22-25 April 2026 
Further your Power BI development skills
2020TL; DR
Have you done some Power BI development and are you ready to take the next step to be able to solve more complex problems and follow best practices? Then this course if for you.
Session Details
In this course we will learn tips and tricks to add onto your prior knowledge of Power BI.
The emphasis is on tips and tricks that can help the participants take the next step in their Power BI journey as well as best practices in Power Query, data modelling and reporting.
We will cover more advanced techniques in Power Query, data modelling best practices, report design and storytelling techniques.
Power BI comes in two different versions, free and paid. This course will use the free version so there is no need to have any kind of Power BI license to attend the course.
The participants need to come with their own laptop with Power BI Desktop installed.
The course contains the following:
Ingesting data in Power BI Desktop
- Importing data from folder
- Pivot and Unpivot
- Add columns
- Functions
- Append and Merge queries
- Last updated date
- SharePoint and OneDrive for Business as source
- Organizing queries
Modelling in Power BI
- Star schema
- Different cardinality
- Relationships
- Modelling views
- Auto Date/Time Hierarchies
- Row level security
Reporting
- Power BI Theming
- Background images
- Custom visualizations
- Storytelling with bookmarks, drillthrough, report page tooltip and DAX
Data flows
- What is Power BI data flows?
- Reusing your logic
- Dependencies
- Scheduling and sharing
What you gain from the course:
- Advance your Power BI skills
- Learn best practices
- Learn tips and tricks when importing data
- Learn to present more compelling reports
Who should attend this course:
This course is best suited for users with some Power BI knowledge that want to take the next step in their Power BI journey. It is assumed that the participants know the basics of Power BI and how some experienced in using it.
3 things you'll get out of this session
Speakers
Ásgeir Gunnarsson's other proposed sessions for 2026
Best Practices for Sharing Power BI Content with External Users - 2026
Data Quality Validations in Fabric Spark - 2026
Find the Spark as a SQL data warehouse developer - 2026
From Chaos to Control: Orchestrating Lakehouse Workloads in Microsoft Fabric - 2026
From Chaos to Control: Orchestrating Lakehouse Workloads in Microsoft Fabric Part 1 - 2026
From Chaos to Control: Orchestrating Lakehouse Workloads in Microsoft Fabric Part 2 - 2026
Panel Debate: Real-World Microsoft Fabric Administration - Lessons from the Trenches - 2026
Workspace strategy for Lakehouse/Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric - 2026
Ásgeir Gunnarsson's previous sessions
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Whats Going On in My Power BI Environment?
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Power BI Governance overview
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