Power BI Basics — Volume 2: Relationships, Measures & Dashboards

If you’ve already opened Power BI and created basic visuals, this guide is your next clear step forward.

Volume 2 is designed for beginners who:

• understand the Power BI interface
• but feel confused about relationships, measures, and dashboards
• and don’t want to jump into complex DAX too soon

This guide focuses on understanding, rather than memorization.

What You’ll Learn in This Guide

✔ What relationships actually mean in Power BI
✔ Fact tables vs dimension tables (with real examples)
✔ One-to-many relationships explained simply
✔ Common beginner mistakes (and how to avoid them)

✔ Calculated columns vs measures
✔ When to use which (and why visuals behave differently)
✔ Creating your first useful measures (SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE only)
✔ Why measures change with filters

✔ How to make dashboards look clean and professional
✔ Choosing the right visuals (and when not to use pie charts)
✔ Page layout, alignment, colors, and readability

✔ Power BI Desktop vs Power BI Service
✔ Work account vs personal account (clear explanation)
✔ Publishing and sharing reports without confusion

✔ A complete end-to-end practice dashboard
✔ Real dataset (active Kaggle link included)

Who This Is For

• Freshers starting with Power BI
• Non-tech professionals entering data roles
• Career switchers feeling overwhelmed by DAX
• Anyone who wants clarity before complexity

Who This Is NOT For

• Advanced Power BI developers
• People looking for complex DAX formulas
• Those expecting certification-style content

(This guide is about confidence and foundations.)

What You Get

📘 Beginner-friendly PDF
🧠 Simple explanations with real examples
📊 Hands-on dashboard practice
⏱ Learn at your own pace
🚫 No jargon, no shortcuts, no pressure

How This Fits with Volume 1

• Volume 1: Getting comfortable with Power BI basics
• Volume 2: Understanding how Power BI actually works

They’re designed to work together, but this volume can also stand on its own if you already know the basics.

A Final Note

You don’t need to master everything at once.
You need clarity, practice, and confidence.

This guide helps you build all three — step by step.

— Anugya Singhal