Power BI is better when you learn to write DAX! This online Power BI course, developed and delivered by Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and best-selling author Matt Allington, will teach you how to use the data modeling capabilities in Power BI Desktop and Power Pivot for Excel.
Supercharge Power BI Online is a structured, hands-on training that will help you learn to write DAX and gain more powerful insights from your data. (Data Analysis eXpressions is the data modeling language of Power BI and Power Pivot for Excel.)
The course is created and delivered by Matt Allington, a world-renowned DAX expert, trainer, and author of the best-selling book, Supercharge Power BI. The DAX skills learnt in this course are completely transferrable to Excel Power Pivot, so you can apply the techniques in whichever platform you prefer.
Supercharge Power BI Online is a combination of:
The course is a self-paced and guided online training that helps you understand how DAX works and how to write DAX measures.
Total hours: 21 hours reading and practicing + 5 hours video = 26 hours
Supercharge Power BI Online is built on an annual subscription format.
The subscription is valid for one year after registration, and can be renewed annually. Read more about how to renew or you cancel your subscription in the Frequently Asked Questions section below.
You will continue to have access to the following as long as your subscription is active:
Please see the Course Content given below.
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You can choose to use either Supercharge Power BI or Supercharge Excel for your learning, depending on which tool you work with most. DAX skills are transferable between Power BI Desktop and Excel Power Pivot, with the difference being UI.
Power BI Desktop is more advanced than Excel in that it might include new DAX functions before Excel. But the DAX concepts remain the same.
The books will help you with more illustrations and practice exercises with DAX.
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First release of the course on Skillwave site.
Course content updated to be in line with the chapters of the 3rd edition Supercharge Power BI.
FILTER function is moved from Week 5&6 Review module to Week 3&4 Review module.
Kickoff Meeting is removed, and an Introduction video has been added to the course.
The first module in the course is renamed Onboarding Week.
Course coverage extended to 7 weeks based on the 3rd edition of Supercharge Power BI.
Q&A calls are now held bi-weekly throughout the year.
Q&A calls are no longer part of the training package. Students may still ask questions through the Skillwave Discussions Forum.
Yes, this is a beginner’s course and doesn’t require any programming knowledge or prior DAX experience. Anyone that is competent in using Excel will learn what they need to know from this course.
One of the key features of this course is that you get access to them online videos and private support forum. At the end of the first 12 months you can continue to subscribe and keep these benefits, or you can cancel your subscription and end your participation at that time. You will receive an email about 4 weeks before your subscription is renewed so that you can choose to opt out if you want to.
Yes, definitely. This is a self-paced course.
The pre-recorded videos are streamed on-demand and may be watched as often as you like. However, they are not downloadable. The example files and handouts for each lesson are downloadable.
All the videos for the course are hosted on Vimeo. Please note that some networks block access to Vimeo, in which case the videos will not be watchable. You may want to double-check that your network allows access to Vimeo before registering to the course, to ensure that you will be able to see the videos.
After all the modules and lessons have been completed, you will be able to download the Certificate of Completion from the My Courses area of your Account Dashboard.
All users with a current course subscription receive access to our private Discussion Forum, where they can ask questions related to the course materials, as well as how to apply those teachings to their own work. This forum is also intended to act as a place for students to practice their own learnings by helping others with those questions. While the focus of this forum is primarily aimed at allowing students to learn by helping each other, they are monitored by our course authors as well. For technical issues related to the site, course access, or other questions regarding your account, please get in touch through our Contact Us page.
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You may cancel your subscription at any time, and you will continue to have access to all of your course materials until your expiry date. To cancel your subscription, go to the Billing page from your Account Dashboard and select the subscription to cancel from the My Subscriptions area. Once in the Subscription Details page, you can then choose to cancel your subscription from the Actions field. After your subscription expires, you will not longer have access to the course materials, including the downloadable 'Supercharge Power BI' and 'Supercharge Excel' books.
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