Power BI Advanced Techniques for Business
Building upon your foundational knowledge of Power BI, this two-day course is designed to elevate your skills and empower you to take full advantage of the advanced capabilities of this powerful business intelligence tool.
Throughout the day, you will unlock the secrets of data modelling and optimisation, enabling you to leverage Power BI Desktop to design efficient and robust data models that can handle complex business scenarios. You will explore advanced DAX functions, patterns, and expressions to solve intricate analytical challenges and leverage the full power of DAX in your calculations. Moreover, you will discover how to push the boundaries of visualisations by creating custom visuals, implementing advanced formatting options, and incorporating interactive features.
By the end of the course, you will possess the expertise to create sophisticated data models, perform complex calculations, and design stunning visualisations that unveil deeper insights and enable data-driven decision-making at an advanced level.
Is this course right for you?
This course is ideal for Business, HR and IT professionals, middle management and decision makers, researchers, analysts, business Analysts, data analysts and project managers. Anyone who would like to know how to create complex data models, optimise performance, and build sophisticated reports and dashboards.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Design efficient and robust data models in Power BI.
- Master advanced DAX functions and expressions for complex calculations.
- Implement best practices for data modelling and optimisation.
- Create custom visuals and utilise advanced formatting options.
- Design interactive, visually appealing, and accessible dashboards and reports.
- Use advanced visualisation techniques for impactful presentations.
- Apply advanced data analysis techniques for deeper insights.
- Publish and share advanced reports on the Power BI Service.
- Collaborate effectively and control access permissions.
Upcoming Courses
Learn it. Earn it. Share it.
By completing AIM’s Power BI Advanced Techniques for Business course, you will receive a certificate to recognise the high standard of learning and skill development you have attained. Print your certificate or share it electronically to demonstrate your ever-growing value to employers and peers.
Included Online Courses
Power BI Advanced Techniques for Business also gives you free access to the following online courses valued at $4125:
Creative Thinking and Continuous Improvement (Online)
Introduction to Project Management (Online)
Effective Communication (Online)
Delivery mode
On-Campus Workshops – 2 day face-to-face workshop
The benefits of studying in a classroom setting include being able to share first-hand experiences, ideas and questions with peers and our expert facilitators. You’ll study alongside like-minded people and strengthen your network.
Virtual Classroom - 2 day virtual session
Utilising highly accessible digital capabilities, virtual classrooms provides the benefits of live learning — working with peers, asking questions with immediate answers from facilitators, and stimulating deeper discussions — with the flexibility of online learning.
Unless otherwise noted, AIM's On-Campus Short Courses begin promptly at 9:00 am and finish no later than 5:00 pm (Local Time).
AIM's Virtual Short Courses begin at 9:00 am and finish no later than 5:00 pm (AEDT/AEST).
Closed Cohorts
Complete this training as a closed cohort to ensure consistency, alignment, and immediate application in the workplace. Bring your team together for a shared learning experience that delivers stronger engagement and a cost-effective, scalable solution for upskilling your workforce.
> Find out more about running Power BI Advanced Techniques for Business as a Closed Cohort.
Additional Information
What's Included?
All students receive:
- Comprehensive course notes
On-campus students receive:
- Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
- Internet access
Please advise AIM when booking if you have any dietary or accessibility requests.
Virtual students will require the following:
- Computer or mobile device
- An internet connection (broadband/4G+ recommended)
- Speakers and a microphone
- A webcam
Pre-Course setup
What kind of laptop must I bring to the course?
You must bring a Windows-based laptop (Apple MacOS does not currently support Power BI).
How should I set up my monitors?
For the virtual delivery version of this short course, we strongly recommend that you use a two-monitor setup (either a laptop and one external monitor or two external monitors) and configure the setup to extend the display between the two monitors. You can have the Power BI application open on one monitor and the Zoom application on the other, which will help you to easily follow the course content and work on the practical activities.
What software and files must I have before I attend the course?
You must:
- Install Power BI Desktop on your laptop. The Power BI Desktop application is free. You can download it from the Microsoft Website Note: if you have a company-managed laptop your IT department might need to permit the installation.
- Have a valid school or work Microsoft account (Office 365 or Azure AD) with a Power BI subscription to sign into Power BI Service. If you don’t have this, you can still do the course but\ will need to just watch the last few topics.
- Install the Power BI Mobile application (from Google Play/App Store) on your phone or tablet. If you don’t have this, you can still do the course but will need to just watch the mobile application topic.
- Download the Power BI data files from myAIM and save them to your laptop.
Payment Options
We require full payment to be made upfront prior to attending the training. Payment options we offer include:
- Credit Card (Visa/MasterCard/Amex)
- Direct Deposit (EFT)
- Purchase Order
- Payment Plan - zipMoney
Our Facilitators
AIM facilitators are experienced practitioners with a robust mix of academic and practical expertise. We believe the education of the future managers of Australia to be a highly important task. Who is better placed to teach the art and science of management than those with current, daily real-world experience?
Our motto: By managers, for managers.
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