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Power BI: Creating Reports Virtual Classroom Live June 08, 2026

Price: $950

This course runs for a duration of 1 Day.

The class will run daily from 10 AM ET to 6 PM ET.

Class Location: Virtual LIVE Instructor Led - Virtual Live Classroom.

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Description

Building clear, interactive, and efficient Power BI reports is a valuable skill for anyone who works with data. Power BI: Creating Reports is a expert-guided, hands-on course focuses on practical techniques to create reports that are both visually compelling and easy to navigate. Learn how to choose the right visuals based on data type and reporting needs, set up slicers and filters for seamless user interaction, and enhance navigation with bookmarks and buttons. Tooltips and visual interactions add another layer of usability, making reports more intuitive and helping users explore data with confidence.

A well-designed report is not just about looks. It also needs to perform well. This session covers how to use the Performance Analyzer to track report responsiveness, pinpoint bottlenecks, and fine-tune DAX expressions for better efficiency. With a balance of expert instruction and hands-on practice, this course is designed for business analysts, data professionals, and anyone looking to sharpen their Power BI reporting skills. Walk away with practical techniques to create reports that not only look great but also function smoothly and deliver real insights.

This hands-on course is designed to build the skills needed to create interactive, well-structured Power BI reports that are both visually compelling and highly functional.

Working in a hands-on learning environment, guided by our Power BI expert instructor, you will learn how to:

  1. Choose the best visuals for different types of data and reporting needs.
  2. Use slicers, filters, and drill-throughs to create interactive and user-friendly reports.
  3. Enhance navigation and usability with bookmarks, buttons, and dynamic tooltips.
  4. Manage visual interactions to control how data is displayed across pages.
  5. Track and analyze report performance using the Performance Analyzer and DAX View.
  6. Optimize DAX expressions to improve report speed and efficiency.

Audience

This course is ideal for business analysts, data professionals, and anyone responsible for building reports in Power BI. A basic understanding of Power BI is recommended, along with experience working with data.

Course Overview

Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We will work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most. Course agenda, topics and labs are subject to adjust during live delivery in response to student skill level, interests and participation.

1. Selecting visuals

  • Review types of standard visuals.
  • Selecting appropriate visual for the type of data

2. Slicers and Filters

  • Using standard and custom slicers
  • Setting slicers with default values
  • Using the filter panel with defaults
  • Locking and/or hiding fields in the Filter pane
  • Setting up a drill through

3. Bookmarks and Buttons

  • Setting up bookmarks
  • Refreshing bookmarks
  • Setting up buttons in different states

4. ToolTips

  • Manage tooltip interactions
  • Format tooltips
  • Create a tooltip page

5. Working with Interactions

  • Limiting interactions within visuals and across pages

6. Measuring Report Performance

  • Set up the Performance Analyzer
  • Capture performance metrics when interacting with the report
  • Identify ways to improve performance
  • Using the DAX View to improve DAX expressions

Prerequisites

To ensure a smooth learning experience and to gain the most from attending this course, you should have:

  • Familiarity with Power BI's interface and basic report-building features.
  • Understanding of fundamental data relationships (joins, aggregations, filters).
  • Ability to work with datasets, tables, and basic DAX expressions.

Take Before: In order to gain the most from this course, you should have incoming skills equivalent to those in the course listed below, or should have attended this as a prerequisite:

Course Comments

Suggested Learning Paths: Power BI Suite

Business User/Report Developer

  1. TTDPB01: Power BI: Essentials (2 days). Foundation for all learners.
  2. TTDPB04: Power BI: Creating Reports (1 day). Learn to design and build insightful reports.
  3. (Optional) TTDPB03: Power BI: Data Transformation & Modeling (2 days). If you need to clean and prepare data before reporting.

For Data Analysts & Power Users (Focus: Data Preparation, Analysis, and Advanced Calculations)

  1. TTDPB01: Power BI: Essentials (2 days). Foundation for all learners.
  2. TTDPB03: Power BI: Data Transformation & Modeling (2 days). Learn Power Query and data modeling best practices.
  3. TTDPB05: Power BI: Mastering DAX for Data Analysis (1 day). Essential for writing complex calculations and optimizing analysis.
  4. (Optional) Power BI: Creating Reports (1 day). If they also need to design and present reports.

For Data Engineers (Focus: Data Preparation & Optimization)

  1. TTDPB01: Power BI: Essentials (2 days). Foundation for all learners.
  2. TTDPB03: Power BI: Data Transformation & Modeling (2 days). Core course for data cleaning and model structuring.
  3. (Optional) TTDPB05: Power BI: Mastering DAX for Data Analysis (1 day). If you need to optimize performance with calculated measures.

Other Available Dates for this Course

Virtual Classroom Live
April 27, 2026

$950.00
1 Day    10 AM ET - 6 PM ET
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