Power BI Training

A 12-step process for dashboard design: knowing the audience, choosing charts, using a grid, colour and themes, and ordering the story. Attendees get a workbook, 70+ dashboard grids and 18 icons.

No. The workshop teaches design, not software mechanics, so it suits analysts and report builders at any level.

Yes. The thinking is tool-agnostic, so the same principles carry into Tableau, Excel and PowerPoint.

We run a design process built around people: designers with more than ten years of dashboard experience, and project managers who run every engagement. We use AI inside that process, for analysis, visualization and storytelling, to move faster. What the data says, and how it looks, stays with our team. We also teach your team to use AI in their own analysis, dashboard design and presentations.

Yes. We can tailor lessons and exercises, including the data your employees work on now, and build your brand into a Power BI theme.

Yes. Our Power BI workshop is a four-hour dashboard design course for teams. We also run the longer Designing Great Business Dashboards workshop, and there is a self-paced course for individuals.

Both. On-site sessions run at your offices, and remote sessions run live on Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Webex in any time zone. A remote full day can be split over two mornings.

The Power BI workshop is four hours, and a full day runs about seven. Every private price covers up to 12 attendees, and a remote full day can be split over two mornings for time zones.

Yes. Microsoft and others publish free and paid courses on the software, and many people learn the basics alone. Where self-study usually stops is design: who the dashboard is for, which chart answers which question, and how to lay it out. Our Power BI workshop teaches that, and the Analyst’s Toolkit covers it for individuals.

It depends on where you start. The basics can be learned in days to weeks of regular practice. Good dashboard design takes longer, and it improves fastest with a process and feedback. Our workshop gives teams a 12-step process in four hours.

Learn the basics from a tutorial, then build a real dashboard for a real reader, using a grid and a clear point. A live workshop speeds this up, because a trainer corrects your design as you work. Ask for a quote.

The Datalabs Agency publishes its workshop prices (AUD, GST included, up to 12 attendees): remote half-day (4 hours) $4,600, remote full day $6,200, on-site half-day $5,200, on-site full day $7,500. Extra attendees up to 20 are $250 each per day, and larger groups are split into cohorts. Ask for a quote with your team size and dates.

Otto Ottinger is the founder and Managing Director of The Datalabs Agency. He worked at National Geographic before founding the agency, and he leads the workshops himself. Read more about Otto Ottinger.