Lesson 01 of 7 · What you need
Four tools, one kit.
Before the lessons, we pack the toolbox. Some of these tools you'll need; some you can leave on the shelf.
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What's in the toolbox
The kit is a Power BI report, its plain-text project files, and several series of explainers like this one. Four tools work on it. You won't need all four.
📊Power BI Desktop
Opens the report so you can click around it, look at the model, and see what each lesson describes.
Free · Windows only🐙GitHub and Git
GitHub is the website the kit lives on. Git is the program that copies it to your PC and keeps track of changes.
Free🤖Claude Code
A coding agent that edits the project files. Only needed if you want to change the report the way it was built.
Paid Claude plan🏭Microsoft Fabric
Microsoft's cloud data platform. Only needed for the series that moves the model into a lakehouse.
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You're on a Mac. What happens with Power BI Desktop?
You only want to explore the report, not change it. Which tools do you install?
The ruleInstall what your goal needs and no more. You can always come back for the rest.