Power BI & Fabric Workshop

Welcome to the Power BI and Microsoft Fabric Workshop repository! This repository contains comprehensive guides, tutorials, and sample datasets to help you get started with Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Fabric.

📚 Getting Started Guides

Getting Started with Power BI

Learn the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI, including:

• What Power BI is and its key components
• How to install and set up Power BI Desktop
• Creating your first reports and dashboards
• Best practices for data modeling and visualization
• Resources for continued learning

Getting Started with Microsoft Fabric

Explore Microsoft's unified analytics platform:

• Introduction to Microsoft Fabric and its experiences
• Understanding OneLake and workspaces
• Working with lakehouses, data warehouses, and data pipelines
• Integration with Power BI
• Best practices for enterprise analytics

📊 Sample Datasets

The datasets/ directory contains sample data files that you can use to practice:

• sales-data.csv - Sales transaction data for building dashboards and reports
• employee-data.csv - Employee information for HR analytics
• product-inventory.csv - Product inventory data for supply chain analysis

See the datasets README for detailed information about each dataset, including column descriptions and suggested exercises.

🎯 Workshop Structure

This repository is designed to support hands-on workshops and self-paced learning:

1. Read the Getting Started Guides - Begin with either Power BI or Fabric guide based on your interests
2. Download Sample Data - Get the datasets from the datasets folder
3. Practice Building Reports - Use the sample data to create your own reports
4. Explore Advanced Topics - Try the practice exercises in the datasets README

🛠️ Prerequisites

• A Microsoft account (work, school, or personal)
• Power BI Desktop (free download from Microsoft)
• Access to Power BI Service (free or paid)
• (Optional) Microsoft Fabric trial or license for advanced scenarios

🤝 Contributing

This is a learning repository. Feel free to:

• Use these materials for your own learning
• Share with others who want to learn Power BI or Fabric
• Suggest improvements via issues or pull requests
• Add your own sample datasets or guides

📖 Additional Resources

Official Microsoft Resources

• Power BI Documentation
• Microsoft Fabric Documentation
• Microsoft Learn Training

Community

• Power BI Community
• Microsoft Fabric Community

📄 License

This repository is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙋 Support

If you have questions or need help:

1. Check the getting started guides
2. Review the datasets README for dataset-specific questions
3. Visit the official Microsoft communities
4. Open an issue in this repository

Happy Learning! 🚀