Beginner’s Guide to Creating Dashboards in Power BI

📊 Beginner’s Guide to Creating Dashboards in Power BI

Welcome to ScriptDataInsights! In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to build your first dashboard in Power BI — no coding required.

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🔍 Step 1: Load Your Data

Power BI allows you to import data from:

• Excel (.xlsx, .csv)
• Google Sheets (via Web connector)
• Databases like SQL, or APIs

🧹 Step 2: Clean and Prepare

Use Power Query to:

• Remove blanks and unwanted rows
• Rename columns
• Fix formatting and data types

🎨 Step 3: Layout Design

Start simple:

• Header with report title
• Cards for key KPIs
• Slicers on the side (for gender, grade, subject)
• Visuals arranged in 2–3 columns per row

👉 Want a working template? Try our free and premium versions:

🎓 Student Dashboard (Excel + Power BI)

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