Business Intelligence Reporting Certificate
Data Analysis Fundamentals Using Excel
The main purpose of the course is to give students the ability to add analysis capabilities to Excel spreadsheets and to provide students with a foundation to learn about more advanced data analytics with Excel or Power BI. Students will learn to add more advanced capabilities, such as dashboards, hierarchies, and relationships.
Dates: Rolling start dates: 2 days/14 hours
Fall 2021 dates to be announced.
Delivery: Online, synchronous via Zoom
Tuition: $1,190
Register: Contact Robin Burgess
Analyzing Data with Power BI
Course Overview
Part 1 of this course gives students a basic understanding of using Power BI to analyze data and the foundations of data analysis in today’s business environment. Part 2 expands on those skills and includes creating visualizations, the Power BI Service, and the Power BI Mobile App.
Who Should Attend
The course will likely be attended by SQL Server report creators who are interested in alternative methods of presenting data. Additionally, before attending this course, students must have: (a) Excellent knowledge of relational databases and reporting; (b) Some basic knowledge of data warehouse schema topology (including star and snowflake schemas); (c) Some exposure to basic programming constructs (such as looping and branching); (d) An awareness of key business priorities such as revenue, profitability, and financial accounting is desirable; and (d) Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications – particularly Excel.
Dates: Rolling start dates: 6 days/42 hours
Fall 2021 dates to be announced.
Delivery: Online, synchronous via Zoom
Tuition: $3,180.00
Register: Contact Robin Burgess
Register for both Business Intelligence Reporting Certificate courses at a discounted price of $3,500.
Optional Course
Tableau Desktop Part 1
Course Overview
The era of "big data" has exploded due to the rise of cloud computing, which provides an abundance of computational power and storage allowing organizations of all sorts to capture and store data. Leveraging that data effectively can provide timely insights and competitive advantage. This course will introduce you to Tableau, which was built to connect to a wide range of data sources and allow users to quickly create visualizations of connected data to gain insights, show trends, and create reports. You will learn Tableau's data connection capabilities and visualization features which go far beyond those that can be found in spreadsheets, allowing you to create compelling and interactive worksheets, dashboards, and stories, that bring your data to life and allow you to take thoughtful action.
This course is designed for professionals in a variety of job roles who are currently using desktop or web-based data-management tools to perform numerical or general data analysis. This includes capturing and reporting on data to peers, executives, and clients. These professionals also provide data visualizations in reports or explain data analysis through visualizations.
Dates: Rolling start dates: 2 days/14 hours
Fall 2021 dates to be announced.
Delivery: Online, synchronous, instructor led over Zoom
Tuition: $1,190 (standalone)
Register: Contact Robin Burgess