Short course
Power BI Dashboards: Show Data People Can Trust
Build a clean Power BI report — get & clean data, model it, write measures in DAX, design for a decision — and learn to catch the AI-written measure that shows a confident, wrong number.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the flow get & clean → model → visualize → publish, and which view does what.
- Connect to and shape data in Power Query (types, headers, unpivot).
- Build a simple star schema and explain why it beats one flat table.
- Write core DAX (SUM, CALCULATE, DIVIDE) and explain filter context.
- Design a one-page dashboard for a specific question with the right visuals and slicers.
- Produce one audited dashboard artifact where you caught and corrected an AI DAX measure.
Who it's for
Managers and analyst-adjacent professionals who need to show data — team leads, ops/finance managers, and reporting specialists moving from static spreadsheets to interactive dashboards.
Lessons
- 1What Power BI Actually Is (the 4 Views)Explain the Power BI flow and which of the four views does each job.25 min
- 2Get & Clean Data in Power QueryConnect to and shape data so the model starts from clean, correctly-typed data.35 min
- 3The Star Schema: Facts vs DimensionsBuild a simple star schema and explain why a fact plus dimensions beats one flat table.30 min
- 4Measures with DAX (SUM, CALCULATE, DIVIDE)Write core DAX and explain filter context well enough to spot a silently-wrong measure.40 min
- 5Build a Dashboard That Answers a QuestionDesign a one-page report that answers a specific question with the right visual for each part.35 min
- 6Trust but Verify + Publish SafelyVerify your numbers against an independent source and publish without leaking data.25 min