The PBI Training Department offers group web training sessions to assist our users with various aspects of our software.  Some introductory sessions may assist brand new users while the advanced topics may be of interest to more experienced users or administrators.  In addition, we offer free sessions to help all users take advantage of our new product features. 

Please keep in mind that both custom and on-site training are still available and may be more beneficial in certain circumstances. 

For more information on training opportunities or to enroll in any of these courses please contact training@precisionbi.com or download the enrollment form.  Session space is limited so please enroll soon!

Date	Time	Course Title	Description
7/8/2010	1:00 – 3:00 pm ET	PBIV5 101: Introduction to Presentation Center	Overview of the Presentation Center, Dashboards and Object Panel, Grids, Daily Monitors, Charts, KPI’s, Filtering and other tools.
7/15/2010	1:30 – 3:00 pm ET	PBIV5 102: V5 Chart Development	This course teaches the user how to create powerful and effective charts, add additional series and y-axis, and apply grouping and statistical data.
7/22/2010	1:30 - 3:00 pm ET	PBIV5 103: V5 KPI Development	Uses for Key Performance Indicators, KPI Grid and KPI Gauge, Creating a KPI in Designer, Editing KPI Properties, Adding Filters, Viewing KPIs in the Access Center. For Intermediate Users.
7/29/2010	1:30 - 3:00 pm ET	PBIV4 101 Navigating Worksheets and Analysis	Participants will be exposed to basic functions within the application relating to Worksheets and Analysis. Topics include navigation, opening and saving objects, and other major functions available with the application.
8/5/2010 & 8/6/2010	1:30 - 3:30 pm ET	PBIV4 206: Query Optimization I	This two-part course explores Object Performance, Process Management, SQL Basics, PXPTrace, and how to leverage existing SQL Server Tools to assess, plan, and modify index strategies to optimize object performance. For Intermediate Users.
8/12/2010	1:30 - 3:00 pm ET	PBIV4 102: Beginner Custom Reports	Navigating Custom Reports, Creating Basic Custom Reports, Formatting Custom Reports, Adding Sub and Grand Totals.
8/19/2010	1:30 - 3:00 pm ET	PBIV4 101: Navigating Worksheets and Analysis	Participants will be exposed to basic functions within the application relating to Worksheets and Analysis. Topics include navigation, opening and saving objects, and other major functions available with the application.
8/26/2010	1:30 – 3:00 pm ET	PBIV4 105: Metalayer I	The attendee will learn the concepts of the PBI Metalayer, Treeview, and creating T-SQL Expressions to be used within PBI objects.
9/2/2010	1:30 – 4:00 pm ET	PBIV4 301: Query Optimization II	Advanced query optimization techniques will be analyzed, such as manual index creation, heuristic changes to the Data Tuning Optimization Wizard, statistics, and optimization job scheduling.
9/9/2010 & 9/10/2010	1:30 – 3:00 pm ET	PBIV4 202: Advanced Searches	This is a two part course that covers concepts and techniques to retrieve data using complex search definitions. Also covers Editing Searches, Stacked Searches, Nested Searches and SQL Expressions. For Intermediate Users.
9/16/2010 New Course!	1:30 – 3:00 pm ET	PBIV4 209: Troubleshooting ETLs	This new course will provide PBI administrators not familiar with the Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) an explanation of the process along with tips and tricks to diagnose load failures and performance bottlenecks.
9/23/2010	1:30 – 3:00 pm ET	PBIV4 101: Navigating Worksheets and Analysis	Participants will be exposed to basic functions within the application relating to Worksheets and Analysis. Topics include navigation, opening and saving objects, and other major functions available with the application.
9/30/2010	1:30 – 3:00 pm ET	PBIV4 208: Scheduler Administration	This course will take the user through navigating the Scheduler. Users will learn to create scheduled jobs to be distributed via email, a network location or printer. Editing and troubleshooting Scheduler jobs will also be discussed.