Build Power BI judgment with free PL-300-relevant READY training. Define audiences, measures, data quality and access before designing a business report.
Build Power BI judgment with free PL-300-relevant READY training. Define audiences, measures, data quality and access before designing a business report. Work through connected modules with original READY teaching, realistic cases, worked examples and knowledge checks.
Practice with the supplied evidence, compare your reasoning with the explanations, and keep useful ideas in your private notes. Work at your own pace and return to your saved place.
Lessons are included with a free READY account. Training completion is separate from job-role certification and vendor credentials. Check the member course page for current completion-certificate availability.
WHAT YOU’LL PRACTICE
Capabilities you can put to work.
Define a report's audience and decision before choosing visuals
Write clear definitions for decision-relevant measures
Identify conflicting source definitions and quality checks
Match comparisons and interactions to user needs
Include access, privacy and visible limitations in the report brief
YOUR COURSE OUTLINE
Course Modules
Review each module’s focus before you sign in. Your account shows which learning activities are currently available.
01
Design for a Decision
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Define an actionable report brief, a consistent row grain, sales metrics, freshness, access requirements, and known-result acceptance cases.
Learning pace: Self-paced
02
Prepare and Transform Data
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Prepare typed, reconciled order-line data while detecting sampled-profile gaps, key defects, merge multiplication, and misleading missing-value substitutions.
Learning pace: Self-paced
03
Build the Model
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Build and validate a star model with unique dimension keys, deliberate filter paths, explicit date roles, and preserved fact grains.
Learning pace: Self-paced
04
Create Measures
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Write and reason through sales, ratios, context modifications, shares, and total-row behavior using explicit DAX and known results.
Learning pace: Self-paced
05
Design Reports
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Build an interpretable and accessible report with deliberate interactions, empty states, mobile ordering, drillthrough, and reader acceptance checks.
Learning pace: Self-paced
06
Analyze and Explain
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Evaluate comparable periods, rates, contributions, mix, anomalies, and causal limits before writing an evidence-based recommendation.
Learning pace: Self-paced
07
Publish and Operate
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Publish to an identified target, verify service connectivity and freshness, diagnose refresh failures, and accept the intended reader distribution path.
Learning pace: Self-paced
08
Secure, Govern, and Present
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Define and test effective audience access, distinguish RLS from editing and field exposure, and present a versioned analytical product with truthful acceptance evidence.
Learning pace: Self-paced
Who this course is for
Data analysts
Reporting professionals
Spreadsheet users developing business intelligence skills
Before you start
Familiarity with tables is helpful
The first written lesson does not require Power BI installation or a software license
Work through the modules at a pace that lets you reflect and apply what you learn.
Know what’s included.
Is this training free, and how do I start?
The course overview is public. Sign in with a free READY account to use all 8 guided modules and save your progress. A free account is required to start learning. Existing members can sign in.
Does completing training mean I am certified?
No. Course completion and an optional READY learning certificate are separate from READYScore job-role certification. The member experience shows certificate eligibility and the existing READY$ policy.
Is this an official vendor course or credential?
Original READY preparation, independent of Microsoft. READY does not issue Microsoft certification and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft. Training does not guarantee exam success or confer a vendor credential.
Does this assert learning hours or CEU/CPE eligibility?
The member course page shows the current estimated learning time and certificate eligibility. READY learning records do not guarantee that an outside provider will accept CEU/CPE credit; check that provider’s requirements. Existing certificate records are preserved.
Do I need Power BI to start?
Begin with the written decision brief and source questions. Check the requirements of later software and service activities before attempting them; an outline does not establish that you have a configured Power BI environment.
What can I produce while learning?
The current course uses fictional Cedar Retail decisions to connect a report brief, data checks, measures and a reviewable recommendation. Keep your practice in the optional learning notebook. This is a learning exercise, not a verified professional outcome.
