How to use Microsoft Power BI - Tutorial for Beginners

[@KevinStratvert]

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[@kakkar88]

Hi Kevin.. thanks for this overview session.. i have a question.. if we have data for list of transactions (Open, Closed, cancelled). Can we create different visualizations as per transaction type from same data source?

[@jagatkrishna1543]

🙏 Thanks Sir God Bless You 🙏💕🙏❤️

[@i6137-e2f]

Hey Kevin, do u do training on power bi? 🙏

[@nierazapanta9756]

Hi Kevin, I'm your new subscriber here. Power bi is not available in mac ☹😥

[@mireillee.5571]

The video is really great! Thank you for sharing

[@Tallnashguy83]

I literally learned more watching this 27 min video than I have going through multiple hours of the learning paths/modules on the Microsoft website. Excellent presentation and content!

[@colady3194]

same for me

[@antonioa.g.sanchez5442]

same here, the boring 8-min read on the Microsoft website... this video is pure gold. helping the algorithm here

[@dylanbingham1776]

Exactly, I have an interview in a couple days and even though I have a basic understanding of power BI and it’s use, this has helped tremendously in being able to talk about it and explain it as if I know what I’m doing 😂 hopefully all goes well with the interview.

[@iHydrogen]

@@dylanbingham1776 did you get the job

[@len5142]

Watching this makes me want to create reports on every single type of my work. Even my daily budgets and groceries and I will show a report presentation to my Hubby on where our moneys are going. Worth to subscribe and share peeps!!!

[@nicrome]

It’ll make a good portfolio!

[@galariajaved]

Your husband would be so frustrated then... imagine working your back for 12 hours in data, dashboards and systems and then turn to your wife only to see charts and diagrams AGAIN!

[@uzairshaikh6545]

​@@galariajaved 😂😂😂

[@michaelajayi2117]

😆😆😆😆

[@pokeplush66]

I'm going to use this to track my pokemon investments, love love love Power BI ever since I started working with it last week.

[@DataRich2525]

I see this video is 3 years old but it's still super useful. I went through everything that Kevin explained several times so I am getting more adept at using PowerBI. The one thing that slipped by that he did NOT explain was that on the Country Slicer, to select more than 1 country, just hold down the Ctl key and then select multiple countries. Thanks for an amazing getting started video Kevin!!!

[@sethnanakwameappiah-kubi5035]

I had zero knowledge about PowerBI but after watching your video, I have used Power BI for my thesis. Thanks so much for these videos.

[@babarbaig8983]

Thanks for a very helpful, high-level introduction to Power BI

[@marisellopez3412]

I'm doing a course on Business Intelligence. This 28-minute video was more helpful than all the material I am going through. Awesome tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

[@arnabmit]

This is awesome! No one makes things as lucid as tour tutorials! Please include more advanced features like calculated fields, dependant multi-layer slicers, transforming data using excel formulae, etc.

[@bukakhuderchuluun7264]

I love your Power BI tutorials. I thought that using BI on daily basis gonna be complicated at first but these videos have completely changed my mind and encouraged me to use for every report that I make :) Thank you Kevin Cookie

[@johnpaulnnamdi1461]

After months of watching many tutorials, I can say this is that first tutorial video that I have practically gained some insights from. Thanks

[@kamakshibai5396]

I thought power bi is toughest and I can't learn without couching centres.... But today I feel confident I can learn whatever I want from internet.... Thanks man.... Don't stop teaching ❤❤

[@mram4u]

Okay, Kevin. I’m going to need you to stop reading my mind. This is perfect - exactly what I was looking for!!! More Power BI videos, please! I started to teach myself Power BI and got discouraged, but now it just makes sense. Also, I really appreciate how you have the video broken and named into sections on the timeline! Keep up the brilliant work.

[@SS-cd1dl]

Best intro to PBI yet! Straight forward, simple and clear. Example company great way to demonstrate what is achievable. Thanks. Take it to the next level Kevin.

[@explore_the_world_bfr_its2752]

I didn’t think one session would be more than enough to learn an application.. Just brilliant and thanks.. 👍🏼

[@adewaleadewale4391]

Hi Kevin, a friend ask me to look into Power Bi and i didn't understand where to begin. Although, i am a beginner and watching your video now gives me the confidence and moral boost. The step by step is very well detailed and informative. Today, 1st of Jan and watching your video is a sign that i am in the right direction. Definitely subscribing to your channel. THANK YOU KEVIN.

[@charlesghunney4659]

Thanks

[@AljIsHere128]

I really appreciated this overview generalized understanding of Power BI. Basically you have data to import. Clean up the data to show what you need. Import whatever else data needed from a website and what is imported to showcase if needed. Then make pretty visually the data based on the criteria to showcase. Then save and publish. Thanks for this good summary understanding to help me grasp Power BI which isn't bad whatsoever!!

