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BI Dashboards with IBM Cognos Analytics and Google Looker

IBM via Coursera

Overview

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Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst is one of the top 3 fastest growing roles, according to Statista in its ‘Which Jobs Have a Future’ update. IBM Cognos Analytics and Google Looker Studio are powerful BI tools used for data visualization, analytics, and reporting. This short course helps you to build IBM Cognos Analytics and Google Looker Studio skills that can open up opportunities in business analytics, data science, and BI across industries. The course introduces you to the features and capabilities of IBM Cognos Analytics and Google Looker Studio. You’ll learn the basics of visualizing data without writing code, plus how use both to create interactive dashboards. You’ll also gain practical experience through hands-on labs, and you’ll complete a final project in which you’ll create data visualizations and an interactive dashboard that you can share with prospective employers to highlight your skills. If you’re looking to get started as a data analyst, BI analyst or data warehouse specialist, this course provides the ideal introduction to two high profile tools used in these roles. Enroll in this self-paced course today, and develop valuable BI Dashboard skills you can talk about in interviews.

Syllabus

  • IBM Cognos Analytics for Data Analysis and Visualization
    • In this module, you’ll fast-track your data analytics learning and gain hands-on data analytics experience using IBM Cognos Analytics. After registering with IBM Cognos Analytics, you’ll explore the platform’s capabilities by creating visualizations, building a simple dashboard, and trying out its advanced features.
  • Data Visualizations and Dashboards with Google Looker Studio
    • In this module, you’ll explore Google Looker Studio to create visualizations and build dashboards.
  • Final Project, Final Exam, and Course Wrap-Up
    • In this module, you will complete the final assignment that will be graded by your peers. In this final assignment, you will create some visualizations and add them to a dashboard using IBM Cognos Analytics or Google Looker Studio.

Taught by

IBM Skills Network Team and Shubhra Das

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