Brief Descriiption
In this assignment, you will be using Power BI to demonstrate your ability to create data charts and dashboards. You will then create a Zoom recording in which you deliver a “elevator pitch” regarding the charts. Instructions and requirements are described in detail below.
Background
There are various tools available for data visualization that help in presenting the visualizations in a very simple manner. Microsoft’s Power BI is a tool that is widely used in corporate environments.
How do you know whether Microsoft Power BI is right for your organization? Here are seven reasons to choose Power BI — and one reason you may want to choose something else:
A quick start. You’ll be able to get insights quickly with an uncomplicated setup, no required training, and included dashboards for services such as Salesforce, Google Analytics, and Microsoft Dynamics.
Streamlined publication and distribution. Instead of emailing large files or putting them on a shared drive, analysts upload reports and visualizations to the Power BI service, and their data is refreshed whenever the underlying dataset is updated.
Real-time information. Dashboards update in real time, as data is pushed or streamed in, which gives viewers the ability to solve problems and identify opportunities quickly. Any report or dashboard can display and update real-time data and visuals. Sources of streaming data can be factory sensors, social media sources, or anything from which time-sensitive data can be collected or transmitted.
Ability to customize Power BI app navigation. An “app navigation experiences” feature gives report developers the power to customize navigation to help viewers find content quickly and understand the relationships between different reports and dashboards.
**Ability to customize security features. **Report developers can set up row-level security (RLS) access filters to ensure that viewers see only data relevant to them, mitigating the risk of people seeing data they shouldn’t.
Cortana integration. Power BI works with Microsoft’s digital assistant, Cortana. Users can verbally ask questions in natural language to access charts and graphs. This can be especially helpful for users with mobile devices.
Artificial Intelligence. Power BI users can access image recognition and text analytics, create machine learning models, and integrate with Azure Machine Learning.
ISM475 – Data Visualization and Reporting
Instructions
Visit this site to download your free version of Microsoft Power BI:
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/getting-started-with-power-bi/
Visit this site to view your data source (OfficeSupplie.csv):
https://sds-platform-private.s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/P6-OfficeSupplies.csv
You will load the office supplies data into Power BI and create two different bar charts for the data visualization portion of the assignment.
Please provide static screenshots of the different bar charts in a Word document, along with a single sentence identifying the most interesting thing you’ve discovered in your dataset, much like the “lead” of a news story. This “lead” should intrigue the reader and make them want to learn more.
To accompany the charts and lead sentence, write an “elevator pitch” of 30-45 seconds regarding the charts is required. An elevator pitch is a brief, persuasive speech that you use to spark interest in what your organization does. You can also use them to create interest in a project, idea, or product – or in yourself. Here is a good example of an elevator pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6AFxNOndMQ.
