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Decisions, Decisions: Dashboards and Reports
  • Level Expert
  • Duration 27 hours
  • Course by Google
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About

You’re almost there! This is the third and final course in the Google Business Intelligence Certificate. In this course, you’ll apply your understanding of stakeholder needs, plan and create BI visuals, and design reporting tools, including dashboards. You’ll also explore how to answer business questions with flexible and interactive dashboards that can monitor data over long periods of time. Google employees who currently work in BI will guide you through this course by providing hands-on activities that simulate job tasks, sharing examples from their day-to-day work, and helping you build business intelligence skills to prepare for a career in the field. Learners who complete the three courses in this certificate program will have the skills needed to apply for business intelligence jobs. This certificate program assumes prior knowledge of foundational analytical principles, skills, and tools covered in the Google Data Analytics Certificate. By the end of this course, you will: -Explain how BI visualizations answer business questions -Identify complications that may arise during the creation of BI visualizations -Produce charts that represent BI data monitored over time -Use dashboard and reporting tools -Build dashboards using best practices to meet stakeholder needs -Iterate on a dashboard to meet changing project requirements -Design BI presentations to share insights with stakeholders -Create or update a resume and prepare for BI interviews

Modules

Get started with data visualizations and dashboards

    • 5 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 2 Plugin
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5 Videos

  • Introduction to Course 3
  • Terrence: A day in the life as a BI analyst
  • Welcome to module 1
  • Data visualization in business intelligence
  • Empower stakeholders

3 Readings

  • Helpful resources and tips
  • Course 3 overview
  • Dashboard examples

1 Quiz

  • Test your knowledge: Data visualizations and dashboards

Produce a dashboard

    • 3 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 2 Quiz
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3 Videos

  • Plan a dashboard using mockups
  • Dashboard missteps and how to avoid them
  • Refresh your Tableau skills

4 Readings

  • Activity Exemplar: Design a data visualization mockup
  • Visualization tool resources
  • Balance tool limitations and user expectations
  • Take a tour of Tableau

2 Quiz

  • Activity: Design a data visualization mockup
  • Test your knowledge: Planning a dashboard

Review: Visualization basics for Business Intelligence

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Wrap-up

1 Readings

  • Glossary terms from module 1

1 Quiz

  • Module 1 challenge

[Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content

    • 1 Videos
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • [Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content about data visualization

Communicate clearly with visuals

    • 4 Videos
    • 5 Readings
    • 2 Quiz
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4 Videos

  • Welcome to module 2
  • Design trade-offs when building a dashboard
  • DeAndrea: Business intelligence in action
  • Start a chart

5 Readings

  • Compare scope in different contexts
  • Case study: Allegis Group - Visualizing key data to understand and advance employee performance
  • Design resource guide
  • How to choose the right chart type for your data
  • Activity Exemplar: Create a chart in Tableau

2 Quiz

  • Activity: Create a chart in Tableau
  • Test your knowledge: Communicate clearly with visuals

Considerations when laying out a dashboard

    • 2 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 2 Quiz
    • 2 Plugin
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2 Videos

  • Organize dashboard elements
  • Processing speeds and privacy settings

4 Readings

  • Activity Exemplar: Lay out dashboard elements in Tableau
  • Reduce processing load and maintain dashboard effectiveness
  • Case study: FeatureBase, Part 3: Exploring the trends with visualizations
  • Privacy settings in business intelligence tools

2 Quiz

  • Activity: Lay out dashboard elements in Tableau
  • Test your knowledge: Considerations when laying out out a dashboard

Review: Visualize results

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Wrap-up

1 Readings

  • Glossary terms from module 2

1 Quiz

  • Module 2 challenge

[Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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4 Videos

  • [Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content about aggregation
  • [Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content about data types
  • [Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content about Tableau
  • [Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content about dashboards

2 Readings

  • [Optional] Effective data visualizations
  • [Optional] Design thinking for visualization improvement

Be the BI professional in a realistic scenario

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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4 Videos

  • Welcome to module 3
  • Complete a dashboard project
  • Andrea: Power of a BI specialist
  • Role-play with a stakeholder

2 Readings

  • Potential pain points when long-term monitoring
  • Prepare your project

Create a chart for a stakeholder

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Data-driven charts
  • Erica: How BI tools are put to work

