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What is Power BI: A Must-Have Skill For Analysts & Decision Makers

November 3, 2023August 4, 2021 by Corporate Training Singapore

How to Use Power BI at Intellisoft Singapore classroom Training

What is Power BI: Intro to the Most Powerful Visualization Tool from Microsoft

The world runs with Technology but ruled by Data. Learning to process, manage, analyze and present data can lead to a flourishing Career Path.

Becoming a Data Analyst is the new cool. Data analysis as a career path has a bright future and a variety of options become available to keep moving ahead in your career.

The Data Analyst career path starts from grabbing the right Skills. While it needs a basic knowledge of SQL for querying Data and Python fundamentals, it a very much mandatory to upgrade yourself with the Key Skills like Advanced Microsoft Excel and Power BI.

We all have heard of SQL, Python and Microsoft Excel, but you may not be familiar with Microsoft Power BI.

Let’s find out What Power BI is, and How you can benefit from learning & using Power BI.

Why Microsoft PowerBI is Essential For Data Analysis?

Power BI is an intelligent software that is highly equipped to Analyze data and gain Insights quickly, without any fuss.

You can visualize data and create personalized reports & dashboards with KPIs that matter in your Business.

It is very popular among Data analysts because of the Speed, Accuracy, Consistency, and Security. You can set the report to refresh automatically, and inform the key stakeholders to view it on their i-Pads and Mobile phones.

The reports and insights can be collaborated effectively across all the different Software’s like Excel, SalesForce, SharePoint, SAP, Oracle Database, and even Microsoft Teams. This allows the whole team to get involved in Data Driven decision making.

Extensive Connections & Flexibility in Power BI

Microsoft Power BI has a growing Library of 100+ connectors that comes for Free and connects it to various Cloud based platforms like SQL, Salesforce and SharePoint.

In Power BI Desktop, users can:

What Power BI Can Do: Benefits of Microsoft Power BI

Connect to data
Transform and model the data
Create charts and graphs
Create reports and dashboards that are collections of visuals
Share reports with others using the Power BI service

What’s covered in Power BI Training?

This PowerBI MasterClass teaches the skills a business analyst needs to know in order to successfully use Power BI, Write DAX Measures and Use Power Query to Clean and Load data.

The course starts out first by highlighting the key Advanced Excel functionality useful for data analysis, and then moves to Power BI tools. We cover Microsoft Power Query, Power Pivot & Power BI – all built into the new Power BI Desktop Application.

This Practical, Hands-on workshop covers:

Importing and creating relationships between tables of data.
Understanding the optimal data structure to use in PowerBI.
Writing basic Data Analysis eXpressions (DAX) formulas to extract business insights.
Then writing more advanced DAX formulas that use the power of DAX to extract additional business insights from the data that are not immediately obvious (yet are inherently available).
An introduction and overview of Power Query, how to use the tool to build data extraction and cleaning scripts, and why it is so great.
Helping Excel professionals move from being a normal user in Excel to being a Power BI analyst, covering the differences between the tools and how to start using Power BI Dashboards effectively.

You Can Learn Power BI in a Classroom Setting

Unlike the other Basic computing software’s, Power BI should be learnt and mastered through a proper Training or a Master Class to make you understand the Power BI suite of products available from Microsoft, and be a Power Ninja in analyzing, visualizing & understanding Business Intelligence Reporting.

You should attend a Focused, instructor-led power packed program that make you

Focused Instructor Led Power BI Course in Singapore

Understand Power Query & DAX, and how to apply it to your job.
Achieve better and faster results than with existing Microsoft tools.
Produce valuable KPI metrics for your business that never existed before.
Learn best tips & tricks to solve complex problems & create stunning work.

Where can I Attend Power BI Course in Singapore?

Intellisoft Systems offers you an intensive Power BI Training in Singapore for 2 days.

Our expert approach in this classroom training course makes it accessible to become an Excel Pro.

At the end of the 2 days, you will be well on you way to becoming a Power BI, Power Pivot and Power Query Ninja!

What are the Pre-Requisites to Learning Power Query, Power Pivot & Power BI

You can easily learn Power BI f you have Basic knowledge of Excel, and can write simple formulas like SUM, IF, Nested IF, and:

Light usage of Excel PivotTables (or similar data analysis tools)
Familiarity with Excel functions like SUMIF and VLOOKUP are a plus
A passion for acquiring Data Analysis Superpowers

Note: Anyone with a Database, BI, Programming, or similar experience are quite qualified to take this course, even if lacking in Excel experience.

