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Power BI Fundamentals

Part of the Data Analyst Roadmap

In short

Microsoft's BI tool — importing data, building visuals by dragging fields onto a canvas, and organizing them into report pages — the most common BI tool in Microsoft-heavy enterprises.

How to learn this

  1. 1Install Power BI Desktop (free) and load a sample dataset.
  2. 2Build 3-4 basic visuals (bar chart, line chart, card) from the same data.
  3. 3Learn the difference between Power BI Desktop (building) and the Service (sharing).

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