[@stanpriebe7672]

This is one of the best KZbin presentations I have seen. Thanks, Kevin. Amazing job!

[@maheshkumarsomalinga1455]

I completely agree with you...Starting from the sound all the way to the explanation..Great job, Kevin. Thanks.

[@BarbaraWothaya]

Agreed

[@familylaracuente7417]

Come on Kevin, you know we would like a Power BI pt 2!! Thanks for this one!

[@zachsawyer3898]

Power BI in a nutshell. Thank you for the simplest yet detailed explanatory video ❤

[@leslietyks]

Thanks Kevin l went through twice your video. First as l was driving listening. Second when l got to work being hands on. I had a lecture for the whole day on PowerBi. I nailed it as a pro. I went through with them your example as l was getting confident n then l made them to bring two examples of sample data of their choice. I ve never been satisfied. I was lecturing to people who are already working. And everyone went home happy. The lecture happened in South Africa n deligates where from all over Africa including as far as Gambia. Thanks man thanks

[@alankrzesinski8809]

The way you segmented the different sections of this video is very helpful. More youtubers should do that.

[@derranstokes8760]

Wow Kevin you make the complex easy to understand. I would like to see a lot more of BI features please.

[@michaelmcgowan4969]

Same here

[@ishtiaqahmed7666]

That really true. He defines the horrible look things in a very simplified way and his sequence of telling this are also awsome, help us quickly memorised.

[@edwardcansara3286]

Thanks Kevin. Will you be able to share a video on sales comparison's for last 3 years month wise?

[@d56273]

Please does anyone know where to find data to practice and use Power BI features?

[@coalblacksmith]

Kevin, you're an amazing tutor. I wonder if you could do a video on Excel vs Power BI, which one is appropriate for which task, where they overlap, how you can combine them etc. Cheers.

[@riyazahmed3398]

Preparing for an interview, this video helped me understanding the basics Thanks a bunch

[@nowfalmedia]

I am actually new to Power BI and now confident with the services. Great video. Thanks

[@hareshchallaboyana3496]

Hi Kevin.. your way of teaching is awesome. Simple and Easy to understand. Learning lot from you. I have been working on large data. Feel frustrated till now. After watching your video, I feel that everything is easy, just needed a Good Mentor. And I Got it. Keep sharing your excellent knowledge. Lots of Love n Thanks u.

[@jannatulf6415]

You made everything pretty clear in less than half an hour of video. Amazing! Thank you so much for your help

[@anetab1424]

our teacher recommended us this video so I greet all students from VŠE in Prague

[@imwalkworse6298]

Yes we want more Power BI videos. A lot of jobs are asking you to be a data analyst as well as your other duties.

[@jeanpaulfonlon]

This was so great I watched from start to finish without leaving my desk. Thank you Kevin, you just got a new subscriber.

[@jimekrut]

Kevin, you do an amazing job providing resources for practice and making instruction very clear. I frequently recommend your online training to educators.

[@cycleSCUBA]

Excellent introduction and first steps at setting up a report. Thanks, Kevin. 10/10 👍

[@1989sherif]

Amazing how you managed to fit such extensive knowledge of Power BI, Power Query and ETL in such a small tutorial. Great work and thank you!!

[@jamesperry3837]

I built my first Power BI Report and I felt nice abt it. Thanks to Kevin ..........💗

[@adeolabello1971]

I built my first PowerBI Report and it was pretty easy and fun😊😊. Thank you, Kevin, you are an amazing teacher.

[@andresdiaz6960]

Your videos are really helpful, do more about Power BI, I really want to learn and I do it easily with your videos, good job!

[@remarks7607]

This is What I was looking for a long time. Thanks Dear💕. Looking for more

[@nikolamilanovic95]

Such an amazing tutorial. Easy to follow-through, concise and overall very informative. This has helped me a lot with my current project. Thanks a lot and keep up the great work! :)

[@estherolubunmi1198]

i love your teaching. it is beginner friendly and easy to understand. thank you for this

[@TylerStanczak]

This is awesome Kevin. I definitely need to explore this tool some more now. Thanks for the tutorial :)

[@sawdameher4770]

Thank you so much for teaching in such a simplified concise and engaging way! As a first timer seeing Power BI I felt like it was really easy and doable! Thanks a lot for your contents ❤️

[@HarmlessComment]

Your tutorial was super easy to follow, I'd definitely love to see you cover inserting calculations since that is something I can apply to the work I do daily at my job. It would also be cool to see advance slicer options and other ways to give the report viewer control of what they see, like with buttons and bookmarks. Any additional Power Bi topics you cover will be much appreciated!

[@d56273]

Please does anyone know where to find data to practice and use Power BI features?

[@gareth4106]

@@d56273 Did you find somewhere yet?

