This course starts with the basics then moves seamlessly to an intermediate level. It includes a comprehensive yet balanced look at the four main components that make up Power BI Desktop: Report view, Data view, Model view, and the Power Query Editor. It also demonstrates how to use the online Power BI service. It looks at authoring tools that enables you to connect to and transform data from a variety of sources, allowing you to produce dynamic reports using a library of visualisations. Once you have those reports, the course looks at the seamless process of sharing those with your colleagues by publishing to the online Power BI service. The aim of this course is to provide a strong understanding of the Power BI analysis process, by working with real-world examples that will equip you with the necessary skills to start applying your knowledge straight away. 1 Getting started The Power BI process Launching Power BI Desktop The four views of Power BI Dashboard visuals 2 Connecting to files Connect to data sources Connect to an Excel file Connect to a CSV file Connect to a database Import vs. DirectQuery Connect to a web source Create a data table 3 Transforming data The process of cleaning data Column data types Remove rows with filters Add a custom column Append data to a table Fix error issues Basic maths operations 4 Build a data model Table relationships Manage table relationships 5 Merge queries Table join kinds Merging tables 6 Create report visualisations Creating map visuals Formatting maps Creating chart visuals Formatting chart Tables, matrixes, and cards Control formatting with themes Filter reports with slicers Reports for mobile devices Custom online visuals Export report data to Excel 7 The power query editor Fill data up and down Split columns by delimiter Add conditional columns Merging columns 8 The M formula Creating M functions Create an IF function Create a query group 9 Pivot and unpivot tables Pivot tables in the query editor Pivot and append tables Pivot but don't summarise Unpivot tables Append mismatched headers 10 Data modelling revisited Data model relationships Mark a calendar as a date table 11 Introduction to calculated columns New columns vs. measures Creating a new column calculation The SWITCH function 12 Introduction to DAX measures Common measure categories The SUM measure Adding measures to visuals COUNTROWS and DISINCTCOUNT functions DAX rules 13 The CALCULATE measure The syntax of CALCULATE Things of note about CALCULATE 14 The SUMX measure The SUMX measure X iterator functions Anatomy of SUMX 15 Introduction to time intelligence Importance of a calendar table A special lookup table The TOTALYTD measure Change year end in TOTALYTD 16 Hierarchy, groups and formatting Create a hierarchy to drill data Compare data in groups Add conditional formatting 17 Share reports on the web Publish to the BI online service Get quick insights Upload reports from BI service Exporting report data What is Q&A? Sharing your reports 18 Apply your learning Post training recap lesson
Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course is data professionals, data architects, and business intelligence professionals who want to learn about data engineering and building analytical solutions using data platform technologies that exist on Microsoft Azure. The secondary audience for this course includes data analysts and data scientists who work with analytical solutions built on Microsoft Azure. In this course, the student will learn how to implement and manage data engineering workloads on Microsoft Azure, using Azure services such as Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Databricks, and others. The course focuses on common data engineering tasks such as orchestrating data transfer and transformation pipelines, working with data files in a data lake, creating and loading relational data warehouses, capturing and aggregating streams of real-time data, and tracking data assets and lineage. Prerequisites Successful students start this course with knowledge of cloud computing and core data concepts and professional experience with data solutions. AZ-900T00 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals DP-900T00 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals 1 - Introduction to data engineering on Azure What is data engineering Important data engineering concepts Data engineering in Microsoft Azure 2 - Introduction to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Understand Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Enable Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 in Azure Storage Compare Azure Data Lake Store to Azure Blob storage Understand the stages for processing big data Use Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 in data analytics workloads 3 - Introduction to Azure Synapse Analytics What is Azure Synapse Analytics How Azure Synapse Analytics works When to use Azure Synapse Analytics 4 - Use Azure Synapse serverless SQL pool to query files in a data lake Understand Azure Synapse serverless SQL pool capabilities and use cases Query files using a serverless SQL pool Create external database objects 5 - Use Azure Synapse serverless SQL pools to transform data in a data lake Transform data files with the CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE AS SELECT statement Encapsulate data transformations in a stored procedure Include a data transformation stored procedure in a pipeline 6 - Create a lake database in Azure Synapse Analytics Understand lake database concepts Explore database templates Create a lake database Use a lake database 7 - Analyze data with Apache Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics Get to know Apache Spark Use Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics Analyze data with Spark Visualize data with Spark 8 - Transform data with Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics Modify and save dataframes Partition data files Transform data with SQL 9 - Use Delta Lake in Azure Synapse Analytics Understand Delta Lake Create Delta Lake tables Create catalog tables Use Delta Lake with streaming data Use Delta Lake in a SQL pool 10 - Analyze data in a relational data warehouse