BI Essentials for Finance Analysts (Tableau Edition)
Corporate Finance Institute via Coursera Specialization
Overview
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This specialization helps analysts advance their data analysis skills by learning to manipulate, transform, and visualize data in Tableau, one of the most widely used data visualization tools. Analysts will also learn how to source data from a database using SQL.
Finally, students will complete a case study evaluating the key metrics of an E-commerce company, and creating two dashboards that can be shared as part of a personal project portfolio.
Syllabus
Course 1: Tableau Fundamentals
- Offered by Corporate Finance Institute. This course provides step-by-step instructions on how to build stunning, interactive visuals in ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: SQL Fundamentals for Data Analysts
- Offered by Corporate Finance Institute. Focus on the skills you need to get started with SQL as a data analyst, allowing you to read & ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Tableau Fundamentals Case Study - Ecommerce Analysis
- Offered by Corporate Finance Institute. In this course, you'll act asa data visualization analyst for Calwest E-commerce. In that role, ... Enroll for free.
- Offered by Corporate Finance Institute. This course provides step-by-step instructions on how to build stunning, interactive visuals in ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: SQL Fundamentals for Data Analysts
- Offered by Corporate Finance Institute. Focus on the skills you need to get started with SQL as a data analyst, allowing you to read & ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Tableau Fundamentals Case Study - Ecommerce Analysis
- Offered by Corporate Finance Institute. In this course, you'll act asa data visualization analyst for Calwest E-commerce. In that role, ... Enroll for free.
Courses
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Focus on the skills you need to get started with SQL as a data analyst, allowing you to read & transform data and gather insights from a company database. • Learn the basic SQL syntax that will help you access a whole new world of data. • Focus on the read-only functionality that matters for a data analyst, and get to insights quickly. • Perform the basics of data sorting, filtering, and aggregation in SQL to start uncovering valuable insights • Solidify your understanding through real-world scenarios, applying your newfound SQL skills in a variety of practical exercises
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This course provides step-by-step instructions on how to build stunning, interactive visuals in Tableau before publishing them as part of dashboards in Tableau Public. You’ll learn techniques that help you prep and manipulate your data before creating calculations that help deliver business insights. At the end of each chapter, you’ll apply the skills you’ve learned to hands-on examples using alternative scenarios. We also provide a fresh dataset for the final assessment, giving you yet another dataset on which to test your skills. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create interactive dashboards in Tableau that will deliver powerful and meaningful data-backed stories. You’ll be proficient in the basics of Tableau Public, and you’ll have a few tricks up your sleeve to create visuals and dashboards that impress. By completing this course, you will be able to: Import, transform, and combine data from different tables to create a Tableau dataset. Use basic and table calculations to turn data into meaningful metrics. Create the most common and popular visuals, along with a variety of interactive features such as slicers and timelines. Give users options of which metrics to see, or which to highlight in a given visual. Create stunning, insightful, and interactive dashboards using multiple visuals. Use simple tricks like collapsible containers to give your dashboards a professional edge. This Tableau course is perfect for professionals who have a solid understanding of data analysis and want to expand their skill set to include Tableau’s world-leading visualizations. This course is designed to equip anyone who desires to begin a career in business analysis—or other roles that require displaying and analyzing data sets—with a fundamental knowledge of this core tool.
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In this course, you'll act as a data visualization analyst for Calwest E-commerce. In that role, you’ll be fulfilling a set of business requirements to build several visuals and dashboards in Tableau. Using what you learned in Tableau Fundamentals, you’ll build basic visuals, apply formatting, and create interactive functionality. Your creations will help you to draw insights and answer important business questions. Upon completing this course, you will be able to:     Create a data model in Tableau Build basic calculations and formulas Create basic visuals in Tableau Apply formatting to create a clean and branded experience Add interactivity to a dashboard Answer e-commerce business questions using a dashboard This Tableau I case study is perfect for those who want to put their knowledge about Tableau into practice with selected, real-life scenarios. This makes the course a great follow-up to CFI's Tableau Fundamentals.
Taught by
Pavel Nacev and Sebastian Taylor