Module 1: Excel for Data Analysis

Excel for Data Analysis

• Excel shortcuts make life easy
• Data Validation
• Data Analysis techniques
• Filter, Multi Filter, Sort, Multi Sort and Custom Sort
• Conditional Formatting
• Working with Basic Charts
• Working with Multiple Worksheets and workbooks (Links)
• Applying Security to Files, Workbooks & Worksheets

Essential Formulas for Data Analysis

• SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MIN, MAX for basic calculations
• AVERAGEIFS, COUNTIFS, SUMIFS for multi-condition analysis
• SUBTOTAL for filter data analysis

Logical and Lookup Functions

• Logical Functions (IF, AND, OR)
• VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and XLOOKUP for searching data
• INDEX and MATCH for advanced lookup scenarios

Advanced Data Analysis Techniques

• Consolidating Techniques
• Working with the Name Manager
• Advanced Charting and Graphs
• Data Analysis with What-If Analysis Tools

Data Analysis with Pivot Tables

• Creating Pivot Tables from raw data
• Summarizing data using Pivot Tables
• Grouping data by categories, dates, and values
• Calculated fields and items for custom analysis
• Using slicers to filter data interactively
• Creating dynamic Pivot Charts from Pivot Table data
• Formatting and customizing charts for presentation

Visualizing Data with Charts

• Bar, line, pie, and column charts for visualizing trends
• Adding and formatting data labels, axes, and legends
• Combination charts (e.g., bar and line charts)
• Sparklines for in-cell mini charts

Dashboards and Reporting in Excel

• Designing a dashboard layout for clear data representation
• Using Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, slicers, and form controls for interactive dashboards
• Design Principles for Effective Dashboards
• Ensuring consistency, clarity, and readability
• Optimizing dashboards for sharing and collaboration
• Exporting dashboards and reports as PDFs or Excel workbooks
• Protecting data and restricting access to sensitive information
• Conditional Formatting for Data Highlighting
• Creating Sparklines for In-Line Data Trends
Data Analysis with Power Query
• Importing data from multiple sources
• Cleaning and transforming data using Power Query
• Combining data from multiple tables and sources
• Creating automated data transformations

Module 2: Power BI for Data Analysis

Introduction to Power BI Desktop

• Overview of Power BI components: Desktop, Service, and Mobile
• Key features and benefits of Power BI Desktop
• Understanding the Power BI interface and workflow

Data Transformation with Power Query

• Importing data from Excel, databases, CSV files, and cloud services
• Handling multiple data sources
• Removing duplicates and filtering data
• Pivoting and unpivoting data
• Splitting and merging columns
• Conditional columns
• Replacing and transforming values
• Grouping and aggregating data
• Merging and appending queries

Data Modeling in Power BI

• Creating a Data Model
• Defining relationships between tables
• Star schema and snowflake schema in Power BI
• Difference between calculated columns and measures
• Creating calculated columns for custom data
• Optimizing Data Models
• Hiding and sorting columns
• Managing relationships and model performance
• Implementing hierarchical structures (drill-downs)

DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) Functions

• Introduction to DAX
• Syntax and structure of DAX
• Understanding row context and filter context
• Aggregation functions: SUM, MIN, MAX, COUNT, AVERAGE
• Logical functions: IF, SWITCH
• Text functions: CONCATENATE, LEFT, RIGHT
• Time intelligence functions: DATEADD, SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR, YTD, QTD, MTD
• Advanced measures for financial analysis (e.g., YTD growth, % changes)
• Handling complex scenarios with CALCULATE and FILTER

Data Visualization and Reporting

• Best Practices in Data Visualization
• Choosing the right visual for your data
• Overview of visualization types: bar charts, line charts, pie charts, maps, etc.
• Building dynamic and interactive visuals
• Customizing Visuals
• Formatting and styling visuals for clarity and impact
• Conditional formatting for highlighting key insights
• Using slicers and filters to add interactivity
• Creating drill-through and drill-down capabilities for deeper analysis
• Adding tooltips and custom visuals for enhanced reporting
• Simplifying and decluttering reports for better readability

