This notebook records the entire BI development cycle including all the steps and explanations that went into the creation of the Power BI Report.

Project’s Objective


Perform BI development and analysis for a global manufacturing company that produces cycling equipment and accessories.

The management of the company needs a way to track business critical KPIs (such as sales, revenue, profit and returns), in order to compare regional performance, analyze product-level trends, and identify high-value customers.

The business can only provide raw .csv files.

Project’s Workflow


The BI development workflow can be summarized as follows:

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ETL ↴

Data Modelling ↴

Developing Measures with DAX ↴

          Inserting Custom Visualizations ↴

                           Optimizing Report Performance

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The steps are broken down into individual pages (click page to view). Each page explains the associated stage of the BI development process in detail:

Adjusting Power BI Settings

Data Loading (ETL)

Data Modelling

Developing Measures & Columns