Power BI Roadmap

Chapter 1: Introduction to Power BI
  • Power BI Introduction
  • Power BI Products
  • Components of Power BI Desktop
  • Power BI Service
  • Gateways
  • Power BI Mobile
  • Role of Azure & Office 365 in Power BI
  • Power BI Installation and its Prerequisites
Chapter 2: Power Query
  • Overview of Power Query Editor
  • How to open Power Query Editor
  • Connecting to different Data Sources like Excel, SharePoint, SQL, etc.
  • Different Connection Modes
  • Data Transformation in Power Query using GUI options
  • Advanced Editor using M Query
  • Query Dependencies
  • Different Tabs in Power Query (Home, Transform, Add Column, View, Tools & Help)
  • Applied Steps & Query Dependencies

Chapter 3: Power Pivot and Data Modeling

  • Understanding Power Pivot
  • Data Modeling Concepts
  • Star Schema, Snowflake Schema
  • Dimension Table, Fact Table
  • Cardinality and its types
  • Cross Filter Directions
  • Measures, Calculated Columns & Calculated Tables
  • Advanced options in Power Pivot

Chapter 4: Power View and Visualization

  • Understanding Power View
  • Fields Pane, Visualization Pane, Filter Pane
  • Filters and its types
  • Drill Down & Drill Through
  • Row Level Security
  • Visual Interactions
  • Mobile view
  • Hierarchy
  • Different Visuals, Purpose & Usage
  • Custom Visuals
  • Performance Analyzer

Chapter 5: Advanced Visualization and Features

  • Power Map
  • Tool Tips & Custom Tool Tips
  • Grouping
  • Bookmarks, Selection pane & Buttons
  • Publish
  • Format Tools
  • Column Tools

Chapter 6: Power BI Service and Administration

  • Introduction to Power BI Service
  • Power BI Cloud Architecture
  • Power BI licenses and its Types
  • My Workspace & Project Workspaces
  • Workspace level Access
  • Report level Permissions
  • Dashboard
  • Datasets
  • Dataflows and its Types
  • Report Actions
  • Dataset Actions
  • Security
  • On-demand & Schedule Refreshes
  • App Creation
  • Favourites
  • Deployment Pipelines
  • Permission to SG
  • Data Source Settings
  • Admin Portal and objects of Admin Portal
  • Creating Security Groups in Office 365
  • Assigning Licenses
  • Understanding Gateways
  • Types of Gateways
  • Installation
  • Adding or Removing Sources and Users