[@d56273]

@@gareth4106 not yet

[@Vinodkumar-lr2fs]

@@d56273 You can find sample dataset in Power BI tool it self. Under Help > Examples.

[@rhodgallardo9600]

Thanks Kevin... I'm a Cognos BI super user and this is the 1st time I have explored Power BI.. With your straightforward tutorial, I am now interested to explore further and possibly move from Cognos to power BI... Thanks for the 101 intro 🙂

[@santhoshkumar-sf4nx]

The lecture is very clear and much useful of the beginners to kick start their PowerBI knowledge.

[@Sohrawardy]

That was a great Power BI tutorial. Everything was crystal clear and easy to understand. Thanks Kevin! 🖤

[@gvinodnair]

Hi Kevin, Thanks a lot for putting this content. I have watched it in a single stretch because your presentation was making me curious in each steps waiting to see what could be next. Yes I would like to know more indepth about Power BI if you could please post another detailed video later. Now I can try to do it by myself as the program is staying installed in my PC since a few months back. ;-) Cheers.

[@gelcamacho]

Hi Kevin! Thanks for sharing your videos. You always made it easier for us to understand complex applications in a short videos. The rest can be on self-explorations.

[@hollymolly2573]

Hello there! I've just applied for a job where I supposed to work with powerBI and I was afraid of how I would use it without any experience but after this video I'm confident that I'll be able to do it. Great video!Thanks for this tutorial.

[@rajis3772]

Great Demo. This video is really helpful. Within half an hour, I could lean the entire details about power BI. Thank you so much

[@shorelinerach01]

This was extremely helpful! I can't thank you enough! You explained it in a manner that was WAY easier to understand than the training I went through with my company. :)

[@d56273]

Please does anyone know where to find data to practice and use Power BI features?

[@pilardevesa4474]

Thanks Kevin for this excellent material. I definitely want to know more about Power BI. I would appreciate if you go deeper on it

[@Kmsbi]

Hi Kevin! Thank you for your efforts and the video, I really would love to see more video! I watched your first video about OBS that was awesome.

[@qasimkhan4783]

you taught it so simply without any clutter... love it

[@Taotaolin-m5d]

Very helpful for the new comer, it helps me to have an overview of the power BI benefit and function. Will try by myself and leave the comments .

[@meshell7987]

Hi Kevin, thanks for sharing this knowledge with all of us! You explain very well and you are a good teacher. Would be glad to see more Power BI videos and Power Query as I am new to it and would be happy to see more advanced videos on it :))))

[@OlalekanAdeeko]

Thank you so much. I am getting addicted to your tutorials.

[@SolutionsAbroad]

This is a great primer for Power BI Kevin, also love the polish in this video!

[@sikeleladalane262]

This is by far the best Power BI Tutorial I've ever come across, well done Kevin.

[@sagirtom918]

I really find this presentation so helpful in the course of understanding Power BI. I need to go over once again and digest better. Thanks.

[@aleksanderstrommer7677]

26:30 You need Pro/premium to utilize sharing within organization. Free licence allow you only to publish to web (anyone can see) or my workspace. End users also need pro licences to read. So free is only good for personal testing or public data.

[@gislijonkristjansson5547]

Good point. If it is free then what is the logic ?

[@markusher1621]

Loving your Power BI tutorials, Kevin. Are you planning to do one about when and how to use M instead of DAX in Power BI? Although I understand broadly how the languages are different, I find it very difficult to know when to use one rather than the other when doing Power BI analysis, creating dashboards, etc.

[@nonoobott8602]

Awesome video Kevin. You explain it very clearly. I'd love to see you do DAX calculations and explain the row and filter context too🙏

[@KevinStratvert]

Here's an intro to DAX: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZKqkH2ed8yIpq8

[@rajatsrivastav5871]

Please create a series of this, Its really best.

[@HobbyHank]

Thank you Kevin! This video made me understand how Power BI works and what it can do for us. Now i can answer the question my boss asked me: "Is Power BI something for us?"

[@kollosal786]

love this highlevel overview. can't wait for more

[@jennifermew8386]

Thanks for your video. I would be interested to know how to integrate Python modeling or visualization in Power BI, also allows auto refreshing data :)

[@ColinPowell_AMultitudeofOne]

Excellent introduction to Power Bi with clear explanations. Would love to see you go deeper into customisations, calculated columns and also whether it is possible to display a Power Bi report in a Powerpoint slide and have it be interactive e.g. using the slicers etc.

[@lealjaja]

Thanks Kevin por making our life easier, also get new learning and using real examples. God bless you always

[@rominiyioluwadare6317]

You have a great technical teaching skills ,it was so cleared and straight .

[@VanshdeepMadan]

Hey Kevin this was very helpful! Could you please make a video on Power BI Pro and how it is different from the free version.

