Explanation

Power BI is Microsoft’s business intelligence and data visualization platform.

Excel is excellent for:

  • Spreadsheet calculations
  • Detailed analysis
  • Small-to-medium business models
  • Manual data entry
  • Ad-hoc analysis

Power BI is designed particularly for:

  • Interactive dashboards
  • Data models
  • Business intelligence
  • Large-scale reporting
  • Sharing and monitoring reports

Excel → Power BI Workflow

Excel / SQL

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Power Query

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Data Model

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Power BI

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Interactive Dashboard

Practice

Prepare an Excel Sales workbook that can be used as a source for a Power BI report.

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