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Free articles, guides, templates, and tools to sharpen your data analytics skills between training sessions.
Ebooks, templates, and cheat sheets you can use right away. No sign-up required.
A 20-page PDF covering Power BI Desktop setup, your first data import, and building a basic report from scratch.
Every tool below is one we actively use in our training programmes and client projects.
Microsoft Power BI Desktop
Microsoft's leading business intelligence tool for building interactive dashboards and reports.
Microsoft Excel
The industry standard for spreadsheet analysis, pivot tables, and data manipulation.
Google Looker Studio
Free web-based tool to build beautiful data dashboards connected to Google Analytics, Sheets, and more.
Google Sheets
Collaborative spreadsheet with built-in scripting for automating reports and data workflows.
Microsoft PowerPoint
Turn your data stories into polished presentations with charts, animations, and templates.
n8n
Open-source workflow automation tool. Connect apps, APIs, and databases with a visual builder.
Microsoft Power Automate
Automate repetitive tasks and connect your apps and services with no-code workflows.
Google Drive
Cloud storage and file management that integrates with Google Workspace automation workflows.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's conversational AI for writing, analysis, coding, and productivity tasks.
Microsoft Copilot
AI assistant built into Microsoft 365 apps including Excel, Word, Teams, and Power BI.
Google Gemini
Google's multimodal AI for research, content creation, and data analysis across Workspace.
Claude
Anthropic's AI assistant built for careful reasoning, long-form analysis, and code generation.
Lovable
AI-powered app builder. Describe what you want and ship a working web app in minutes.
Supabase
Open-source Firebase alternative with PostgreSQL database, auth, storage, and real-time APIs.
Microsoft Power Apps
Build custom business apps with a low-code platform that connects to your existing data.
GitHub
Version control and collaboration platform for code, documentation, and project management.
Python
The most popular language for data science, automation scripting, and AI/ML workflows.
Getting Started with Power BI: Your First Dashboard in Under an Hour
7 min read
Learn dashboard design principles for Power BI: layout, colour, chart selection, and information hierarchy. Build reports that drive decisions.
One-page cheat sheet with the 20 most-used DAX functions, syntax, and real examples you can copy straight into your reports.
A ready-to-use Power BI template (.pbit) with sales, operations, and finance KPI pages. Just connect your data source.
Step-by-step checklist for teams moving from Excel-based reporting to Power BI. Covers data prep, model design, and rollout.
Five ready-made Apps Script snippets for automating reports, sending email alerts, and syncing data between sheets.
A visual guide to chart selection, colour usage, and layout principles. Print it and pin it next to your screen.