Design a data warehouse schema Create data warehouse tables Load data warehouse tables Query a data warehouse 11 - Load data into a relational data warehouse Load staging tables Load dimension tables Load time dimension tables Load slowly changing dimensions Load fact tables Perform post load optimization 12 - Build a data pipeline in Azure Synapse Analytics Understand pipelines in Azure Synapse Analytics Create a pipeline in Azure Synapse Studio Define data flows Run a pipeline 13 - Use Spark Notebooks in an Azure Synapse Pipeline Understand Synapse Notebooks and Pipelines Use a Synapse notebook activity in a pipeline Use parameters in a notebook 14 - Plan hybrid transactional and analytical processing using Azure Synapse Analytics Understand hybrid transactional and analytical processing patterns Describe Azure Synapse Link 15 - Implement Azure Synapse Link with Azure Cosmos DB Enable Cosmos DB account to use Azure Synapse Link Create an analytical store enabled container Create a linked service for Cosmos DB Query Cosmos DB data with Spark Query Cosmos DB with Synapse SQL 16 - Implement Azure Synapse Link for SQL What is Azure Synapse Link for SQL? Configure Azure Synapse Link for Azure SQL Database Configure Azure Synapse Link for SQL Server 2022 17 - Get started with Azure Stream Analytics Understand data streams Understand event processing Understand window functions 18 - Ingest streaming data using Azure Stream Analytics and Azure Synapse Analytics Stream ingestion scenarios Configure inputs and outputs Define a query to select, filter, and aggregate data Run a job to ingest data 19 - Visualize real-time data with Azure Stream Analytics and Power BI Use a Power BI output in Azure Stream Analytics Create a query for real-time visualization Create real-time data visualizations in Power BI 20 - Introduction to Microsoft Purview What is Microsoft Purview? How Microsoft Purview works When to use Microsoft Purview 21 - Integrate Microsoft Purview and Azure Synapse Analytics Catalog Azure Synapse Analytics data assets in Microsoft Purview Connect Microsoft Purview to an Azure Synapse Analytics workspace Search a Purview catalog in Synapse Studio Track data lineage in pipelines 22 - Explore Azure Databricks Get started with Azure Databricks Identify Azure Databricks workloads Understand key concepts 23 - Use Apache Spark in Azure Databricks Get to know Spark Create a Spark cluster Use Spark in notebooks Use Spark to work with data files Visualize data 24 - Run Azure Databricks Notebooks with Azure Data Factory Understand Azure Databricks notebooks and pipelines Create a linked service for Azure Databricks Use a Notebook activity in a pipeline Use parameters in a notebook Additional course details: Nexus Humans DP-203T00 Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the DP-203T00 Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.
About this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) This 5 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course will assist energy professionals in the planning and operation of a power system from renewable energy sources. The VILT course will discuss key operating requirements for an integrated, reliable and stable power system. The unique characteristics of renewable energy are discussed from a local, consumer centric and system perspective, bringing to life the ever-changing paradigm in delivering energy to customers. The course will explore the technical challenges associated with interconnecting and integrating hundreds of gigawatts of solar power onto the electricity grid in a safe and reliable way. With references to international case studies, the VILT course will also demonstrate the state of the art methodologies used in forecasting solar power. The flexibility of the invertor-based resources will facilitate higher penetrations of photovoltaic, battery electricity storage systems and demand response while co-optimizing customer resources. The contribution of inverter-based generators that provides voltage support, frequency response and regulation (droop response), reactive power and power quality with a high level of accuracy and fast response will be addressed. Furthermore, this VILT course will also describe how microgrids' controllers can allow for a fully automated energy management. Distributed energy resources are analyzed in detail from a technical and financial aspect and will address the best known cost based methodologies such as project financing and cost recovery. Training Objectives Upon completion of this VILT course, participants will be able to: Learn about renewable energy resources, their applications and methods of analysis of renewable energy issues. Review the operational flexibility of renewable energy at grid level, distribution network and grid edge devices. Understand and analyze energy performance from main renewable energy systems. Get equipped on the insights into forecasting models for solar energy. Predict solar generation from weather forecasts using machine learning. Explore operational aspects of a complex power system with variability from both the supply & demand sides. Manage the impact of the design of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) on the power system operation. Target Audience Engineers, planners and operations professionals from the following organizations: Energy aggregators who would like to understand the system operations of renewable energy power plants Renewable energy power system operator Energy regulatory agencies who aim to derive strategies and plans based on the feedback obtained from the power system operations Course Level Basic or Foundation Training Methods The VILT course will be delivered online in 5 half-day sessions comprising 4 hours per day, including time for lectures, discussion, quizzes and short classroom exercises. Course Duration: 5 half-day sessions, 4 hours per session (20 hours in total). Trainer Your first expert course leader is a Utility Executive with extensive global experience in power system operation and planning, energy markets, enterprise risk and regulatory oversight. She consults on energy markets integrating renewable resources from planning to operation. She