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Our course manuals and exercises are by some way the best in the computer training industry. Fortunately you don't have to take our word for this - you can see for yourself:
Our values are simple - we treat people as we would like to be treated ourselves. So:
You can see more on our corporate values here.
We've put a lot of thought into making our online courses as useful and interactive as possbile:
Choose a specific course, or stay on this page to see all of our Power BI training.
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Can't see the dates/course type that you want? Create your own onsite course (and tailor the content too!).
If you can't see the course you want listed above, don't despair! If you can muster 3 or 4 people together, it may well be worth organising an onsite course at your office (we'll provide and set up the computers), or else an online course tailored to your needs.
Here are some comments we've received about our Power BI + training. You can see all of our 523 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.
"Our trainer led the course at a suitable pace, explaining each section of the manual in full detail and answered any questions that were raised. His explanations were aimed at the right level for new users and I didn't feel that I wasn't following the course at any time. An excellent trainer and I would recommend the course to anyone wishing to learn Power BI. Thank you!"
Diane Smith
Merseyside Resilience Forum
"A great tutor and the course was incredibly informative. Our trainer was able to tailor elements of the course to our needs, so almost had the feel of a one to one training course. I would highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to further their knowledge and understanding of Power BI. Initially I was unsure as to whether to choose the Data or Report Power BI course, however I felt the course's description explained the differences well."
Sophie Jones
The University of Manchester
"An incredible trainer. I've done a fair amount of coaching / training etc in the past and our trainer was so good that I kept having to remember I was doing the course, not just getting tips on how to train well. :) Course content was also excellent - exactly the right pace and depth for me. Thank you."
James Charnock
Manchester Metropolitan University
"The course was fantastic; really helpful and the trainer made sure the course was fun and engaging. I've learnt invaluable skills which I'll be able to apply to my day to day work."
Ryan Edwards
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG)
"An incredible teacher, who across the 3 days was very entertaining and engaging. His way of explaining and breaking down the course content made it easy to follow and understand. The content was everything we all needed to know and I was able to see how I could apply what I had learnt into my own projects. I came away excited to put my new knowledge into action."
Rachael Kerrigan
Adidas UK
"Great team, great trainer, great structure. Was clean and easy to follow along, loved that we get to take away the files we worked on during course."
Jamie Wright
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
The main Microsoft Power BI tools are as follows:
Application | Notes |
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Power BI Desktop | You can use Power BI Desktop to create visual, interactive reports which you can then publish to your organisation's website (or to a public site). You can also use Power BI to create printable paginated reports. |
Power Query | This is included within Power BI, and allows you to transform data as you're loading it. |
Power BI Service | This allows you to view reports that you've published online, to create shared workspaces and apps and to pin tiles to dashboards. |
Power BI Mobile | Use this part of Power BI Desktop to create reports to be viewed on mobile devices. |
We run the following introductory courses in the Microsoft Power BI tools:
Course | What you'll learn |
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How to create visually interactive reports, including importing data, transforming it using Query Editor, creating visuals such as tables, matrices and charts, filtering data (for example, using slicers) and creating calculated columns and basic maps. |
Not sure of the difference between standard on-screen interactive Power BI reports and paginated reports? We've summarised them in this handy blog.
In addition, we have the following more advanced courses listed on our site:
Course | Notes |
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Learn how to create measures and calculated columns using DAX. If you're not sure what DAX is or how or why you'd use it, read this helpful guide. | |
Learn some more advanced features of creating Power BI reports, including bookmarks, tooltips and dynamic formatting. | |
Learn more about some of the advanced features for transforming data in Power Query, as well as other advanced topics to do with data modelling in Power BI. |
Finally, for those wanting to accelerate their learning we run two three-day fast-track courses:
Course | Notes |
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Attempting to cover all of the two-day Introduction to Power BI and parts of the two-day Advanced Power BI courses (Reports and Data) in three busy days. | |
In a similar vein, this three-day course aims to combine our two-day Introduction to DAX and two-day Introduction to Power BI courses. |
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Contact method | Details |
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Phone | Call us on (0161) 883 3606 and (within normal UK office hours) a friendly and helpful human will answer the phone! |
Send an email to our inbox and we'll aim to answer it within a couple of working hours. | |
Web | Fill in an enquiry form letting us know what you want to achieve, and we'll do our best to help! |
Skills you want to test |
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Power BI Desktop (new for 2024-25) |
Each tests consists of 20 questions. The tests are free and anonymous, and at the end you'll see a full analysis of your results (as well as a comparison of how well you did relative to everyone else who has previously taken the test).
We've got the following videos on our site to help you to learn Power BI:
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In addition to our classroom and online Power BI training courses, we also have the following learning resources:
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Tips and tricks | Useful tips and tricks to make Power BI easier |
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