Analysing Data with Power BI for Business Reporting
Your analysts can produce reports in Power BI — but they're descriptive, not analytical. Leadership is still asking "so what does this mean?" because the data isn't being interrogated for the insights that actually drive decisions.
This programme takes participants beyond report-building into genuine analytical thinking within Power BI — using DAX measures, drill-through analysis, and comparative reporting techniques to surface the business insights that matter. Teams stop describing what happened and start explaining why, and what to do next.
Key Outcomes
Write DAX measures to calculate KPIs, period comparisons, and running totals
Use drill-through and cross-filtering to interrogate data and surface root cause insights
Build analytical reports structured around business questions, not just data fields
Apply time intelligence functions to compare performance across periods accurately
What Makes it Different
Participants work on business reporting scenarios with realistic, messy data — not clean textbook datasets
Insight-first report design: participants restructure reports around business questions, not data structure
DAX Measure Library: a curated collection of business-relevant calculations ready to adapt and deploy
Business reporting scenarios and KPI definitions can be aligned to your organisation's actual reporting framework — financial, operational, commercial, or HR metrics as relevant to the team.
The natural progression for teams using Power BI for basic reporting who need to go deeper — delivered to finance, operations, and commercial analytics teams across banking, property, and manufacturing.