Dr. Vazi Okhandiar, an experienced educator and certified trainer at NR Computer Learning Center, offers training on building dashboards using Microsoft Power BI, emphasizing its real-time data visualization and analysis capabilities. The document outlines the benefits of digital dashboards, the functionalities of Power BI, and its various applications by different user types, while also providing an overview of training programs available for developing skills in data analysis and dashboard creation. Additional resources include links for downloading Power BI and accessing pricing information.

1. Dr. Vazi Okhandiar, DBA, MSCS, PMP, MCT
www.nrclc.com. (714) 505-3475
Build a Dashboard
Using Microsoft Power BI
NR Computer Learning Center

2. NR Computer Learning Center (NRCLC)
•Established in 2002
•Provide Computer Training
•Microsoft Partner
 Hands-on classroom training
 Online Training
 Virtual Live Training
 Private Lesson

3. Dr. Vazi Okhandiar
Over 30 years of teaching experience in Computer Science &
IT courses and Microsoft Products.
Worked for the World Bank, General Motors, HP/EDS,
Toyota, CSC, Olympus, and Mitsubishi, as well as numerous
small and medium-sized enterprises.
Education:
• DBA, Walden University
• MBA, University of California, Irvine
• Masters in Computer Science, Illinois Institute of
Technology, Chicago
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering,
University of California, Irvine.
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) by Microsoft and Certified
Project Management Professional (PMP) by PMI

4. Objective
What is a Dashboard
What is Power BI
Download and install Power BI for Free
Import Sample Data into Power BI
Create Visualization and create Report
Share reports with other

5. A dashboard
•A dashboard is a visualization tool that is
similar to a panel for a driver of a vehicle that
has data organized and presented in such a
way that is easy to read and understand.

6. Executive Dashboard
• An Executive Dashboard is a visual representation that
gives executives a quick and easy way to view their
company’s performance in real-time.
• The Executive Dashboard pulls the information from
various data sources into one place for data analysis.

7. Benefit of Digital Dashboards
• Visual presentation of performance measures
• Ability to identify efficiencies/inefficiencies
• Ability to identify and correct negative trends
• Ability to identify new trends.
• Ability to make more informed decision
• Align strategies and organizational goals
• Increase overall revenue

8. Introduction to Power BI
• First released to the general public on July 24, 2015
• It is a cloud-based business analytics service that
enables anyone to visualize and analyze critical
business data with greater speed, efficiency, and
understanding.
• Microsoft Power BI is a business intelligence
platform that provides business users with tools for
aggregating, analyzing, visualizing and sharing
data.

9. Who uses Power BI
• Analysts
• Business Users
• IT Professional
• Developers

10. Common uses of Power BI
• Power BI can help connect disparate data sets, transform and clean the data into a data
model and create charts and graphs to provide visuals of the data.
• Reports can be shared with other Power BI users within the organization.
• Data models created in Power BI can be used in telling stories through charts and data
visualizations and examining "what if" scenarios within the data.
• Power BI reports can answer real-time questions and help with forecasting to ensure
departments meet business metrics.
• Power BI can provide executive dashboards for administrators and managers, giving
management more insight into how departments are doing.

11. Ref: https://blog.bismart.com/en/microsoft-power-bi-leader-gartner-magic-quadrant-2022

12. Power BI Free versus Paid
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/

13. Power BI Desktop
Free Download Microsoft BI Desktop version from
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/get-started/

14. Power BI is based on …
Power Query - connects to external data, transforms data, and
creates a data model
Power Pivot - used to perform powerful data analysis in Excel,
bringing self-service business intelligence to the desktop
Power View – used to create pretty, interactive data presentations

15. Data Sources
• Files (Excel, PDF, SharePoint Folder, XML)
• Databases (SQL Server Database, Oracle
Database, IBM databases, Amazon Redshift,
Google BigQuery),
• Other Power BI data sets,
• Azure data connections and many online services
(Dynamics 365, Salesforce Reports, Google
Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Facebook and others).

16. Steps for Using Power BI
Launch
Microsoft
BI Desktop
Import
data
Create
Report
Publish to
Power BI
Create
Dashboard
Share the
Dashboard
View on
Mobile
devices

17. Sample Data
Superstore - Order Table
• Order ID
• Order Date
• Order Priority
• Order Quantity
• Sale
• Discount
• Shipping Method
• Profit
• Unit Price
• Shipping cost
• Customer Name
• State
• Region
• Business Size
• Product Category
• Product Sub Category
• Product Name
• Product Container
• Product Base Margin
• Ship Date

18. Question?
Who were the top 5 customers in 2012 ?
What were the top 5 products sold in 2012?
What was the revenue in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012?
What was the breakdown of Revenue by state for year 2012?
How well the company did during the month of November 2011 compared to same
time in 2010?

19. Demo
(Power BI)

20. Publishing a Dashboard

24. Stay connected from any device

25. Summary
Topic covered:
• Importing data
• Developing Dashboard with Power BI
• Publishing a Dashboard

26. Live Instructor Led Online Training
• Microsoft Power BI for Data Analyst (2 Days)
• Analyzing Data with Self-Service BI
• Connecting to Data Sources
• Performing Data Cleaning, Profiling, and Shaping
• Visualizing Data with Power BI
• Enhancing Data Analysis
• Modeling Data with Calculations
• Creating Interactive Visualizations
• Prerequires
• Microsoft Excel 2019 – Intermediate
• Optional: Experience with other data analytics tools, such as Google Analytics as
well as an understanding of database design or SQL language

27. Vazi Okhandiar
www.nrclc.com
714-505-3475
info@nrclc.com