Course Description
Offering a 5-week hands-on training, Reporting and visualization of data to get the complete insights of business for better decision making.
Participants will master business intelligence using the top tools of BI; Power BI, Tableau, Excel and SQL in order to support the business in a better and structured way.
What You’ll Learn From This Course
- The fundamental concepts and principles of business intelligence, such as data warehousing, ETL (extract, transform, load), data visualization, and data analysis.
- How to model data for BI purposes, including designing dimensional data models and implementing data hierarchies.
- How to write SQL queries to extract data from relational databases, perform joins, and aggregate data.
- How to create ad hoc reports using tools such as Excel and Power BI, including creating pivot tables, charts, and graphs.
- How to use Power BI and Tableau to create interactive dashboards and visualizations, including designing layouts, selecting appropriate visualizations, and applying filters and slicers.
- How to use data analytics techniques such as clustering, segmentation, and regression to gain insights from data.
- How to present findings and insights to stakeholders effectively, including creating reports, presentations, and dashboards that communicate insights clearly and accurately.
Introduction to BI & Data Modelling
Introduction to Data Warehouse & BI
Business Intelligence & its importance
OLAP – Dimensional Modelling Fundamentals
Dimensional Modelling Design with industrial use case
Build & deploy Semantic layer
Design Steps – Kimball’s Dimensional Modeling (Hands on)
Implementation – Kimball’s Dimensional Modeling (Hands on)
Managing DWH history through Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCDs) with use cases
ROLAP vs MOLAP vs HOLAP
Design & implementation of Kimball’s Dimensional Model technique – Semantic layer Readiness
By the end of this course, the candidate should have a complete understanding of BI & Data Modelling
SQL Ad-hoc Reporting & Analysis
Introduction to SQL – Query language for Data Warehouse
DDL vs. DML vs. DCL
Creating Databases, Tables & defining attributes
BTEQs & Table types – Set vs Multiset
Views / Materialized views
Stored Procedures & Functions
Indexing & Constraints
Aggregate functions, Window aggregate functions, Order analytical functionMicrosoft Excel
Loading, Cleaning & Preparing data
Managing the Data Model
Pivot Table for Data Analysis
Lookup Functions, Aggregate Functions & Merging techniques
Data Analysis using Charts & VisualizationsMicrosoft Power BI
Connect & Get Data from multiple Data sources
Data Connection/Storage modes – Import, Live, Direct Query & Dual
Reshaping and Transforming Data in Query Editor
Data Enrichment (New business Fields)
Data Modelling
Understanding Cardinalities
Understanding Filter Context
Building Interactive Visualizations on implemented Dimensional Model
Animated Visualization Implementation
Roll-up/Roll-Down Capabilities
Introduction to DAX Language
Custom visualization in Power BI
Creating DAX Measures
Evaluating DAX Measures
Leverage Calculate Functions functionality
Time Intelligence – MTD, QTD and YTD Date Calculations
Introduction to Power BI Services
Scheduling Automated Reports Refresh
Sharing Reports & Dashboards
Mobile Dashboard Design
Performance monitoring & debugging a slow running report – DAX Studio
Business Use Case implementation in Power BI (Assignment)
By the end of this course, the candidate should have a complete understanding of BI Reporting & Analysis
Tableau
Connecting with Different Data Sources in Tableau
Data preparation with Tableau
Live Vs Extract
Data Source Filters
Basic Report Creation
Understanding of Rows and Columns
Leveraging the Use of Marks Labels to enrich information in Reports
Visualization best practices with real world examples
Grouping fields in Tableau
Interactive Filters
Types of filters
Advanced Filter Calculations
Enhancing user interactivity thorough parameters
Pages
Maps in Tableau
Importing custom geocoding in Tableau
Visualize your data on map through spatial files
Building a Dashboard
Leveraging the use of Interactivity in Dashboards through Actions
Designing and implementation of dashboard
Designing of dashboard for mobile & Tablets
Extensions
Enriching information by creating Calculated Fields
Calculation Syntax
Date/Logic/String Calculations
Advance Calculations (LODs)
LODs & real-world Use cases
Visual analytics
80-20 rule – Pareto Chart
Business Use Case implementation in Tableau (Assignment)
Career counseling & Final Assessment
By the end of this course, the candidate should have a complete understanding of Tableau

ASSOCIATE PRACTICE MANAGER, BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AT TERADATA

Saba Farooqi has over 13 years of extensive experience in Business Intelligence & Data warehousing solutions with a focus on access layer design and foundation layout. She has managed teams and created benchmarks in semantic data modeling in the telecom sector of Pakistan apart from ensuring on-time delivery of programs & projects as a product owner. With an emphasis on effective communication with stakeholders, she has expounded complex business objectives and product requirements to develop consensus over solutions and ensured customer satisfaction.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONSULTANT AT TERADATA

A Computer Science graduate by qualification and a developing data enthusiast by choice, Yasir Mehmood holds over 7 years of industry experience in the field of technology, data analytics, data warehousing, EL/TL, data mining, reporting & visualization. His qualifications & actual job in the field of Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing have provided him with a well-rounded background and enabled him to develop an analytical/logical approach to tasks, software skills, and the ability to work under pressure.


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