Glossary term
What is Power BI Desktop?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Power BI Desktop" means: A free Windows program where you load data, clean it, model it, calculate on it and build report pages. It is taught in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use. Related terms include Power BI service, Report, Dashboard and CSV file. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Power BI Desktop?
A free Windows program where you load data, clean it, model it, calculate on it and build report pages.
Where is Power BI Desktop taught?
Power BI Desktop is defined in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use.
Which lessons cover Power BI Desktop?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 1.1: What Power BI Desktop Does and What You Will Build
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 1.3: Load Files and Check Them
Which terms are related to Power BI Desktop?
Next to Power BI Desktop in the course glossaries: Power BI service, Report, Dashboard and CSV file.
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Power BI Desktop?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use: You have access to a Windows computer; no coding or database experience is needed.