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Your 4-day accelerated MCSA: BI Reporting certification course will develop the skills you need to create and manage enterprise business intelligence solutions as well as gain an expert understanding of data analysis using Power BI.
You'll be immersed in Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) using Firebrand's Lecture | Lab | Review technique. Your expert Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) will get you hands-on with the technology - helping you develop real-world practical skills. You'll develop and retain knowledge faster by combining theory and practical labs, reinforced by review sessions to help you cover the more complex topics.
You'll cover a range of exciting topics including:
You will be prepared for exams 70-778: Analysing Data with Power BI and 70-779: Analysing and Visualising Data with Microsoft Excel. You'll sit both these exams at Firebrand's training centre during the course. This is covered by your Certification Guarantee.
If you're a database professional needing to create enterprise BI solutions and alternative methods of presenting data the MCSA BI Reporting certification is ideal. Earning the certifcation will act as your first step towards achieving the MCSE: Data Management and Analytics credential.
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Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.
Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.
This information has been provided as a helpful tool for candidates considering training. Courses that include certification come with a Certification Guarantee. Pass first time or train again for free (just pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs). We do not make any guarantees about personal successes or benefits of obtaining certification. Benefits of certification determined through studies do not guarantee any particular personal successes.
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Module 1: Introduction to Self-Service BI Solutions
Introduces business intelligence (BI) and how to self-serve with BI.
Lessons
Lab: Exploring an Enterprise BI solution
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 2: Introducing Power BI
This module introduces Power BI desktop, and explores the features that enable the rapid creation and publication of sophisticated data visualisations
Lessons
Lab : Creating a Power BI dashboard
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 3: Power BI
At the end of this module you'll be able to explain the rationale and advantages of using Power BI.
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Lab : Importing data into Power BI
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 4: Shaping and Combining Data
With Power BI desktop you can shape and combine data with powerful, buil-in tools. This module introduces the tools that are available for preparing your data, and transforming it into a form ready for reporting
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Lab : Shaping and combining data
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 5: Modeling data
This module describes how to shape and enhance data
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Lab : Modelling Data
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 6: Interactive Data Visualisations
This module describes how to create and manage interactive data visualisations
Lessons
Lab : Creating a Power BI report
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 7: Direct Connectivity
This module describes various connectivity options using Power BI
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Lab : Direct Connectivity
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 8: The Developer API
This module describes the developer API within Power BI
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Lab: Using the developer API
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 9: Power BI mobile app
This module describes the Power BI mobile app
Lessons
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 1: Data Analysis in Excel
This module looks at the classic Excel dashboard and at ways to extend it.
Lessons
Lab : Building a Classic Excel Dashboard
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 2: The Excel Data Model
This module looks at the classic Excel data model and at ways to extend it.
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Lab: Explore an Excel Data Model
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 3: Importing Data from Files
This module looks at pre-formatting and importing CSV files.
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Lab: Importing Data from a CSV File
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 4: Importing Data from Databases
This module looks at how to import data into Excel from a SQL Server database.
Lessons
Lab: Import Data from Multiple Sources
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 5: Importing Data from Excel Reports
This module describes how to import data from a report.
Lessons
Lab: Importing Data from a Report
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 6: Creating and Formatting Measures
This module describes how to create and format measures.
Lessons
Lab: Creating Measures using Advanced DAX Functions
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 7: Visualising Data in Excel
This module describes how to visualise data in Excel.
Lessons
Lab: Data Visualisation in Excel
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Module 8: Using Excel with Power BI
This module describes how to use Excel with Power BI.
Lessons
Lab: Creating a Power BI Dashboard with Excel
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
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You'll sit the following exams at the Firebrand training centre during the course, covered by your Certification Guarantee:
Languages: English
Technology: Microsoft Excel, Power BI
You'll be tested on the following skills and knowledge:
You'll be tested on the following skills and knowledge:
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Firebrand Training offers top-quality technical education and certification training in an all-inclusive course package specifically designed for the needs and ease of our students. We attend to every detail so our students can focus solely on their studies and certification goals.
Our instructors teach to accommodate every student's learning needs through individualised instruction, hands-on labs, lab partner and group exercises, independent study, self-testing, and question/answer drills.
Firebrand Training has dedicated, well-equipped educational facilities where you will attend instruction and labs and have access to comfortable study and lounging rooms. Our students consistently say our facilities are second-to-none.
We’re currently migrating from printed to digital courseware. Some courseware is already available in digital, while other books remain in printed form. To find out if this course is digital, call us on +33 (0) 181 22 44 68.
There are several benefits of easy-to-use digital courseware: downloads are immediate, and you’ll always have your courseware available wherever you are. You won’t need to wait for a printed book to be delivered before you start learning – and it’s better for the environment. You can choose to download the courseware to your own device, or borrow one of ours.
Considering a Microsoft course? Always have the most up-to-date Microsoft digital courseware with ‘Fresh Editions’. This gives you access to all versions of digital courseware – you’ll receive updates and revisions of your textbook, at no charge, for the life of that course.
Should a student complete a Firebrand Training Program without having successfully passed all vendor examinations, the student may re-attend that program for a period of one year. Students will only be responsible for accommodations and vendor exam fees.
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Before attending this course, you must meet the following prerequisite knowledge and skills:
Don’t worry - we’ll discuss your technical background, experience and qualifications to determine whether this accelerated course suits you.
Just call us on +33 (0) 181 22 44 68 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants.
Firebrand is an immersive environment and requires commitment. Some prerequisites are simply guidelines; you may find your unique experience, attitude and determination enables you to succeed on your accelerated course.
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"My experience of this intensive course was a good one! This was due to my instructor who was so helpful and engaged us all from the beginning to the end. Thanks to the instructor for being an amazing , intelligent , funny and caring instructor"
Louise-Clair Elliot, Freightliner. - Microsoft MCSA: BI Reporting (4 days) (22/11/2018 to 25/11/2018)
"This is how training should be imparted especially the accelerated approach. Thanks a ton."
Sanjeev Putla, NA. - Microsoft MCSA: BI Reporting (4 days) (22/11/2018 to 25/11/2018)
"The accelerated training provided good knowledge in able to obtain the certification."
Michael Howard. - Microsoft MCSA: BI Reporting (4 days) (7/6/2018 to 10/6/2018)
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