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Power BI Report Design Course

(4.87 out of 5) 1075 Student Reviews

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About the Course

During this 1-day course, you will learn to build Power BI reports that are not just accurate and functional, but also visually compelling. Students will build strong design foundations to enrich their reports by first exploring and then intelligently utilising some handy tools and elements such as conditional formatting, bookmarks, report page tool tips, drill through filters, custom visuals, and more.

Who should do this course?

This course benefits new and experienced Power BI professionals who want to become proficient in designing eye-catching reports.

Prerequisites

This Power BI course is suitable for the people who have either completed our Power BI essentials course or have equivalent skills.

Course Details

$495 incl GST

  • Duration:1 Days
  • Max. Class Size:10
  • Avg. Class Size:5
  • Study Mode:
    Classroom Online Live
  • Level:Intermediate
  • CPD Hours:6 hours
  • Course Times: Classroom: 9.00am to 5.00pm approx(Local Time) Online Live: 9.00am to 5.00pm approx(AEST or AEDT)
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Course Dates

October 2026
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Tue · 20 Oct 26
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Wed · 21 Oct 26
Classroom · Melbourne
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Fri · 30 Oct 26
Online Live · Instructor-led
November 2026
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Wed · 04 Nov 26
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11
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Wed · 11 Nov 26
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Wed · 11 Nov 26
Classroom · Melbourne
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Fri · 13 Nov 26
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Tue · 17 Nov 26
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18
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Classroom · Sydney
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Wed · 25 Nov 26
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December 2026
04
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Fri · 04 Dec 26
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Tue · 08 Dec 26
Classroom · Melbourne
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Fri · 11 Dec 26
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Tue · 15 Dec 26
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Fri · 18 Dec 26
Classroom · Sydney
January 2027
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Fri · 15 Jan 27
Classroom · Melbourne
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Fri · 15 Jan 27
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Tue · 19 Jan 27
Classroom · Sydney
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Thu · 21 Jan 27
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February 2027
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Thu · 04 Feb 27
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Tue · 09 Feb 27
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Wed · 10 Feb 27
Classroom · Melbourne
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Thu · 18 Feb 27
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Thu · 18 Feb 27
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Fri · 26 Feb 27
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March 2027
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Wed · 03 Mar 27
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Thu · 11 Mar 27
Classroom · Melbourne
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Tue · 23 Mar 27
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Course Units

Unit 1: Design Principles

  • How to Communicate a Clear Story
  • Creating Aesthetically Pleasing Reports and Dashboards
  • Using the Right Visuals
  • Information Reading Rule: Left to Right and Top to Bottom
  • Report Design Rule: KPI
  • Report Design Rule: Summarized Data
  • Report Design Rule: Detailed Data
  • Best Choice Visuals for Comparison
  • Best Choice Visuals to Show Data Distribution
  • Visualizing Relationships between Data
  • Analysing Data Composition

Unit 2: Introduction to Power BI Ecosystem

  • Power BI's Reporting and Authoring Tool
  • Using of Different Power BI Components
  • Keeping the Ecosystem Updated
  • Understanding Parts of a Report
  • Sorting and Drilling Through Capabilities
  • Introducing the Spotlight
  • Understanding the Insights
  • Introducing AI Visuals
  • Working with Bookmarks
  • Understanding Filter Propagation
  • Creating a Dashboard
  • Understanding Visuals Pane
  • Understanding Filters Pane
  • Understanding Fields Pane Controls
  • Page Navigation in Power BI
  • Using Enterprise Power BI Templates

Unit 3: Basic Report Elements in Power BI Desktop

  • Importing Custom KPI Icon and Image files
  • Copying and Pasting Between Reports
  • Adding Report Level Measures
  • Introduction to the Ribbon Tabs
  • Configuring Advanced Preview Options
  • Features in Desktop vs. Reports
  • Introduction to Various Data Connectors
  • Creating Calculated Measures, Columns and Tables
  • Creating Hierarchy

