Step-by-Step Power BI Dashboard Tutorial 2025: Beginner to Pro (End-to-End Guide)

🔍 Power BI Masterclass 2025 | From Beginner to Pro - End-to-End Dashboard Project
Ready to master Power BI in 2025? In this comprehensive tutorial, I’ll guide you step-by-step on how to create a professional Power BI dashboard from scratch. Whether you're just starting or looking to refine your skills, this video is designed to help you go from beginner to pro!
📌 What You'll Learn:
⏣ Data Preparation:
How to connect to various data sources like Excel, SQL, and online datasets.
Cleaning and transforming messy data in Power Query for a seamless experience.
⏣ Data Modeling:
Creating relationships between tables and understanding their cardinality.
Optimizing your model for performance and efficiency.
⏣ DAX Essentials:
Must-know DAX functions like CALCULATE, SUM, SWITCH, and more.
How to create calculated columns, measures, and KPIs.
⏣ Dashboard Design:
Using custom visuals and themes to enhance your report’s appeal.
How to use Figma to design polished backgrounds and layouts for Power BI dashboards.
Organizing visuals for clarity and storytelling.
Adding interactivity with slicers, bookmarks, drill-through, and hierarchies.
⏣ Advanced Techniques:
Implementing tooltips for added insights.
Using conditional formatting for emphasis.
Building dynamic visuals to compare actuals against targets.
⏣ AI-Powered Assistance:
Leveraging ChatGPT to generate DAX formulas, solve Power BI challenges, and improve report narratives.
Tips for integrating AI into your workflow to save time and boost creativity.
Export & Sharing:
How to publish your report to the Power BI Service.
Sharing insights with your team or stakeholders.
🎯 By the end of this video, you’ll have a complete Power BI dashboard that you can showcase in your portfolio or use as a foundation for future projects.
💡 Why Watch This?
This isn’t just a tutorial; it’s an end-to-end project that bridges the gap between beginner concepts and professional dashboard development. With tools like Figma for design and ChatGPT for AI-powered assistance, you’ll learn how to create modern, efficient, and visually compelling dashboards. Whether you're a student, analyst, or business professional, this video will equip you with the tools and techniques you need to create impressive Power BI reports.
🔗 Resources & Files:
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• Calculate Delta in Pow...
Data Set:
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Content:
00:01 Scope
03:49 How to install Power BI Desktop
04:27 How to Import data in PBI
06:00 Clean/Modify data
06:28 How to Split column in PBI
06:50 Set value from first row as column title
08:41 Set correct data types
10:17 Create Calendar Table
10:53 Calendarauto DAX
12:09 How to create Month column
12:54 How to create Year column
13:14 How to create column with Short Month Name
14:10 Mark Calendar Table as Date table
14:47 How to build model
15:27 How to create relationships
17:46 How to create theme
18:45 How to find best matching colors for theme
20:25 How to upload Theme
20:50 How to create Measures table
21:50 How to calculate average
22:35 How to create Measure
22:56 How to calculate current year data CY value
23:50 How to calculate previous year data PY value
25:17 How to format measure
26:42 How to calculate YoY/ Delta value
28:26 Reference Labels - New Card formatting
30:55 Reference labels conditional formatting
31:08 Add arrows next to number
33:07 UNICHAR DAX for adding symbols
35:37 How to conditionally format arrows / change arrow color
37:51 COUNT DAX
39:07 How to create line chart with gradient shadow
40:35 How to create month start column
44:10 AVERAGE DAX
45:02 How to Calculate Total Revenue
45:25 How to create Field Parameter
46:07 Use measure as slicer
47:26 Text Wrap / split text in two rows
49:29 Set Accent Bar to Buttons
50:39 How to create Line Chart
51:29 How to create Date Hierachy
53:20 How to set Dynamic title
54:23 How to add shade to line chart
55:55 Implicit Measure
56:38 Add value in center of Donut Chart
57:35 Group visualizations, merge into one
58:40 SWITCH DAX
59:05 Export table from PBI
59:29 Chat GPT and Power BI example / how to use ChatGPT for PBI
1:00:52 New Column using DAX
1:02:19 Copy Paste formatting settings
1:05:08 Set size and position for visuals
1:06:22 How to use Figma for Power BI
1:07:01 Set gradient color background in Figma
01:11:05 How to Set rounded corners in Figma
01:13:14 How to Share Power BI dashboard

[@jamwheeler]

Very helpful! However when you're creating the line chart the months and years labels in the x axis for some categories don't really make sense to me as they appear. For example see how the lables change when you go between different graphs around 53:40

[@PRObyBI]

Hi, thank you for pointing that out! The issue arises because, when I calculated the Short Month Name column, I used the Calendar[Month] column as the argument. Instead, you need to use the Calendar[Date] column to ensure all months are displayed consistently. I didn’t notice this error earlier-my apologies for the oversight!

[@jamwheeler]

@PRObyBI ahhh okay! And no worries thank you for addressing it!

[@calvinvandoorn2998]

Nice Video! You clarified some details that I was struggling to find on other tutorials.

[@jomabombona011]

cool bro 👍

[@profhalimboutayeb]

👍

[@nialldavies4350]

Thanks for this. Sadly the link to the dataset returns 404.

[@PRObyBI]

@@nialldavies4350 thanks for letting me know. It is fixed now