DAY 18
📊 Dashboard Workflow
Ghaziabad Mohan Nagar
Design Drafted by: HR Prateek Sharma
5-Step Dashboard Workflow
1
Data Mining
Extracting data from various sources
📂 Common Data Sources:
📗 Excel
📄 CSV
📝 TXT
🗄️ SQL Database
📕 PDF
☁️ Cloud Storage
🌐 Web APIs
- Identify and locate relevant data sources
- Connect to databases and file systems
- Import structured and unstructured data
- Ensure data accessibility and permissions
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2
Data Cleaning & Transform
Power Query Editor - The ETL Tool
🔧 Transformation Activities:
- Remove duplicates and null values
- Handle missing data appropriately
- Standardize data formats and types
- Split and merge columns as needed
- Filter irrelevant records
- Create calculated columns
- Normalize and denormalize data
📊 Data Profiling Features
Column Quality
Shows the percentage of valid, error, and empty values in each column. Helps identify data quality issues quickly.
Column Distribution
Displays the distribution of distinct and unique values. Visualizes data spread and identifies outliers.
Column Profile
Provides detailed statistics including count, min, max, average, standard deviation, and value distribution.
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3
Data Modeling
Establishing relationships between tables
🔗 Modeling Activities:
- Define primary and foreign keys
- Create relationships between tables
- Set up star or snowflake schema
- Create calculated measures using DAX
- Organize tables into fact and dimension
- Define cardinality (one-to-many, many-to-many)
- Optimize model for performance
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4
Data Visualization
Creating meaningful visual insights
📈 Visualization Activities:
- Select appropriate chart types for data
- Create interactive visualizations
- Add slicers and filters for interactivity
- Design KPI cards and gauges
- Implement drill-down capabilities
- Apply conditional formatting
- Ensure visual consistency and branding
- Optimize layout for user experience
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5
Dashboard Publish & Share
Deploy and distribute insights
🚀 Publishing Activities:
- Publish dashboard to Power BI Service
- Set up scheduled data refresh
- Configure access permissions and security
- Share with stakeholders via links or apps
- Embed in websites or applications
- Create mobile-optimized views
- Set up alerts and notifications
- Monitor usage and performance
Visual Workflow Diagram
🔄 End-to-End Dashboard Development
1️⃣ Data Mining
Excel, CSV, TXT, SQL, etc.
Excel, CSV, TXT, SQL, etc.
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2️⃣ Data Cleaning & Transform
Power Query Editor
Power Query Editor
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📊 Data Profiling
Quality • Distribution • Profile
Quality • Distribution • Profile
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3️⃣ Data Modeling
Relationships & Schemas
Relationships & Schemas
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4️⃣ Data Visualization
Charts, Graphs, Insights
Charts, Graphs, Insights
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5️⃣ Publish & Share
Deploy to Stakeholders
Deploy to Stakeholders
Key Learning Points
📂 Data Mining
🔧 Power Query
✅ Column Quality
📊 Column Distribution
📋 Column Profile
🔗 Data Modeling
📈 Visualization
🚀 Publishing
📗 Excel/CSV/TXT
🔄 ETL Process
🎓 Best Practices
- Always start with clear business requirements
- Document your data transformation steps
- Use data profiling to understand your data
- Test relationships thoroughly before visualization
- Keep visualizations simple and focused
- Use consistent colors and formatting
- Optimize for performance with large datasets
- Schedule regular data refreshes
- Gather user feedback and iterate
- Maintain version control of dashboards
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