktop Training - 2 Day Course

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Do you want to create automated reports that can keep up with ever-increasing data volumes and changing reporting requirements?


In this comprehensive 2-day course, you will learn how Power BI can help you automate routine data analysis and create interactive, professional-looking reports in just minutes. No prior experience needed!


  • Automate reporting
  • Fast track data integration
  • Discover new insights
  • Super boost your productivity

How it works

We come to you or host remotely

saving you travel time

Interactive workshop

giving you valuable hands-on experience with personalised support

Two day course from 9am-5pm

Team can't spare two full days? Ask us about splitting the course across multiple sessions.

Training Materials provided

so you can recap after the session.

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$1,999 + GST per team per day

Each day of training includes optional Q&A, plus supporting course guide.

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Topics Covered

Day 1 Sessions

Introduction to Power BI Desktop

Learn about the different components in the Power BI suite, and how to navigate a Power BI report

Loading data into Power BI

Understand the different ways of getting data into Power BI Desktop, and learn how to use Power Query to transform and cleanse your data

Building a data model with relationships

Understand how to create a flexible data model for your reporting solution using relationships

Using DAX to create calculated columns & measures

Learn how to use DAX, Power BI's powerful formula language to add new columns and simple measures to your reports

Creating visualisations in Power BI Desktop

Become a pro at creating professional-looking and interactive reports with the help of Power BI Desktop

Understanding Power BI Service

Learn about the features available when you publish your reports and files to the Power BI Service

Day 2 Sessions

Integrating data with Power Query

Delve deeper into the capabilities of Power Query to learn how to group, append and merge datasets together

Transforming data with Unpivot

Learn how to transform data displayed in columns into rows at the click of a button in Power Query

Using DAX to create complex measures

Continue exploring DAX functions such as CALCULATE() and ALL(), to add more complex measures to your reporting and analytics

Time intelligence

Create time intelligence analytics to gain instant insight into year-to-date and prior period performance in your organisation

More visualisations in Power BI Desktop

Continue exploring the different visualisation types in Power BI Desktop, to unlock hidden trends in your data

Enhancing user interaction in reports

Learn how to improve the usability of your reports with Drilldowns, Drillthroughs, Bookmarks, Buttons and Custom Tooltips

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Delivery Method

Each workshop is presented as a series of practical exercises, that give attendees hands-on experience of all aspects of Power BI. All our training exercises are supported by detailed course materials for reference during and after the training day.


CMBI can present this training session either in-person onsite, or host it live remotely, using industry-leading video conferencing software. Learn more about Remote Training here.


Materials and support

Our course materials support learning and re-enforcement well beyond the workshop.

Each session includes an associated set of support materials to help attendees complete the tasks on the day, as well as provide support after course completion:

  • Supporting course notes PDF document (approx 140 pages, printed on request)
  • Complete Power BI models for all exercises
  • Datasets for all examples
  • Optional Q&A time at the end of the session for anyone interested in asking specific questions

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