Beginner Power BI Training

Build your first interactive reports and dashboards in this one-day workshop.

Learn the fundamentals of Power BI

This beginner Power BI workshop covers the core concepts and key features of Power BI. It’s ideal for anyone with no prior experience or those ready to build their first visualisations.

Participants will learn the basics of data modelling, report building, and dashboard creation to uncover and present key insights.

Audience

This course is designed for professionals who are new to Power BI and want to gain a practical, hands-on introduction to building data-driven reports and dashboards. No prior experience with Power BI is required, though a basic understanding of Excel or data concepts is helpful.

Course format

One-day, in-person workshop led by an experienced Business Intelligence consultant and Power BI expert. Includes step-by-step guidance, practical exercises, real-world examples, and opportunities for Q&A throughout, including a final wrap-up session.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Understand and navigate Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service
Connect and transform data from Excel and other sources
Build a simple data model and create relationships between tables
Understand the difference between Model, Data, and Report views
Apply slicers and drill-downs to explore data interactively
Design basic reports using charts, maps, cards, and visual filters
Publish reports to the Power BI Service and create dashboards
Use Power BI's Q&A feature to find insights quickly

Key learning areas

Getting Started with Power BI Desktop & Power BI Service
  • Overview of Power BI ecosystem
  • Navigating the interface
  • Connecting to sample data
Understanding Views & Simple Data Modelling
  • Switching between views
  • Data relationships and modelling
  • Star schema concepts
Adding and Customising Visuals
  • Bar, column, line charts, maps, and cards
  • Customising colours, labels, legends
Adding Filters, Slicers, and Drill-downs
  • Visual, page, and report-level filters
  • Slicers and hierarchy navigation
Publishing & Sharing Reports
  • Saving and publishing to Power BI Service
  • Navigating workspaces
  • Sharing and permissions
Building a KPI Dashboard
  • Pinning visuals
  • Creating and arranging dashboards
  • Organising KPIs on a dashboard
Final review and open Q&A session

Bring Your Own Device: Participants will need a laptop with Power BI Desktop installed (free from Microsoft). Instructions will be sent before the course.
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What You’ll Leave With: A working report and dashboard based on real data, plus the confidence to continue your Power BI journey.

Already confident with the basics?

See what’s covered in the Intermediate Power BI training workshop.
Intermediate workshop

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Learn from BI consultants who use Power BI to solve real business problems, daily.
Build practical skills through hands-on exercises you can apply immediately.
Small workshop sizes (4–8 people) ensure personalised support and discussion.
See how Power BI fits into your existing tools and drives more intelligent decisions.
Gain practical skills that you can apply right away in your everyday tasks.
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Beginner

$600*
(NZD)
per person

*Pricing is subject to change without notice.

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