Build Automated Reports with Power BI and Excel — WalkSelf
4.6 (9) ⏱ 2h 42m 📚 27 lessons 🎧 Audio version

Build Automated Reports with Power BI and Excel

Discover how to connect Excel and Power BI to automate data workflows, streamline reporting, and build dynamic dashboards from scratch.

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About this course

Are you spending hours manually updating spreadsheets and copying data for weekly reports? Connecting Excel and Power BI can transform your workflow from a manual chore into an automated, seamless process. This text-based course teaches you how to bridge the gap between traditional spreadsheets and modern business intelligence. You will start with the foundational concepts of data modeling and move step-by-step through importing, cleaning, and linking your data. By the end, you will know how to construct reliable data pipelines that automatically update your reports when new information is added. What you'll learn: - Understand the fundamental terminology and concepts of relational data modeling. - Master Power Query fundamentals to clean, transform, and load raw data effortlessly. - Connect Excel workbooks directly to Power BI datasets for seamless integration. - Apply modern Excel features like dynamic arrays to manipulate data before reporting. - Write basic DAX formulas to create calculated columns and essential measures. - Design automated workflows that refresh your reports without manual copy-pasting. The course begins by establishing key definitions and data structure principles before moving into practical, written exercises. You will read through clear explanations and structured examples that guide you from raw data to an integrated, automated reporting system. Designed specifically for beginners, administrative professionals, and aspiring analysts, this course requires no prior experience with advanced analytics or complex formulas. Start reading today to streamline your reporting tasks and unlock the combined power of Excel and Power BI.

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Reviews (9)

Lukas Schmidt DE
★ 5 · July 21, 2026

Ich musste bisher jede Woche Reports manuell zusammenklicken und das hat mich Nerven gekostet. Der Kurs zeigt genau, wie man Excel und Power BI verknüpft, damit sich Berichte automatisch aktualisieren. Nach den Übungen läuft mein wöchentlicher Report jetzt fast von allein.

Hava Akın TR
★ 4 · July 21, 2026

Excel ile Power BI'ı bağlayıp raporları otomatikleştirmeyi hiç bilmiyordum, kurs bunu adım adım çok net anlatıyor. Özellikle verilerin otomatik güncellenmesi kısmı işime çok yaradı. Sadece Power Query ile ilgili bölüm biraz hızlı geçiliyor gibi hissettim.

Andrés Morales CL
★ 5 · July 18, 2026

Aprendí a conectar Excel con Power BI para que mis reportes se actualicen solos, un antes y un después en mi trabajo.

Aurora Ricci IT
★ 4 · July 13, 2026

Spiega bene come collegare Excel a Power BI per automatizzare i report, avrei solo voluto qualche esempio in più su Power Query.

Arthur Michel FR
★ 4 · July 10, 2026

Je passais des heures chaque lundi à copier-coller les mêmes données pour mes rapports hebdomadaires, alors automatiser tout ça était devenu une nécessité. Cette formation montre très bien comment relier Excel à Power BI pour que le tableau de bord se mette à jour presque tout seul une fois la source actualisée. Le passage sur la connexion des données et la construction du dashboard dynamique était exactement ce qu'il me fallait. J'ai juste trouvé que la partie sur la planification des actualisations automatiques méritait un peu plus de détails. Cela dit, j'ai déjà mis en place un premier flux automatisé au travail et le gain de temps est réel, donc je recommande.

윤아린 KR Verified learner
★ 4 · July 5, 2026

자동화 부분이 특히 유용했어요.

Hiroshi Tanaka KE Verified learner
★ 5 · June 30, 2026

Connecting Excel straight into Power BI to auto-refresh my weekly dashboards has completely killed my manual reporting grind.

Muluken Abera ET
★ 5 · June 14, 2026

Automating our weekly sales report used to eat up half my Friday afternoon, so I signed up hoping to fix that. The course walks through connecting Excel data sources to Power BI in a way that actually makes sense, not just clicking buttons without understanding why. I liked that it explains Power Query early on, since that ended up being the piece that made everything else click. The pacing lets you build a real automated workflow alongside the lessons instead of just watching a demo. By the end I had rebuilt our team's report so it refreshes itself, which genuinely gave me hours back each week. Worth it if you're stuck doing repetitive reporting manually.

خديجة بنت علي البوسعيدي OM Verified learner
★ 5 · June 2, 2026

شرح عملي ومباشر، استفدت كثيراً.

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