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Advice on creating Power BI learning path
Hey everyone, I have put together the following Power BI learning path for someone to go through if they want to become an expert in the tool. I would love any feedback you can offer. Am I missing anything? Should anything be taken away? Moved around? Thanks in advance!
Suggested Path
Novice
What is Power BI (Overview) (Free) (YouTube)
Getting Started with Power BI Desktop in 5 Steps (Overview) (Free) (YouTube)
New to Power BI Videos 1-17 (Overview) (Free) (YouTube)
Install Power BI and begin to explore the tool
Advanced Beginner
Power BI for the NON-TECHnical Person (Overview) (Free) (YouTube)
Create your first Power BI report (Overview) (Free) (YouTube)
Introducing Microsoft Power BI (Overview) (Free) (E-Book)
Ultimate Beginners Guide To Power BI (Overview) Videos 1-24 (Free) (YouTube)
Ultimate Beginners Guide to Dax (DAX) Videos 1-22 (Free) (YouTube)
Create your first report/dashboard and practice
Competent
A step-by-step guide to creating reports with Power BI (Overview) (Paid $299) (Videos)
Introduction to Data Modeling (Data Modeling) (Free) (Videos)
Introducing DAX (DAX) (Free) (Videos)
Mastering Microsoft Power BI (Overview) (Paid ~$50) (Book)
Analyzing Data with Power BI and Power Pivot for Excel (Overview) (Paid ~$32) (Book)
Power BI Dashboard Design (Design) (Paid $99) (Videos)
Practice what you have learned and improve reports you have created
Proficient
Data Modeling for Power BI (Data Modeling) (Paid $349) (Videos)
Mastering DAX (DAX) (Paid $349) (Videos)
M is for (Data) Monkey: A Guide to the M Language in Excel Power Query) (Power Query, M) (Paid ~$20) (Book)
Microsoft Excel 2013 Building Data Models with PowerPivot (Overview) (Paid ~$40) (Book)
Practice what you have learned and improve reports you have created
Highly Proficient
The Definitive Guide to DAX (DAX) (Paid ~$50) (Book)
DAX Patterns (DAX) (Paid ~$35) (Book)
Collect, Combine, and Transform Data Using Power Query in Excel and Power BI (Power Query, M) (Paid ~$30) (Book)
Practice what you have learned and improve reports you have created
Expert
Optimizing DAX (DAX) (only with a score of 75% on this quiz) (Paid $349) (Videos)
DAX Patterns (DAX) (Paid $349) (Videos)
Mastering Row-Level Security in Power BI (DAX) (Paid $89) (Videos)
Practice what you have learned and improve reports you have created
That's certainly a very good list.
One thing to add is this. It's more than enough for anyone to read and UNDERSTAND The DAX Bible (requires at least 4 times of re-reading, so do not be surprised) to become an expert on DAX after applying the knowledge to real-world problems (unfortunately, one can't become a DAX guru without a lot of practice). But this is only DAX. To master the technology in full one needs more than just that and the list is a good resource to get an overall exposure to the different tools. However, good DAX skills are key in this business. Without them, one will always have a feeling something's missing...
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That's certainly a very good list.
One thing to add is this. It's more than enough for anyone to read and UNDERSTAND The DAX Bible (requires at least 4 times of re-reading, so do not be surprised) to become an expert on DAX after applying the knowledge to real-world problems (unfortunately, one can't become a DAX guru without a lot of practice). But this is only DAX. To master the technology in full one needs more than just that and the list is a good resource to get an overall exposure to the different tools. However, good DAX skills are key in this business. Without them, one will always have a feeling something's missing...
Hi jmartin0807 ,
Thanks for your nice sharing,would you pls mark the reply as answered to let more people find it?
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