Spreadsheets pasted into slide decks answer last month's question, while managers need to explore live figures, drill into exceptions and act while there is time. Five hands-on days teach you to build dashboards people actually open. You connect to Excel, CSV files, SQL databases and cloud sources, clean and shape data with Power Query and Tableau Prep, and design star-schema data models with relationships that return correct totals.
In Power BI you write DAX measures, time intelligence and row-level security; in Tableau you build calculated fields, level-of-detail expressions, parameters and actions. Design sessions cover choosing the right chart, layout, colour, accessibility and storytelling for executive audiences, followed by publishing through Power BI Service and Tableau Server or Cloud, scheduled refresh and sharing. Analysts, finance and sales reporting staff, monitoring and evaluation officers, programme managers and IT teams supporting reporting will benefit. The course runs in the classroom, online or in-house, ends with a CPD-accredited certificate, and you leave with a finished dashboard built from your own kind of data and the judgement to choose between the two tools.
Organisations collect more data than ever from finance systems, field surveys, sales platforms and web services, but value only appears when decision makers can see it clearly and trust it. Business intelligence tools have made it possible for analysts to build interactive reporting without waiting months for IT, yet poorly designed dashboards that confuse, mislead or load slowly are common, and many teams struggle to move beyond basic charts.
The Practical Dashboards & BI (Power BI, Tableau) Training Course takes participants through the complete reporting workflow in both leading tools. It starts with defining business questions and key performance indicators, then moves to data connection, cleaning and transformation. Participants model data with fact and dimension tables, build calculations in DAX and in Tableau's calculation language, and construct visualisations including maps, matrices, trend lines and KPI cards. Further sessions address performance tuning, interactivity, security and governance, and the publication and maintenance of reports in a shared workspace.
Every concept is practised on supplied datasets resembling sales, finance, survey and programme data. By the end, each delegate has built and presented a working dashboard and holds a checklist for reviewing the quality of any report before release.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave the course with:
Every session is workshop-style, with participants at the keyboard. The method includes:
Day 1: BI Foundations and Getting Data In
Day 2: Cleaning and Modelling Data
Day 3: Calculations in DAX and Tableau
Day 4: Visual Design and Interactive Dashboards
Day 5: Publishing, Security and Governance
The course is practical for people who turn data into reports and decisions, including:
Delegates who attend the full programme and complete the lab exercises, including the capstone dashboard, are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
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By the end of the Practical Dashboards & BI (Power BI, Tableau) programme, you'll be able to translate business questions into measurable indicators and a dashboard specification, connect to and transform data from files, databases and online services, design relational data models with fact and dimension tables, and create measures and calculated fields, including time intelligence and level-of-detail logic. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course is practical for people who turn data into reports and decisions, including: Data and business intelligence analysts, Finance and management accountants producing performance reports, Sales, marketing and customer insight analysts, Monitoring, evaluation and research officers, Programme and operations managers who track indicators, Excel power users moving to a dedicated BI tool, IT and database staff supporting reporting teams, and Government planning and statistics officers.
Practical Dashboards & BI (Power BI, Tableau) Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Practical Dashboards & BI (Power BI, Tableau) Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Practical Dashboards & BI (Power BI, Tableau) starts October 19, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Practical Dashboards & BI (Power BI, Tableau) Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Practical Dashboards & BI (Power BI, Tableau) Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Practical Dashboards & BI (Power BI, Tableau) Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Practical Dashboards & BI (Power BI, Tableau) Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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