2 Readings

  • Email from your supervisor: Chart design
  • Activity Exemplar: Create your charts

1 Quiz

  • Activity: Create your charts

Create a dashboard for a stakeholder

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Well-organized dashboards

2 Readings

  • Email from your supervisor: Dashboard organization
  • Activity Exemplar: Create your dashboard

1 Quiz

  • Activity: Create your dashboard

Iterate on a dashboard

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Dashboard iteration

3 Readings

  • Email from your supervisor: Redirections and shifts in scope
  • Email from your coworker: Iteration tips
  • Activity Exemplar: Iterate on your dashboard

1 Quiz

  • Activity: Iterate on your dashboard

Review: Complete a BI visualization

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Wrap-up

1 Quiz

  • Module 3 challenge

Communicate insights to stakeholders

    • 2 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 1 Plugin
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2 Videos

  • Welcome to module 4
  • Present your insights

3 Readings

  • Business intelligence presentation examples
  • Case study: Ipsos - Informing stakeholders with compelling data visualizations
  • Activity Exemplar: Design a slide deck for a business intelligence presentation

1 Quiz

  • Activity: Design a slide deck for a business intelligence presentation

Career focus: Projects and portfolios

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • The business intelligence professional hiring process
  • Heather: Personal career journey into BI
  • Incorporate business intelligence work in your portfolio

1 Readings

  • Use prediction for better collaboration

Career focus: Join the field of business intelligence

    • 3 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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3 Videos

  • Refine your resume
  • Kelly: Tips for resume preparation
  • Interview preparation strategies

4 Readings

  • Resume-writing workshop
  • Activity Exemplar: Stand out with a compelling, focused resume
  • Proactive approaches to the interview process
  • Prepare for interviews with Interview Warmup

1 Quiz

  • Activity: Stand out with a compelling, focused resume

Review: Present business intelligence insights

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
Show info about module content

1 Videos

  • Wrap-up

1 Readings

  • Glossary terms from module 4

1 Quiz

  • Module 4 challenge

[Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • [Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content about presentations
  • [Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content about creating a resume

Apply your skills to a workplace scenario

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Welcome to module 5
  • Complete your end-of-course project

1 Readings

  • Explore Course 3 end-of-course workplace scenarios

Cyclistic scenario

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Readings

  • Course 3 end-of-course project overview: Cyclistic
  • Activity Exemplar: Build a dashboard for Cyclistic

1 Quiz

  • Activity: Build a dashboard for Cyclistic

Google Fiber scenario

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Readings

  • Course 3 End-of-course project overview: Google Fiber
  • Activity Exemplar: Build a dashboard for Google Fiber

1 Quiz

  • Activity: Build a dashboard for Google Fiber

End-of-course project wrap-up

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Course wrap-up
  • Tony: Career-building strategies

1 Readings

  • Incorporate your project into your portfolio

1 Quiz

  • Assess your Course 3 end-of-course project

[Optional] Review Google Data Analytics Certificate content

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Create your online portfolio

Program wrap-up

    • 2 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 1 Plugin
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2 Videos

  • Congratulations on completing the Google Business Intelligence Certificate!
  • Program recap

3 Readings

  • Business Intelligence Certificate glossary
  • Showcase your work
  • Claim your Google Business Intelligence Certificate badge

1 Quiz

  • Resources for Google Business Intelligence Certificate graduates

AI for business intelligence

    • 1 Videos
    • 5 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Activity: Use AI to write a project requirements document

1 Videos

  • Introducing Google AI Essentials

5 Readings

  • Introduction to AI for business intelligence
  • AI tools for business intelligence
  • Generative AI in business intelligence: Practical applications
  • Key takeaways from AI for business intelligence
  • Take the next step with Google AI Essentials

Auto Summary

Unlock your potential in business intelligence with "Decisions, Decisions: Dashboards and Reports." This expert-level course, the final in the Google Business Intelligence Certificate, focuses on creating BI visuals and reporting tools. Guided by Google BI professionals, you'll engage in hands-on activities that reflect real-world tasks. Over 1620 minutes, you’ll learn to design dashboards, produce BI charts, and prepare for BI careers. Ideal for those with foundational analytics knowledge, this course is available via Coursera’s Starter subscription. Elevate your skills and meet stakeholder needs with dynamic, interactive dashboards.

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