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Noble Desktop

Business Analyst Certificate (Live Online)

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Overview

Gain the essential skills and knowledge to excel as a Business Analyst with this comprehensive certificate program. Master Excel, PowerPoint, SQL, and Tableau while building hands-on expertise in data analysis, data visualization, and presentation design.

Syllabus

  • Excel Level I: Fundamentals
    • Learn how to use functions to speed up your workflow
    • Add formatting and other visual effects
    • Turn data into visual charts, including line, column, and pie charts
    • Learn tips and tricks for easy workbook management
  • Excel Level II: Intermediate
    • Learn to split and join text, add data validation, and named ranges
    • Use database functions and logical statements
    • Create Pivot Tables to quickly summarize large databases
    • Create advanced combo charts from multiple charts
  • Excel Level III: Advanced
    • Cell management including cell locking, auditing, and hot keys
    • Special formatting for calculating dates
    • Use advanced functions and advanced analytical tools 
    • Record macros and relative reference macros for ad hoc reporting
  • PowerPoint Level I
    • Create new PowerPoint Presentations
    • Choose appropriate slide layouts & add content (text, images, etc.)
    • Add photos, graphics, & how to adjust them (size, crop, etc.)
    • Build Diagrams using SmartArt
    • Draw Shapes & Lines
    • Align & Evenly Space Objects
    • Work with Tables & Charts
    • Add Transitions
    • Run a PowerPoint Presentation (Slide Show)
  • PowerPoint Level II
    • Design Custom PowerPoint Themes
    • Work with Theme Colors, Fonts, Backgrounds, & Slide Layouts
    • Add Animations for Stand Out Presentations
    • Incorporate Video
    • Customize the Look of Charts & Animate Charts
    • Bring in Tables from Excel
    • Manage Large Presentations with Sections, Hidden Slides, and Custom Shows
    • Collaborate with Others using Comments
  • Tableau Level I
    • Learn about the field of data visualization
    • Work with Tableau Public's many tools
    • Identify datasets to explore and analyze
    • Structure your data to create visualizations
  • Tableau Level II
    • Learn advanced features of Tableau tools
    • Customize your visualizations
    • Create maps to represent geographic data
    • Control visualizations within sheets and dashboards
  • SQL Level 1
    • Explore information stored in a database (tables, columns, rows, etc.) using the graphical interface of SQL Server Management Studio (Microsoft’s free database app)
    • Write SQL queries to retrieve data from tables in a database
    • Primary SQL clauses including SELECT and FROM
    • Filtering the results using WHERE, AND/OR, IN, and NOT
    • Wildcard filters as well as mathematical comparisons like equals, greater than, less than, etc.
    • Combine information from multiple tables with inner JOINs
  • SQL Level 2
    • Learn to use Outer Joins and find NULL data
    • Group data and perform common statistical calculations using Aggregate Functions
    • Filter grouped data with HAVING
    • Use CAST to make a data type fit your query’s needs
    • Work with dates and time

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