Thousands of people like you have attended our training & started analyzing data, in Sales, Customer Service, Finance, Logistics, HR, Business & other functions in no time.

Gain Valuable Insights by Visualizing Data Quickly!

Whether you work in Banking, Marine & Offshore, Telecom, Networking, IT, Manufacturing, Services, Government or Healthcare, you must tap on the Best and Most Useful software for Data Analysis & Business Intelligence – POWER BI.

Go Beyond Excel Pivot Tables, Learn Power BI now!

Where: Intellisoft Systems, Singapore

You can Register Online or contact us to block seats for you while you get internal approvals.

Companies Can Claim SDF Funding for sponsoring their SG/PR staff. Individual Singaporean can use their SkillsFuture Funds to offset the course fees.

Why wait? Join Intellisoft now! Please call or Email me to reserve your spot on this Power Pivot and Power BI for Excel Training Program.

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Article Written by Vinai Prakash, MBA, PMP, GAP, ACTA Certified

Additional Resources for Power BI

Training Courses

Data Analytics & Visualization with Power BI

Learn Microsoft Power BI Suite For Better Data Analysis & Reporting

Power BI Tips, Tricks & Video Tutorials

Power BI Tip #2: Reference Query Results in Another Query With Power Query [Video Tutorial]

Microsoft Power BI: Super Charge Your Data Analysis Process

Power BI Tip #6: Fixing The Vertical Axis in Power BI Visualisations

Power BI Tip #5: All About Slicer Controls in Power BI

Power BI Tip#4: Enter Data Into Power BI Quickly [Video]

Power BI Tip #3: Quick Formatting of Power BI Visuals

Microsoft Project: An Ultimate Tool For a Successful Project

July 27, 2021July 15, 2021 by Corporate Training Singapore

Project managers are the amazing people in companies, that get the job done. They strategize, plan, build, enhance and repair, and finally get the project delivered.

Constantly fighting tight resources, a short timeline, and minimum budgets, they handle multiple projects at the same time, and still are able to deliver to the client.

Their main job is to handle people, tasks, timeline, resources and even the overall Project goals & objectives.

It is not an easy job to be the Project Manager. Since the job is bound to have frequent changes, it can easily become confusing, chaotic and unorganized.

Therefore, it is even more critical that a project manager is a master of the management software that can save his time and increase efficiency.

Using & following a trusted, tested and reliable project management tool, Project Managers make it easy to organize, collaborate, and administer.

How will a Project Management Software work?

Microsoft Project, the ultimate management software has all the necessary features to help efficiently planning of projects, managing the resources, responding to issues, and keep all the authorities involved.

Regardless of the kind of project you handle, Microsoft Project will create a positive impact in Planning & Executing the project.

Improved Planning and Scheduling

Project planning and scheduling is the primary stage of a Project management which decides the whole flow of the work.
With Microsoft Project, managers can easily create an actionable plan and prioritize the tasks to drive the project towards a success.

It becomes easy to allocate resources, identify dependencies, set up deadlines, and to create project deliverables in no time.
Microsoft Project helps to lay a strong foundation for a successful project and to efficiently manage the project until the end.

Better Collaboration

Teamwork is the mandatory aspect of a successful Project. A team can comprise of members from various departments.
They are required to handle their day-to-day responsibilities and to contribute to multiple projects at a time which in turn makes it difficult to be present in all the discussions & meetings.

This communication gap can create unnecessary delays in the projects and problems that can waste a lot of precious resources.
A huge advantage of the Microsoft Project is that it makes effective collaborations in a project extremely simple.
All the important insights, project timeline and status updates can be accessed by all the authorized team members with a single click and important alerts can be automatically sent to the relevant parties.

Budget Management

The ultimate use of the Microsoft Project software is the budget management. Since the resource management becomes effective, its easy to see where the budget is being spent, and if it is allocated properly.

You can then play what-if analysis, and see projections of the project – if it is delayed slightly, delayed a lot, and major breakdowns… what will be the cost of the completed project.
It is also effective in real-time management and update of Budget allocation & usage for better understanding and streamlining.

