Program in Data Analysis and Power BI for Business

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About Course

A continuing education program that turns business data into decision-ready dashboards. You learn data preparation, modeling, measures, interpretation and controlled sharing through a complete business case.

Who it is for

Finance, sales and operations professionals, junior analysts and recent graduates. Requirement: familiarity with spreadsheets.

What you will achieve

  • Build a dashboard and a decision report that demonstrate analytical reasoning — not just visual formatting.
  • Replace a recurring manual report with a documented refresh process, with data quality controls.
  • Strengthen your portfolio for internal analytics opportunities, with no promise of immediate hiring.

Courses in the program

The program combines 5 eight-hour courses in sequence, for a total of 40 hours.

DAD101 · 8 h

Data and Dashboards for Decisions — Introductory

Define business questions, import and clean data, and organize datasets for analysis.

DAD102 · 8 h

Data and Dashboards for Decisions — Intermediate

Build a dashboard with clear metrics, appropriate visuals and filters that answer business questions.

DAD103 · 8 h

Data and Dashboards for Decisions — Advanced

Interpret results, compare scenarios and turn the dashboard into clear recommendations for management.

DAD104 · 8 h

Modeling, DAX and Publishing

Build a star schema, calculate measures and test filters; plan access, refresh, sharing and versioning of reports.

DAD105 · 8 h

Management Decision Project

Deliver a validated dashboard, a reproducible data dictionary and a presentation recommending an action.

Planned breakdown: 12 h of guided instruction + 18 h of structured practice + 10 h of assessed activities. These components are already included in the total hours.

How you are assessed

  • Complete the sequence of courses and the core exercises
  • Submit the program’s final project
  • Score at least 70% on assessments and on the project rubric
  • One project feedback and revision cycle is included

Professional relevance

Relevant to reporting, BI and business analysis tasks. It is not a complete data scientist program. We do not promise a job, salary or hiring date.

External costs

Power BI Desktop is free but runs only on Windows. Sharing features in the Power BI service may require a paid license, which is not included.

Terms

  • Clock hours: 40 hours
  • Total tuition: $600.00 — $15 per clock hour
  • 12-month access
  • Program certificate issued in the USA by Milestone Technology Institute LLC, listing the courses completed, date and clock hours
  • Support through the Student support center

Academic leadership and instruction

Academic leadership: Dr. John Peterson, PhD — President and Chief Educational Officer, Milestone Technology Institute. View biography

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Course Content

DAD101 · Data and Dashboards for Decisions — Introductory (8 h)
Define business questions, import and clean data, and organize datasets for analysis.

  • Lesson 1 · Business questions and indicators
  • Lesson 2 · Importing data in Excel and Power BI
  • Lesson 3 · Cleaning and transforming with Power Query
  • Lesson 4 · Organizing datasets for analysis
  • DAD101 Assessment · Data and Dashboards for Decisions — Introductory

DAD102 · Data and Dashboards for Decisions — Intermediate (8 h)
Build a dashboard with clear metrics, appropriate visuals and filters that answer business questions.

DAD103 · Data and Dashboards for Decisions — Advanced (8 h)
Interpret results, compare scenarios and turn the dashboard into clear recommendations for management.

DAD104 · Modeling, DAX and Publishing (8 h)
Build a star schema, calculate measures and test filters; plan access, refresh, sharing and versioning of reports.

DAD105 · Management Decision Project (8 h)
Deliver a validated dashboard, a reproducible data dictionary and a presentation recommending an action.

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