Learn how to take information from places like Excel and databases, clean it up, and turn it into interactive reports that help people understand what's happening in the business. You'll also see how Microsoft's AI assistant (Copilot) can speed up report creation.

In everyday work this helps you:

• Replace static spreadsheets with interactive reports.
• Combine data from different systems into one view.
• Clean inconsistent data before reporting.
• Create dashboards managers can filter and explore themselves.
• Spend less time manually updating reports.
• Use AI assistance to build reports more quickly.

Suitable for:

• Business users
• Analysts
• Operations staff
• Team leaders
• Finance staff
• HR professionals
• Anyone regularly producing reports from spreadsheets or business systems

While there are no strict prerequisites, this course will be easier if you already:

• are comfortable using Excel
• understand basic tables and business data
• know simple reporting concepts

By the end of the course you'll be able to:

• Connect Power BI to different data sources.
• Import data from Excel, databases and online services.
• Clean and prepare data for reporting.
• Organise data into a reliable reporting model (called a semantic modelthe structure that defines how your data relates together).
• Create attractive, interactive reports.
• Use Copilot to speed up report development.
• Understand where Power BI fits within Microsoft Fabric.