Report Sharing and Collaboration

• Publishing reports to the cloud (Power BI Service)
• Sharing reports via email, Teams, and embedding in websites
• Setting up automatic data refreshes
• Scheduling reports and dashboards to update regularly

Module 3: SQL for Data Analysis

Introduction to SQL Server

• Overview of SQL Server
• What is SQL Server?
• Installation and Setup
• SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Interface

Basics of SQL
• Introduction to SQL
• SQL Syntax and Structure
• Data Types
• Basic SQL Commands
• SELECT, FROM, WHERE
• INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
• Filtering and Sorting Data
• WHERE Clause
• ORDER BY Clause

Advanced SQL Queries

• Aggregate Functions
• COUNT, SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX
• Grouping Data
• GROUP BY Clause
• HAVING Clause
• Joining Tables
• INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, FULL JOIN

Data Manipulation and Transformation

• Subqueries and Nested Queries
• Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
• Window Functions
• ROW_NUMBER(), RANK(), DENSE_RANK(), NTILE()
• Data Transformation Techniques

Working with Complex Data Types

• Working with Dates and Times
• Date Functions
• String Functions
• CONCAT, SUBSTRING, CHARINDEX, REPLACE

SQL Server Advanced Topics

• Indexing and Performance Tuning
• Creating and Managing Indexes
• Query Optimization
• Stored Procedures and Functions
• Creating and Executing Stored Procedures
• User-Defined Functions

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Basic Data Analysis Techniques
• Descriptive Statistics
• Using SQL for Data Analysis
• Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
• Generating Reports
• Creating Simple Reports in SSMS
• Exporting Data to Excel

Hands-on Projects and Case Studies

• Real-world Data Analysis Projects
- Case Studies

Module 4: Python for Data Analysis

Introduction to Python for Data Analysis

• Overview of Python and its Applications in Data Analysis
• Why Python for Data Analysis?
• Setting Up Python Environment
• Introduction to Google Colab

Python Basics
• Python Syntax and Basics
• Variables, Data Types, and Operators
• Control Structures: if-else, loops
• Functions and Modules
• Defining and Calling Functions
• Importing and Using Modules

Data Structures and Handling

• Working with Lists, Tuples, and Dictionaries
• Introduction to NumPy
• Creating and Manipulating Arrays
• Array Operations and Broadcasting

Working with Data Sources

• Reading from and writing to a csv
• Reading documentation
• API calls
• Data Ethics
Data Manipulation with Pandas
• Introduction to Pandas
• DataFrames and Series
• Data Loading, Cleaning, and Preparation
• Reading and Writing Data (CSV, Excel, etc.)
• Handling Missing Data
• Data Transformation and Filtering

Data Analysis and Exploration

• Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
• Descriptive Statistics
• Data Visualization with Matplotlib and Seaborn
• Plotting and Customizing Graphs
• Grouping and Aggregating Data
• Groupby() and aggregate functions

Working with Dates and Times

• Date and Time Data Types and Operations
• Resampling and Time Series Analysis
• Date Functionality in Pandas

Practical Applications and Case Studies

• Real-world Data Analysis Projects

Add-Ons: Tableau for Data Analysis (Recorded videos)

Introduction to Tableau
• Overview of Tableau and its uses in data analysis.
• Understanding the Tableau interface.
• Connecting to data sources.

Data Preparation
• Data sourcing and importing.

Visualization Basics
• Creating basic visualizations (bar charts, line charts, pie charts, etc.).
• Applying filters and sorting data.
• Formatting visualizations for clarity.

Advanced Visualization Techniques

• Creating interactive dashboards.
• Using parameters and calculated fields.
• Implementing advanced chart types (treemaps, heatmaps, etc.).

Data Analysis
• Exploring trends and patterns in data.
• Conducting ad-hoc analysis with Tableau.
• Utilizing forecasting and trend analysis tools.

Mapping Data
• Geospatial analysis with maps.
. • Analyzing location-based data.

