Fundamentals of Data Analysis
2 days|Delivered on request
Fundamentals of Data Analysis is built for delegates who need to be useful in this area quickly. It starts at first principles and works through dashboard design and SQL querying without assuming prior specialist training. The programme exists because most organisations have more dashboards than decisions that depend on them, and because capability in this area is usually built on the job with no structure behind it. Delegates leave able to work confidently with self service analytics, forecasting techniques and DAX and calculated measures in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Review self service analytics and say plainly whether it is working, measured against established visualisation principles
- Improve forecasting techniques within their own organisation
- Spot where DAX and calculated measures is failing before it becomes a finding
- Make a decision about storytelling with data without waiting for a specialist
What the course covers
- Dashboard design
- SQL querying
- Self service analytics
- Forecasting techniques
- DAX and calculated measures
- Storytelling with data
- Data warehouse concepts
Who should attend
- team leaders responsible for KPIs
- business analysts
- management information officers
- finance professionals building reports
