Brief Introduction
Reinforce your skills before taking the official Exam 70-779: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft ExcelDescription
Who should take this exam?
Candidates for this exam should have a strong understanding of how to use Microsoft Excel to perform data analysis. Candidates should be able to consume, transform, model, and visualize data in Excel. Candidates should also be able to configure and manipulate data in PowerPivot, PivotTables, and PivotCharts. Candidates may include BI professionals, data analysts, and other roles responsible for analyzing data with Excel.
Consume and Transform Data by Using Microsoft Excel (30-35%)
Import from data sources
Connect to and import from databases, files, and folders; connect to Microsoft SQL Azure, Big Data, SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), and Power Query; import supported file types; import from other Excel workbooks; link to data from other sources
Perform data transformations
Design and implement basic and advanced transformations, apply business rules, change data format to support visualization, filter data, format data
Cleanse data
Manage incomplete data; handle data received as a report; remove unnecessary rows, columns, and data; remove repeating headers
Model Data (35-40%)
Create and optimize data models
Manage data relationships, optimize models for reporting, manually enter data, perform Get & Transform, create automatic relationships, create manual relationships
Create calculated columns, measures, and tables
Create DAX queries, create DAX formulas, create Excel formulas
Create performance KPIs
Calculate the actual value, calculate the target value, calculate actual to target values
Create hierarchies
Create date hierarchies, create business hierarchies, resolve hierarchy issues
Visualize Data (30-35%)
Create and manage PivotTables
Format PivotTables and PivotCharts, format calculated measures, filter data, group and summarize data
Create and manage PivotCharts
Select a chart type, format calculated measures, filter data; group and summarize data, use slicers
Interact with Power BI
Import Excel data from Power BI, manipulate Excel data in Power BI