Sharing and Collaboration

• Publishing workbooks to Tableau Public.
• Sharing insights and visualizations with stakeholders.
• Collaborating on projects within Tableau.
Add-Ons: R Language for Data Analysis
Introduction to R and RStudio
• Overview of R Language
• What is R and its Applications in Data Analytics?
• Installing R and RStudio
• Introduction to the RStudio Interface
• Basic R Syntax
• Variables and Data Types
• Basic Operations

Data Structures in R
• Vectors, Matrices, Lists, and Data Frames
• Creating and Manipulating Vectors
• Understanding Matrices
• Working with Lists
• Introduction to Data Frames

Data Manipulation with dplyr

• Introduction to the dplyr Package
• Installing and Loading dplyr
• Basic Data Manipulation
• Filtering Rows with filter()
• Selecting Columns with select()
• Arranging Rows with arrange()
• Mutating Data with mutate()
• Summarizing Data with summarize()

Basic Data Visualization with ggplot2

• Introduction to ggplot2
• Installing and Loading ggplot2
• Creating Basic Plots
• Scatter Plots, Line Plots, Bar Plots
• Customizing Plots
• Adding Titles, Labels, and Themes

Add-Ons: Introduction to Cloud Computing for Data Analysts

Overview of Cloud Computing
• Definition and Key Concepts of Cloud Computing
• What is Cloud Computing?
• Key Characteristics (On-Demand Self-Service, Broad Network Access, Resource
Pooling, Rapid Elasticity, Measured Service)
• Types of Cloud Computing
• Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds
• Cloud Service Models
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Software as a Service (SaaS)

Cloud Computing for Data Analysis

• Benefits of Using Cloud for Data Analysis
• Scalability, Flexibility, Cost Efficiency
• Introduction to Cloud Storage Solutions
• Object Storage (e.g., Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage)
• File Storage and Database Storage Options
• Data Warehousing in the Cloud
• Overview of Cloud Data Warehouses (e.g., Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Azure
Synapse Analytics)

Key Cloud Services for Data Analysts

• Introduction to Cloud Data Processing Tools
• Big Data Processing (e.g., AWS EMR, Azure HDInsight, Google Dataflow)
• Serverless Computing (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions)
• Cloud-Based SQL Databases
• Managed Database Services (e.g., Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud
SQL)
• Introduction to Data Integration and ETL Tools in the Cloud
• ETL Services (e.g., AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, Google Cloud Dataflow)

Practical Applications and Case Studies

• Real-World Examples of Cloud Data Analysis
• Case Study: Using Cloud Storage for Data Analysis
• Case Study: Data Warehousing and Big Data Processing
• Demonstration of Cloud Tools
• Brief Demo of a Cloud Storage Solution
• Brief Demo of a Cloud-Based Data Warehouse

Add-Ons: Start Freelancing on Upwork

Introduction to Upwork
• What is Upwork?
• Benefits of being an Upwork freelancer
• Overview of the Upwork platform

Setting Up Your Upwork Profile

• Creating an effective profile
• Crafting a compelling title and overview
• Highlighting your skills and expertise
• Building a portfolio and showcasing your work

Finding and Applying for Jobs

• Search strategies and filters
• Understanding job descriptions and requirements
• Crafting winning proposals
• Following up on proposals and interviews

Upwork Fees and Billing

• Understanding Upwork's fee structure
• Setting your rates and pricing strategies
• Invoicing and getting paid

Communication and Client Management

• Effective communication with clients
• Setting expectations and deliverables
• Managing revisions and feedback
• Building long-term client relationships
Upwork's Policies and Guidelines
• Upwork's terms of service
• Maintaining a good job success score
• Handling disputes and resolving issues

Growing Your Upwork Business

• Building a strong reputation and profile
• Earning and maintaining high ratings
• Leveraging Upwork's features and tools
• Expanding your service offerings

Bonus Tips and Best Practices

• Time management and productivity tips
• Networking and collaboration opportunities
• Continuing education and skill development
• Q&A and open discussion