Unit 4: Developing Reports in Power BI

  • Creating the Report File
  • Adding Filters and Slicers
  • Adding Visuals and Report Elements
  • Configuring Theme and Formatting
  • Setting the Default User Experience
  • Dynamic Column Headers

Unit 5: Report Filters and Slicers

  • Understanding Filters in Filters Pane
  • Using Filters as a Slicer in a Report
  • Filtering a Report, Page and Visual
  • Understanding Text filtering options
  • Categorizing Date and Time Filters
  • Understanding Date and Time Filtering Options
  • Setting the Filter Status
  • Creating Drop Down or List Filters
  • Creating Number Filters
  • Configuring Multiple Selections
  • Editing Interaction between Filters
  • Syncing Slicers
  • Adding Place Holders
  • Setting Background Colours
  • Adding Search Menu
  • Formatting Options for a Slicer
  • Copying Across the Report
  • Snapping to Grid
  • Configuring Buttons
  • Using Selection Pane
  • Maintaining Layer Order
  • Grouping Items Together
  • Working with Time Intelligence Slicers

Unit 6: Understanding the Report Elements

  • Understanding Report Elements
  • Creating Charts/Graphs
  • Creating AI Visuals
  • Using Card Visual
  • Using Spatial Data for Maps
  • Introduction to Fields Pane
  • Understanding the Format Pane
  • Using the Analytics Pane
  • Adding Text Box
  • Creating Advanced Buttons
  • Adding Shapes
  • Adding Images
  • Creating Card Visual with Icon
  • Configuring Ribbon Chart
  • Using TopN Filters
  • Locking the Filters
  • Creating Cluster Bar Chart
  • Configuring Tooltips
  • Creating Combo Chart
  • Creating Line Chart
  • Adding Analytics Lines
  • Creating Scoreboard

Unit 7: Theme and Formatting Options in Power BI

  • Introduction to Report Themes and Their Types
  • Creating Custom Theme Interface
  • Setting the Visual Header Configuration
  • Adding Image in Title
  • Adding Latest Date
  • Creating Multi-Row Card
  • Formatting Pages
  • Enabling Always-Focus Mode
  • Recommended Practices
  • Final Formatting Method

Unit 8: Premium User Experience

  • Configuring Pages
  • Adding Slicers and Filters
  • Sorting in an Order
  • Configuring the Drill through Location
  • Difference between Workspace and App User Experience
  • User Experience Options Available in Service
  • Writing Comments in a Team
  • Creating Dynamic Multi-Value Data Labels
  • Learning How to Use Charts
  • Recommended Practices
  • Understanding Paginated Report

Unit 9: Conditional Formatting

  • Adding Conditional Formatting
  • Types of Conditional Formatting
  • Adding Data Bars and Icons
  • Adding Custom Icon Set
  • Adding Web URL
  • Using Same Conditions for Multiple Visuals
  • Conditions for Histogram Bins

Unit 10: Drill Through, Visual Interaction and Slicer Synchronisation

  • Navigating From Summary to Detail Pages
  • Configuring Cross Filtering
  • Keeping Filters
  • Setting Visual Interaction
  • Duplicating Pages
  • Configuring Measure in Filters
  • Creating a Decomposition Tree

Unit 11: Basic and Advanced Tooltips

  • Configuring Tooltips on Visuals
  • Enabling Visual Header Tooltip
  • Configuring Tool Tip Pages
  • Using Smart Narrative Visual
  • Adding Emoji in Visuals
  • Adding Various Calculations in Smart Narrative

Unit 12: Bookmarks

  • Quick and Easy Navigation Using Buttons
  • Toggle between Charts Using Buttons
  • Elements of a Bookmark
  • Configuring Button States for User Experience
  • Setting Button Effects
  • Finding Anomalies in Data

Unit 13: Custom Visuals

  • Importing Visuals from Marketplace
  • Common Visuals in an Organization
  • Importing Custom Visuals
  • Custom Slicers
  • Visual Cues
  • Introducing Colour Helper by Okviz - Discuss
  • Box and Whisker Chart

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Student Reviews

(5.0)
24 September, 2026

Cours was valuable and Paul did a great job making sure everyone was able to follow along, despite doing it online. He had many good tips to share and cared about us understanding the content. He was very knowledgeable and clearly enjoys the teaching process. He kept to time well and overall a very pleasent experience.

