You want to start working with Power BI, or you've already taken your first steps and want an itinerary to help navigate common pitfalls when starting out? Then you’re more than welcome to join!

The plan for our trip to a Power BI Report:
If you like traveling as much as I do, this use case will be perfect for you. We’ll build an end-to-end Power BI report based on data I’ve collected over the last five years of traveling around the world.

As with every good trip, we start with an idea of what we want to explore, see, and visit. In the case of building a report, this means: before starting our journey in Power BI, we’ll take a look at the source data and collect ideas about what we can do with it.

Time to book your ticket:
If you want to get the most out of this session, please make sure Power BI Desktop is installed on your machine! No paid licenses are needed — it’s free to get started.

The way to the airport:
Before we begin the real journey, we need to connect to the data. We’ll explore how and to which sources you can connect with Power BI — and then we’ll get started with our travel expenses data.

Check-in at the airport:
Before takeoff, we need to clean, enrich, and model our data. You’ll learn how to use Power Query to ensure the data is well-prepared for use in Power BI.

Security check and safety advice:
We’ll cover some good and best practices to make your journey into the world of data as smooth as possible. You’ll learn why the so-called Star Schema is like a golden passport in Power BI.

Takeoff:
Now we’re ready to build our first report pages! You’ll learn how to gain insights from travel data by combining different visuals and pages — comparing spending, flight prices, hotel costs, and more.

In-flight overview:
We’ll briefly fly over some topics we won’t dive into just yet — but which might become interesting later in your Power BI journey. Destinations like DAX are waiting to be discovered when you’re ready.

Landing at your destination:
Finally, we’ll explore how to share and publish your insights and reports with others.

I’d be delighted to help you get started with your very own Power BI journey!