Tools for Business Analytics
Master Excel, Power BI, SQL, and predictive analytics for data-driven business decision making.
About this course
This comprehensive course equips professionals and students with the essential tools used in modern business analytics. You will learn to harness the power of Microsoft Excel for advanced data manipulation, build interactive dashboards in Power BI, query databases with SQL, and apply predictive analytics techniques to drive strategic business decisions. The course is ideal for managers, analysts, researchers, and anyone who wants to make data-driven decisions with confidence. Live sessions ensure you receive guided, hands-on instruction with immediate feedback from experienced instructors.
What you'll learn
- Use advanced Excel functions for data analysis
- Build pivot tables and complex formulas
- Create interactive dashboards in Power BI
- Write SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate data
- Apply descriptive and predictive analytics techniques
- Present data insights to stakeholders effectively
Prerequisites
- Basic computer literacy
- Familiarity with spreadsheets is helpful but not required
Course curriculum
4 modules • Live instructor-led sessions
- VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, and array formulas
- Pivot tables and pivot charts
- Data validation and conditional formatting
- What-if analysis and scenario manager
- Database fundamentals
- SELECT, WHERE, JOIN, and GROUP BY
- Subqueries and aggregate functions
- Data manipulation with INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
- Connecting to data sources
- Data modeling and relationships
- DAX formulas and measures
- Building interactive dashboards
- Regression analysis basics
- Forecasting techniques
- Classification and clustering concepts
- Interpreting model results
Your instructor
Knowvate Faculty
Knowvate's faculty combines academic credentials from leading universities with professional industry experience. Every live session is taught by domain experts committed to your learning outcomes.