Power BI Tutorial 2022

Power BI has been evolving rapidly. That’s why I created the new Power BI Tutorial 2022 – which is based upon July 2022 updated version. We cover the entire data lifecycle as shown below.

Power BI Tutorial Video (53 minutes)

Watch the video on YouTube.

Download sample files

For this tutorial, you need two files. One CSV containing transactions data and one Excel file containing the location data. Using this file you will create a new Power BI report file (PBIX). I have also included a completed PBIX file for your reference. These three files are available as a zip file (740kb) for download.

Power BI Tutorial: Table of Contents

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1. Introduction – 00:00
2. Sign in and Install Power BI – 00:34
3. Power BI Desktop Menus – 03:44
4. View all Data Sources – 04:20
5. Import Transactions CSV – 05:14
6. Clean up transaction file – 06:02
7. Import Location data from Excel file – 09:49
8. Create relationship between tables – 13:01
9. Field List – 14:31
10. Hide unwanted columns – 15:07
11. Shaping data – 16:23
12. Set Data Categories – 16:56
13. Set default summarization – 18:59
14. Save file as PBIX – 20:27
15. Report tab Menus and Panes – 20:50
16. Date Hierarchy – 21:42
17. Create a visual – 22:21
18. Create card visual to show total amount – 23:44
19. Add Transaction Count card – 26:48
20. Create Pie chart – 27:47
21. Create Column Chart – 30:16
22. Add Data Labels – 31:42
23. Create a Map – 32:09
24. Cross Filtering – 35:26
25. Map Auto Zoom – 37:08
26. Rectangle selection in map – 37:33
27. Add a slicer – 38:58
28. Using Bookmarks for storytelling – 40:59
29. Sharing Power BI reports – 43:54
30. Publish to Power BI portal – 44:50
31. Share report from Power BI portal – 45:58
32. Sharing the dataset with others – 49:12
33. Use Power BI dataset inside Excel – 50:24
34. Refreshing the data and report – 51:41
35. Summary – 51:58

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