Training agenda
POWER PIVOT
- Introduction
- What is PowerPivot?
- The main benefits of using PowerPivot to analyse data in Excel
- PowerPivot terminology and multidimensional analysis
- Availability of PowerPivot
- Creating data models
- Importing data to a model from multiple sources
- From the active workbook
- From other workbooks
- From txt, csv files
- From databases
- Creating relationships
- Improving models using DAX (Data Analysis eXpressions language)
- Creating calculated columns
- Necessary model adjustments using the RELATED function
- Creating calculated measures
- Creating calculated dimension elements and hierarchies
- Creating calculated fields
- Creating key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Reporting from PowerPivot models
- Tables and pivot charts
- The rules for proper use of the pivot table
- Differences in functionality of the PivotTable based on PowerPivot compared to the standard PivotTable
- Slicers
- Timeline
- Downloading tables from the PowerPivot model
POWER QUERY
- Introduction
- What is Power Query?
- Installing the Power Query and discussing its interface
- Availability of Power Query
- Acquisition of data – import from external sources
- Files (Excel, CSV)
- Folders – creating incremental data models
- Relational databases (MS Access)
- Searches on Wikipedia
- Web sources (Facebook)
- Operations on data in a graphical view
- List of queries
- List of operations
- Data levels – navigator
- Tools available from the ribbon:
- Operations on rows / columns
- Filtering and sorting
- Changing the data type
- Automatic filling in empty fields, changing the value of selected fields
- Separation and connection
- Records, lists, tables
- Grouping and aggregation
- Unpivot
- Date / time, number and text transformations
- Combining data (adding records, combining tables)
- Operations on data using the M language
- Syntax
- Basic built-in functions
- Variables, blocks, user functions
- Automation of data import
- o From WWW
- o From website services
- o From files
POWER MAP
- Introduction
- What is Power Map?
- Availability of the Power Map
- Get acquainted with the Power Map
- Preparing the data needed for the presentation in the Power Map
- Geocoding in Power Map
- Presentation of data using various types of visualization on the map:
- The use of cumulative – column visualization
- Column – grouped visualization
- Creating a bubble visualization
- Contour (including creating "heat islands")
- Regional visualization
- Work with many layers
- Giving dynamics by adding many "scenes" and transition effects
- Tuning settings in graphs and layers
- Visualizations on dynamic maps – tracking of variable data over time
- Exporting the sequence of scenes to a video file