Remote Working

In view of the uncertain situations like current pandemic, it is absolutely impossible to stay in touch and discuss physically with all the department.
The physical location does not bind modern projects.

It could be tough to manage the scattered workforce With Microsoft Project, it becomes easy to manage and lead the teams effectively.
The tasks assigned are clear and legible that there is no chance of confusions or misunderstandings.

Enhanced Productivity

Another major advantage of using Microsoft project software is that it optimizes your decision-making process and improves productivity at work.

As all of the important details can be found in a single place, you can always make informed decisions within the shortest time.

Join Us today to Learn more!

Exciting Microsoft Excel Shortcuts You Never Knew

July 12, 2021 by Corporate Training Singapore

Microsoft Excel is one of the most used software at work. People who claim to know Microsoft Excel software mostly are the ones with basic or intermediate knowledge & understanding of Excel. The productivity increases only when we make the most out of the useful software, and gain mastery.

There are many hidden gems and short cuts within Excel, that hardly anyone talks about. I am amazed when people with years of Excel experience tell me they haven’t heard about these. What a waste of time…

‘Let us discuss in this series the ultimate tips in Excel that will make things snappier, and make your co-workers say, “how did you do that??”. They will save a lot of time for you too and improve your productivity.

Tip Number 01 INSERT SERIAL NUMBERS IN A FLASH

What do we when we have to insert Serial Numbers in Excel? We type the number 1 in the cell A1, then 2 in the cell A2, and finally select both the cells & drag the mouse pointer until we get the required serial numbers generated. Right?

But what happens when we need Serial numbers until 100? 200? Or more?

Do we keep dragging? Certainly not!

There is an ultimately easy way in which you can just flash fill the serial numbers to whatever value needed.

Here are the steps:

Input Number 1 in the first cell

Select Fill > Series from Editing Ribbon of Home Tab

Home> Fill > Series

Select Columns from the Dialog box, give Step & Stop values and Hit OK.

NOTE: If you are looking to Fill Rows instead of columns, just select Rows in the dialog box and follow the same steps.
Bet you didn’t know this trick… Well, now you do.

Tip Number 2 FORGET COPY+PASTE – JUST DRAG & DROP

When we have a set of data in one column & we want it to move to another column. What do we do? Select them all, copy or Hit CTRL C and select the destination column, and paste or hit CTRL V?

Forget the hassle, now select the required data, just Drag & drop to the destination.

Tip Number 3: COPY MULTIPLE VALUES USING THE CLIPBOARD

Working with multiple values? Forget the hassle of copying and pasting one by one.
Use the built in Clipboard feature of Excel.

You can expand the clipboard from the icon lists or use the Win (Windows Key) + V to click on the required values

Tip Number 4: DUPLICATE A SHEET IN JUST ONE-CLICK

Want to copy the whole sheet? Are you selecting and copy pasting?
Or right click, copy, select the sheet, move to bottom?? So many steps for duplicating the sheet?

Now Duplicate a Sheet like a Pro!

Just hold down Ctrl + Drag & Drop the sheet to desired position.

Tip Number 5: UNDO & REDO IN ONE HIT

Undo & Redo would be the most used operations in Excel.
Now do undo and redo with just one click.
Use the buttons on top.

Tip Number 6 Use the QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR

Tedious to find the operations that you frequently use?

CHANGE ALL CAPS TO Mixed Case for Next 3 Rows.

CLICK THE DROP DOWN ARROW TO SEE THE OPTIONS
YOU CAN ADD THE FREQUENTLY USED OPTION TO QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR

EXTRA TIP: YOU CAN ADD ANY OTHER COMMANDS THAT YOU USE FREQUENTLY

Hope that helps! Want to learn more exciting tips, tricks & shortcuts and improve your productivity in Microsoft Excel?

If you wish to build your knowledge to have a better Excel Operations knowledge, you must start working on it. You will do well in your career, and get ahead faster, even land that dream job with better skills & competence in Excel.

We at Intellisoft are here to guide you.

Intellisoft Systems offers 2 day extensive workshops on Microsoft Excel.

Simply pick a program – Basic/Intermediate Excel OR Advanced Microsoft Excel

Join us to get more out of Microsoft Excel to make the best use of the software in your day-to-day work!