[@KevinStratvert]

Will add to my list. Thanks for the suggestion, Vanshdeep!

[@muhammadjamalahmed8664]

Please do some more videos on PowerBI. Make a playlist on this. Go deeper.

[@Josytt]

That’s what she said

[@curty85]

@@Josytt Perfect! I wish there was a way to put emoji's rather than just a thumbs up. (although it DID take you 5 months to come up with the response LOL)

[@ayoayo6081]

Absolutely amazing, Thanks for this Kevin❤. I always thought this was a complicated tool to use but the way you simplified it by following your report step-by-step just clicked for me. What's also cool is that I watched this today, Dec 4th, 2022 but you posted this 2 years ago. So still very relevant. You get a like & subscribe from me 👍🔔

[@chillisolutions]

Hi Ayo Ayo, the same for me...watched this only today on 25 January 2023 and still a relevant video even after all this time. Thanks Kevin

[@fernandesdes]

Excellent work…great video. I had no clue what POWER BI was until I saw your video. I have been selected by my organization to attend a 4 day Power BI Workshop in the coming days and boy I’m so thrilled to know what I will be learning after watching your P BI tutorial. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work!

[@medicalcoder9463]

Kevin. Its a wonderful video! You have saved the time of millions of people... Thanks a lot!

[@takeshiasahi5494]

Funny how 20 mins ago i didn't knew a thing about power BI

[@samreenkausar5428]

+1

[@iryna2087]

Same here, I think I love it and want to know more! It’s like Kaggle but easier, like Tableu but not concentrating mainly on visuals , like Excel but more powerful , can’t wait to start learning more ❤

[@nuriaalvarez6244]

😊

[@Exceltrainingvideos]

That was awesome!

[@Sakhilemtimande]

Twas great, I follow you as well. You are also great

[@keyboardwarrior2418]

@@Sakhilemtimande You are also great.

[@martinbourbeau7091]

That is a good intro! Thanks for sharing!

[@bhavyashandilya]

Dude! I didn't even know about power bi and its functions before clicking on this video and now I could actually use it too. Thanks a ton for making it all so simple!

[@georgejachvliani2288]

One of the best tutorials I have ever seen . Good job buddy

[@pwintphyuaung2784]

Thank you so much .. i’ve been waiting this so long !!

[@Guiletur]

Muito bom! Mais Power BI no canal, por favor!

[@leasbenmaupa3780]

As a developer, I opted to upskill myself and PowerBI was my number 1 option, and I can't believe that I just landed on a gem of a video, simple and straightforward, thank you @kevinStratvert you have a new subscriber

[@FrancoisvanJaarsveldd]

Like always absolutely great content, Thanks Kevin !

[@sathiyamoorthydakshinamoor1736]

You are a good teacher and very much clear in your voice and language.😊

[@AinaaAisyaaBintiAbdullah]

Thank you for making a detailed yet very straightforward video. Glad that I learned so much here.

[@AlvinRyellPrada]

Omg finally been waiting for this

[@alexkingori7577]

Until today I never knew what Power BI is but that was one good presentation. Digging your channel for more knowledge. In Kenya we say in Swahili "Asanti" meaning "Thank you"

[@KevinStratvert]

Thanks for watching!

[@pomponcaptain2318]

💖 Thank you. Would you make some more videos? I like your way explaining things. Clear, logic and easy to understand. Thank u.🌸

[@JohnA-tt6fi]

Thank you Kevin, that was a really good introductory demo of Power BI - helped me get on my feet with this application! Now I have some playing and practicing to do with it but you've given me solid footing and helped me untangle the basics of the layout and interface! Great job and thank you so much!

[@ashwinramachandran7283]

Great content. Crisp and clear to understand the basics of power BI. Still relevant 4 years after the video.

[@mohamedmohamudyusuf7883]

Hi Kevin. Thanks for the amazing work you did. This is was very usefull. Thanks alot.

[@chrisniger101]

Thank you so much. I like the way you touch multiple places so the viewer can understand. Your tutorials are awesome. Best

[@CarolinaBeloqui]

fantastic presentation, very usefull and beautiful english speaking that is so easy to understand for non-native . Please go ahead with new videos on more advanced features.

[@edcheung1109]

Absolutely love the way you have arranged the material for beginners.

[@RochelleRodak]

Great tutorial - not too fast, and not too slow. Thank you!

[@jackfrost89990]

Thank you so much for this intro! Your're an amazing tutor! Truly helps me as a beginner who have never used this before.

[@sridharkota4841]

Clear, concise and to the point. Thank you!

[@michaelsolomon6033]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It's really nice and insightful, concise and very explanations, comprehensive directions. Thanks Kevin

[@simonwelsh2886]

Kevin - just starting to use Power Bi and first lesson really easy to follow - i hope to create a simple report and have a go - thank you