Skip to main content

Introduction to Microsoft Power BI COMP 2156

Computer Systems Course

Subscribe
View cart

Course details

​Power BI is a Microsoft collection of tools and an analytics service for data visualization and business intelligence reporting. BCIT Computing offers a series of MS Power Bi courses. COMP 2156 is a hands-on intro course designed for database professionals, data analysts, business analysts and managers. It follows on from COMP 2362 or COMP 2364, it assumes that students have an understanding of statistics for data analysis and advanced functions of MS Excel. Students begin with a brief introduction to the building blocks of Microsoft Power BI and its related services. They are shown how to get a variety of data into the Power BI Desktop from multiple sources. In class labs and exercises focus on how to model, explore, clean and transform simple data for business reports. Topics include: Data Analysis Expressions, DAX, relationships and Data Visualization. Labs and assignments are designed to provide best practices that can be transferred to the workplace. Participants must provide their own current model PC capable of running Windows 10 and MS Excel, with an i5 or higher equivalent processor, 8 GB minimum RAM, and 256 GB minimum storage. High-speed internet access is needed for online sections and for homework. COMP 2156 is an elective in several BCIT Computing credentials including the CST Diploma (FLEX), and a required course in the Applied Data Analytics Certificate (ADAC). By the end of this course successful students will be able use the Power BI unified analytics platform to build and publish high quality dashboards to the web. They will be prepared to move on to the next level COMP 3156 –MS Power BI Optimization and COMP 3157–MS Power BI Advanced Data Visualization.

Prerequisite(s)

Credits

1.5

Cost

$352.69 - $370.16 See individual course offerings below for actual costs.

Course offerings

Winter 2023

Below is one offering of COMP 2156 for the Winter 2023 term.

CRN 88493

Duration

Fri Feb 24 - Fri Mar 31 (6 weeks)

  • 6 weeks
  • CRN 88493
  • $352.69
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Feb 24 - Mar 31 Fri 18:30 - 21:30 Online
Instructor

Ahmad Chamy

Course outline

View

Cost

$352.69

Important information
  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Departmental approval needed
  3. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  4. Please email cstpts@bcit.ca for Departmental approval. Include your Student number (A0#) and COMP__ and preferred CRN __ and Program Declaration____. Course is 18 hours synchronous online classes. Late registration is not permitted.
Status

In Progress

This course offering is in progress. Please check this page for other currently available offerings, subscribe to receive email updates or contact us with your comments or questions.

Spring/Summer 2023

Below are three offerings of COMP 2156 for the Spring/Summer 2023 term.

CRN 67144

Duration

Tue Apr 11 - Tue May 23 (6 weeks)

  • 6 weeks
  • CRN 67144
  • $352.69
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Apr 11 - May 23 Tue 18:00 - 21:00 Online
Instructor

Wouter De Raeve

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Cost

$352.69

Important information
  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Departmental approval needed
  3. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  4. Please email cstpts@bcit.ca for Departmental approval. Include your Student number (A0#) and COMP__ and preferred CRN __ and Program Declaration____. Course is 18 hours synchronous online classes. Late registration is not permitted. The end date has been changed from May 16 to May 23. No class April 25.
Status

CRN 68022

Duration

Tue May 30 - Tue Jul 04 (6 weeks)

  • 6 weeks
  • CRN 68022
  • $370.16
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
May 30 - Jul 04 Tue 18:00 - 21:00 Downtown DTC Rm. 360
Instructor

Wouter De Raeve

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Cost

$370.16

Important information
  1. Departmental approval needed
  2. Please email cstpts@bcit.ca for Departmental approval. Include your Student number (A0#) and COMP__ and preferred CRN __ and Program Declaration____. Course is 18 hours on campus. Late registration is not permitted. The start and end dates have been changed from May 23 – June 27 to May 30 – July 04.
Status

CRN 67143

Duration

Fri Apr 14 - Fri May 19 (6 weeks)

  • 6 weeks
  • CRN 67143
  • $352.69
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Apr 14 - May 19 Fri 18:30 - 21:30 Online
Instructor

TBD

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Cost

$352.69

Important information
  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Departmental approval needed
  3. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
  4. Please email cstpts@bcit.ca for Departmental approval. Include your Student number (A0#) and COMP__ and preferred CRN __ and Program Declaration____. Course is 18 hours synchronous online classes. Late registration is not permitted.
Status

Cancelled

This course offering has been cancelled. Please check this page for other currently available offerings, subscribe to receive email updates or contact us with your comments or questions.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Describe MS Power BI and its components.
  • Explore different data connections to multiple sources, local, and online.
  • Extract, Load & Transform Data into Power BI Desktop using Power Query.
  • Describe at a foundational level how Power BI data models are created.
  • Create and understand different visualizations and dashboards in MS Power BI.
  • Tell the data story to engage stakeholders to bring insights from data visualizations.
  • Publish MS Power BI dashboards to a Power BI Service.

Effective as of Spring/Summer 2022

Related Programs

Introduction to Microsoft Power BI (COMP 2156) is offered as a part of the following programs:

School of Computing and Academic Studies

  1. Applied Computer Information Systems (ACIS)
    Associate Certificate Part-time
  2. Applied Data Analytics
    Certificate Part-time
  3. Applied Database Administration and Design
    Associate Certificate Part-time
  4. Computer Systems
    Diploma Part-time

Contact Us

If you have a question or comment about this course, please complete and submit the form below.

  • Privacy Notice: The information you provide will be used to respond to your request for BCIT program information and is collected under Section 26(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). For more information about BCIT’s privacy practices contact: Associate Director, Privacy, Information Access & Policy Management, British Columbia Institute of Technology, 3700 Willingdon Ave. Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2, email: privacy@bcit.ca.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Subscribe

Interested in being notified about future offerings of Introduction to Microsoft Power BI (COMP 2156)? If so, fill out the information below and we'll notify you by email when courses for each new term are displayed here.

  • Privacy Notice: The information you provide will be used to respond your request for BCIT course information and is collected under Section 26(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). For more information about BCIT’s privacy practices contact: Associate Director, Privacy, Information Access & Policy Management, British Columbia Institute of Technology, 3700 Willingdon Ave. Burnaby, BC V5A 3H2, email: privacy@bcit.ca.

Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.