Business Intelligence: Data Analysis and Reporting Techniques
Management & Leadership · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900
Overview
In this day and age, it is no surprise for the corporate staff to be overwhelmed by the abundance of unstructured data. ERPs and databases have evolved to a point where they can house amazingly large amounts of data. The question now is, what do you do with this data to add value?
Learning Objectives
Boost Excel Business Intelligence (BI) expertise in data slicing and dicing, data massaging, and data aggregation and modeling
Perform data normalization, consolidation, report writing, analysis, and reconciliation
Develop dynamic BI models, dashboards, scorecards, and flash management reports by linking-up Excel with Access, Web, Text, Internet, SQL, ERPs, and other databases
Advance and enhance the look and feel of reports using dynamic visualization techniques
Acquire numerous tips and tricks that enable them to work efficiently
Develop analytic workflows that reflect calculating correct and meaningful report values
Define the drill down taxonomy used by managers and staff to display data from a data warehouse
Demonstrate how to simplify, consolidate the different views of an organization’s data
Define a technology architecture perspective suitable for managing the data of Business Intelligence
Organize a metadata library for reference and reuse of data definitions material
Develop a deployment action plan to implement a Business Intelligence solution
Who Should Attend
Business professionals, business analysts, data analysts, research analysts, finance professionals, marketing and sales professionals, HR professionals, IT professionals, administrative staff, supervisors, general business professionals, and staff from any function who need to learn and apply state-of-the-art data analysis techniques to their daily business reporting and decision making.
Target Competencies
Massaging and normalizing data
Reporting, analysis, and reconciliation
Interpretation of large data sets
Modeling and 'what-if' scenarios
Establishing data integration
Developing dynamic dashboards and scorecards
Designing key performance indicators
Target Competencies
Massaging and normalizing data
Reporting, analysis, and reconciliation
Interpretation of large data sets
Modeling and 'what-if' scenarios
Establishing data integration
Developing dynamic dashboards and scorecards
Designing key performance indicators
Course Outline
Day 1 — Data Analysis Tools and Techniques
Consolidating data from separate files and sheets
Advanced data validation using lists, dates and custom validation
Powerful array functions
Cell management tools: left, right, mid, concatenate, value
Day 2 — Mastering Data Reporting: The 20 Must Learn Pivot-Tables Tools
Creating pivot tables
Number formatting techniques
Designing report layout
Sorting in ascending, descending and more sort options
Day 3 — Data Modelling and Integration
Spinner
Check box data modelling with if function
Option button data modeling with if function
List box data modeling with choose function
Day 4 — The Look And Feel: Charting and Visualization Techniques
Using the camera tool
Working with formula-driven visualizations
Using fancy fonts
Leveraging symbols in formulas
Day 5 — Tips and Tricks
Controlling and protecting your reports, worksheets, and workbooks
Data entry form
Custom list
Text-to-speech
Accreditation
Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.
What do Al-Khobraa management and leadership courses cover?
The portfolio covers KPIs and performance management, strategic planning and execution, Mini MBA programmes, supervisory and first-line management skills, change leadership, decision-making and problem-solving, and executive communication. Sessions are workshop-based, built around delegates’ own organisational challenges.
Who should attend a management and leadership course?
These courses suit team leaders and supervisors, department and functional managers, newly promoted managers moving from technical to leadership roles, senior specialists preparing for management, and executives responsible for strategy or organisational performance.
How long are management and leadership courses, and where are they held?
Most Al-Khobraa management and leadership courses run over 5 days. The exact duration, dates and city for this course are listed in the dates section on this page. Public sessions run across Saudi Arabia — Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Yanbu — as well as regional and international venues, with live virtual classrooms available on request.
What certificate will I receive?
Delegates who complete the course receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of completion, issued by a Saudi-registered training provider. Al-Khobraa also delivers internationally accredited programmes; where a course carries an external awarding body such as PMI, CIPS, ILM or IOSH, that body is named on the course's own page.
Can management and leadership training be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. Any Al-Khobraa management and leadership course can be delivered in-house at your own premises anywhere in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, with the content, dates and language of delivery tailored to your team. Al-Khobraa is an approved HRDF (Hadaf) provider, so eligible Saudi employers can seek training support. Contact us for a quotation.