Microsoft from its official website to learn: Microsoft Learn, provides us with several examples with which to practice with the different components of the Power Platform and especially practice Power BI both Desktop and Service version.
In this way you will learn easily and quickly with the technique called “Learning by doing”.
Next, I tell you about some of them and I leave you their corresponding links.
Workbooks and related data are provided by obvience most of them are related to Power BI but can be used for Power apps, Power Automate, and the rest.
I recommend using these examples if you haven’t used Power BI before and want to try it but don’t have data to work with or if maybe you do have data but don’t want to mess it up.
You can practice downloading Microsoft’s free Power BI Desktop here.
Access these examples and start practicing, you have information on the Microsoft website to know how to download the information of the examples practice in detail indicating step by step what you must do: (Below you can see a description of them and the link to download examples).
But firstly here you are an example developed by us Creativity Spark to help you step by step: Power BI LinkedIn analytics.
- Customer profitability
- Human resources
- IT Expenses
- Marketing & Sales
- Quality of suppliers
You can download the data and practice your knowledge by analyzing the example or you can while you are learning to use Power BI with both the Excel program and Power BI Desktop incorporate them into your learning work.
After downloading the data, you can take your first steps with the Power Query editor, use the rest of the Power add-ons such as Power Pivot and its DAX formulas. Also create your own Dashboard with the visualizations.
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Customer profitability
Included within this framework are a dashboard, a report, and a dataset tailored for a company specializing in the production of marketing materials. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) masterminded the development of this comprehensive dashboard to gain valuable insights into the performance of five distinct business units, company products, customer interactions, and gross margins (GM). This consolidated view offers an immediate understanding of the pivotal drivers influencing overall profitability. Customer Profitability sample for Power BI: Take a tour – Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Human resources
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This sample contains a report and dataset for a human resources department. Employee Hiring and History sample: Take a tour – Power BI | Microsoft Learn
IT Expenses
Contains a dashboard, report, and dataset to analyze planned vs. actual costs IT department. This helps you understand how well the company planned for the year and investigate areas with huge deviations from the plan. The company goes through a yearly planning cycle, and then quarterly it produces a new latest estimate (LE) to help analyze changes in IT spend over the fiscal year. IT Spend Analysis sample for Power BI: Take a tour – Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Marketing & Sales
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In this sample, there’s a report and dataset designed for the fictional manufacturing company, VanArsdel Ltd. Crafted by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), the report tracks industry trends, company market share, product volume, sales, and sentiment.Competitive Marketing Analysis sample for Power BI: Take a tour – Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Quality of suppliers
This dashboard and report from the industry sample zoom in on a common supply chain hurdle: evaluating supplier quality. The spotlight here falls on two core metrics: the overall count of defects and the resulting downtime these glitches trigger. Supplier Quality Analysis sample for Power BI: Take a tour – Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Microsoft Power Platform documentation
Uncover the full potential of Microsoft Power Platform through online courses, documentation, and videos. Explore product capabilities and step-by-step guides to harness its power. Master creating customized apps with Power Apps, enhancing business productivity with workflow automation through Power Automate, gaining insights from data using Power BI, swiftly designing modern websites using Power Pages, and built no-code intelligent bots with Power Virtual Agents.
Official Microsoft Power Platform documentation – Power Platform | Microsoft Learn