Tina N
(5.0)
24 September, 2026

This course was very practical and hands on - the instructor guided us through each section of the course in detail and didn’t just explain the steps, but the why behind them. I find this very helpful personally, as the context helps it all sink in. We covered a lot of content in a day! Examples / scenarios were drawn from the participants contexts, which also made it interesting and engaging. The instructors communication throughout was great - he made sure no one fell behind. He also kept it light with some related jokes and stories. This was also a great way to keep a small group engaged across a full day.

Stef
(5.0)
03 September, 2026

The course was really informative and gave a good overview of how to detail a broad range of graphs and charts. I will use this information to better design my data and reporting at an organisational level.

Andrew S
(4.8)
03 September, 2026

I got a lot of value from this course - I thought it was well paced and covered more than just your basic visuals but made it a bit more interesting and that step further than what you would figure out on your own. Particularly enjoyed the use of tabs and hidden layers of information and bookmarks. Cath was really easy to understand and spoke at a great pace to ensure everyone could keep up. There were only a few times when I felt the gap between asking if everyone was keeping up wasn't long enough to turn your mic back on and say something if you were behind and trying to balance actioning advice and following along the shared screen. I think the use of putting a hand up when you've done something was really useful as it slowed it down when needed to ensure everyone was keeping up.

Erin K
(4.8)
03 September, 2026

I enjoyed the course and whilst pace was fast for me or my skillset. I could still keep up and be able to see how the process would apply to my data. I will practice from here and work with my data to find ways to get to my end result

Maria K
(4.3)
03 September, 2026

Good content and experienced teacher - Willing to find out answers if not known on the spot. I think the pace was ok, could be faster. I understand you have a range of people to think about but I wouldn't make it any slower.

Ella E
(5.0)
03 September, 2026

Of all the corporate training I've done Cath was the best instructor I've ever had, she moved through the content at a great pace that seemed appropriate for everyone's skill level, and was very engaged in ensuring that no one was left behind. The examples and course content were also enjoyable and practical.

Cody W
(5.0)
24 August, 2026

The course provided basic fundamentals to allow dashboard creation in practical situations, particularly for me as I have not had experience in Power BI to date.

Michael R
(5.0)
04 August, 2026

Adam was fabulous, I learned so much. Power BI is a great tool and i look forward to using it to make financial dashboards.

Shannon G
(4.8)
04 August, 2026

Loved the practical exercises - very informative, can't wait to apply the tips! Adam checked in on all participants to ensure everyone kept up. Content was a bit jam packed for one day, but we did ask a lot of questions. Thank you

Leonie T
(5.0)
31 July, 2026

Course was amazing. It was great to have minimal technical context to maximise practical application

Ben A
(4.8)
29 July, 2026

The balance between theory and practical application kept the material engaging and relevant. The facilitator explained the concepts clearly and regularly checked that the group was following before moving on. The only constructive feedback I have is that the demo dataset is very much related to Profit/Sales, this might not be relevant to course participants which makes it tricky to apply when returning to our roles.

Ren R
(5.0)
28 July, 2026

The Power BI Report Design course was very helpful. I learned a range of techniques for using and designing different chart types effectively. Dani was a great trainer. The pace of the course was excellent, and she was always helpful, providing clear explanations and support throughout the session.

Charlotte G
(4.8)
28 July, 2026

Danny was an excellent instructor. He was very knowledgeable and patient, and I learnt a lot from the course.

Nadine
(5.0)
28 July, 2026

Nice and in dept conversation and training. I was able to have a few questions answered to help with my position with using Power BI. Only negative was the system kept crashing for the instructor, which caused moments of delay.

Kristine M
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