led complex projects in operations and conducted long term planning studies to support planning and operational reliability standards. Specializing in Smart Grids, Operational flexibilities, Renewable generation, Reliability, Financial Engineering, Energy Markets and Power System Integration, she was recently engaged by the Inter-American Development Bank/MHI in Guyana. She was the Operations Expert in the regulatory assessment in Oman. She is a registered member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada. She is also a contributing member to the IEEE Standards Association, WG Blockchain P2418.5. With over 25 years with Ontario Power Generation (Revenue $1.2 Billion CAD, I/S 16 GW), she served as Canadian representative in CIGRE, committee member in NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), and Senior Member IEEE and Elsevier since the 90ties. Our key expert chaired international conferences, lectured on several continents, published a book on Reliability and Security of Nuclear Power Plants, contributed to IEEE and PMAPS and published in the Ontario Journal for Public Policy, Canada. She delivered seminars organized by the Power Engineering Society, IEEE plus seminars to power companies worldwide, including Oman, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Portugal, South Africa, Japan, Romania, and Guyana. Your second expert course leader is the co-founder and Director of Research at Xesto Inc. Xesto is a spatial computing AI startup based in Toronto, Canada and it has been voted as Toronto's Best Tech Startup 2019 and was named one of the top 10 'Canadian AI Startups to Watch' as well as one of 6th International finalists for the VW Siemens Startup Challenge, resulting in a partnership. His latest app Xesto-Fit demonstrates how advanced AI and machine learning is applied to the e-commerce industry, as a result of which Xesto has been recently featured in TechCrunch. He specializes in both applied and theoretical machine learning and has extensive experience in both industrial and academic research. He is specialized in Artificial Intelligence with multiple industrial applications. At Xesto, he leads projects that focus on applying cutting edge research at the intersection of spatial analysis, differential geometry, optimization of deep neural networks, and statistics to build scalable rigorous and real time performing systems that will change the way humans interact with technology. In addition, he is a Ph.D candidate in the Mathematics department at UofT, focusing on applied mathematics. His academic research interests are in applying advanced mathematical methods to the computational and statistical sciences. He earned a Bachelor's and MSc in Mathematics, both at the University of Toronto. Having presented at research seminars as well as instructing engineers on various levels, he has the ability to distill advanced theoretical concept to diverse audiences on all levels. In addition to research, our key expert is also an avid traveler and plays the violin. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. 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Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Data Modelers Participants will learn the full scope of the metadata modeling process, from initial project creation, to publishing a dynamic cube, and enabling end users to easily author reports and analyze data. Introduction to IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes Define and differentiate Dynamic Cubes Dynamic Cubes characteristics Examine Dynamic Cube requirements Examine Dynamic Cube components Examine high level architecture IBM Cognos Dynamic Query Review Dimensional Data Structures Dynamic Cubes caching Create & Design a Dynamic Cube Explore the IBM Cognos Cube Designer Review the cube development process Examine the Automatic Cube Generation Manual development overview Create dimensions Model the cube Best practice for effective modeling Deploy & Configure a Dynamic Cube Deploy a cube Explore the Estimate Hardware Requirements Identify cube management tasks Examine Query Service administration Explore Dynamic Cube properties Schedule cube actions Use the DCAdmin comment line tool Advanced Dynamic Cube Modelling Examine advanced modeling concepts Explore modeling caveats Calculated measures and members Model Relative Time Explore the Current Period property Define period aggregation rules for measures Advanced Features of Cube Designer Examine multilingual support Examine ragged hierarchies and padding members Define Parent-Child Dimensions Refresh Metadata Import Framework Manager packages Filter measures and dimensions Optimize Performance with Aggregates Identify aggregates and aggregate tables In-memory aggregates Use Aggregate Advisor to identify aggregates User defined in-memory aggregates Optimize In-Memory Aggregates automatically Aggregate Advisor recommendations Monitor Dynamic Cube performance Model aggregates (automatically vs manually) Use Slicers to define aggregation partitions Define Security Overview of Dynamic Cube security Identify security filters The Security process - Three steps Examine security scope Identify scope rules Identify roles Capabilities and access permissions Cube security deep dive Model a Virtual Cube Explore virtual cubes Create the virtual cube Explore virtual cube objects Examine virtual measures and calculated members Currency conversion using virtual cubes Security on virtual cubes Introduction to IBM Cognos Analytics Define IBM Cognos Analytics Redefined Business Intelligence Self-service Navigate to content in IBM Cognos Analytics Interact with the user interface Model data with IBM Cognos Analytics IBM Cognos Analytics components Create reports Perform self-service with analysis and Dashboards IBM Cognos Analytics architecture (high level) IBM Cognos Analytics security Package / data source relationship Create Data modules Upload files Additional course details: Nexus Humans B6063 IBM Cognos Cube Designer - Design Dynamic Cubes (v11.0) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the B6063 IBM Cognos Cube Designer - Design Dynamic Cubes (v11.0) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.