30376 - Business Intelligence

Academic Year 2025/2026

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is able to design a Business Intelligence Report, using advanced data modeling and KPI creation techniques.

Course contents

Important: it is higly recommended to attend the course "Principi di Business Intelligence" (https://www.unibo.it/it/didattica/insegnamenti/insegnamento/2022/463901, taught in Italian) or to study in anyway the related contents before attending this course, as this will facilitate the learning process.

Business Intelligence Principles.

Business Intelligence Applications in Power BI Desktop.

Advanced KPI calculations, dashboarding, reporting.

Hints on Report Sharing in Cloud.

Readings/Bibliography

Russo, Ferrari / The definitive guide to DAX, Microsoft Press, 2019 (2nd edition).

Rad / Pro Power BI Architecture, Apress, 2018.

Teaching methods

Lectures and practical applications in laboratory.

Important note: up to 20 Erasmus students can be accepted, the criteria will be "first come, first served".

Assessment methods

Practical test at the PC on MS Excel Power Pivot / MS Power BI, plus a few theory open questions.

The course mark is numeric (from 0 to 30), numeric marks correspond to the following grades:

<18 insufficient
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 cum laude excellent

Teaching tools

Blackboard, slides, PCs.

Office hours

See the website of Francesco Bergamaschi