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After clicking "Get Data", we will select a data source, in this case an Excel sheet. After selecting Excel, navigate to the Excel sheet downloaded in the last step then press "connect". Then, select the first and only worksheet in the file and load it. If the file had more than one sheet, more could be selected.[[File:Animation.gif|none|thumb|979x979px|Loading Data]]Congratulations, the data is successfully loaded into Power BI. The following tutorials will demonstrate some common functionality of the Program. | After clicking "Get Data", we will select a data source, in this case an Excel sheet. After selecting Excel, navigate to the Excel sheet downloaded in the last step then press "connect". Then, select the first and only worksheet in the file and load it. If the file had more than one sheet, more could be selected.[[File:Animation.gif|none|thumb|979x979px|Loading Data]]Congratulations, the data is successfully loaded into Power BI. The following tutorials will demonstrate some common functionality of the Program. | ||
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Revision as of 16:12, 26 June 2023
Overview
Power BI is a display and graphical software, similar to PowerPoint. The main difference, however, is that Power BI is interactive in terms of filtering data. The creating of a Power BI "report" requires an inputted dataset. This could be an Excel sheet, an online database, or even a manually inputted table. A "dashboard" is a collection of reports, arranged in a tile pattern (link dashboard page).
Getting Started
It is recommended that the desktop version of Power BI is used, as it can be easily published to the online version upon completion.
Upon opening Power BI for the first time, this page will be displayed. The first step to creating a Power BI report is to load a dataset. First, click "Get Data".
Here, a dataset can be inputted into the program. Choose where Power BI should receive the data from. For this example, I created a completely fake set of Tender Evaluation data. This file can be downloaded here to follow the tutorial.File:SynWiki Tutorial Data.xlsx
After clicking "Get Data", we will select a data source, in this case an Excel sheet. After selecting Excel, navigate to the Excel sheet downloaded in the last step then press "connect". Then, select the first and only worksheet in the file and load it. If the file had more than one sheet, more could be selected.
Congratulations, the data is successfully loaded into Power BI. The following tutorials will demonstrate some common functionality of the Program.