Data Visualization and Dashboards with Excel and Cognos

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Data Visualization and Dashboards with Excel and Cognos

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Instructors: Sandip Saha Joy

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

4,446 reviews

Beginner level

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Flexible schedule

2 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

93%

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What you'll learn

Create basic visualizations such as line graphs, bar graphs, and pie charts using Excel spreadsheets.
Explain the important role charts play in telling a data-driven story.
Construct advanced charts and visualizations such as Treemaps, Sparklines, Histogram, Scatter Plots, and Filled Map Charts.
Build and share interactive dashboards using Excel and Cognos Analytics.

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2 quizzes, 8 assignments¹

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There are 4 modules in this course

Learn how to create data visualizations and dashboards using spreadsheets and analytics tools. This course covers some of the first steps for telling a compelling story with your data using various types of charts and graphs. You'll learn the basics of visualizing data with Excel and IBM Cognos Analytics without having to write any code.

You'll start by creating simple charts in Excel such as line, pie and bar charts. You will then create more advanced visualizations with Treemaps, Scatter Charts, Histograms, Filled Map Charts, and Sparklines. Next you’ll also work with the Excel PivotChart feature as well as assemble several visualizations in an Excel dashboard. This course also teaches you how to use business intelligence (BI) tools like Cognos Analytics to create interactive dashboards. By the end of the course you will have an appreciation for the key role that data visualizations play in communicating your data analysis findings, and the ability to effectively create them. Throughout this course there will be numerous hands-on labs to help you develop practical experience for working with Excel and Cognos. There is also a final project in which you’ll create a set of data visualizations and an interactive dashboard to add to your portfolio, which you can share with peers, professional communities or prospective employers.

In this module, you will be introduced to the basics of charts and the Excel functions that are used to create basic charts and pivot chart visualizations. By learning how to manipulate these features and creating visualizations, you will begin to understand the important role charts play in telling a data-driven story.

What's included

6 videos5 readings1 quiz1 assignment2 plugins

6 videos Total 31 minutes

Course Intro 4 minutes
Introduction to Charts 5 minutes
Interview: Using Visualizations to Tell a Data Story 4 minutes
Creating Basic Charts in Excel (Line, Pie, and Bar Charts) 5 minutes
Introduction to Creating Pivot Tables in Excel 8 minutes
Using the Excel PivotChart Feature 6 minutes

5 readings Total 64 minutes

A Quick Note for the Best Learning Experience 2 minutes
Helpful Tips for Course Completion 2 minutes
Syllabus 10 minutes
Optional Hands-on Labs on Excel Basics 40 minutes
Summary and Highlights 10 minutes

1 quiz Total 21 minutes

Graded Quiz : Visualizing Data using Spreadsheets 21 minutes

1 assignment Total 12 minutes

Practice Quiz: Visualizing Data using Spreadsheets 12 minutes

2 plugins Total 30 minutes

Reading: Excel Keyboard Shortcuts 10 minutes
Hands-on Lab 1: Creating Basic Charts 20 minutes

In this module, you will learn about creating advanced charts and visualizations and learn about the basics of dashboarding and how to create a simple dashboard using a spreadsheet.

What's included

5 videos2 readings1 quiz3 assignments2 plugins

5 videos Total 31 minutes

Creating Treemaps, Scatter Charts, and Histograms 8 minutes
Creating Filled Map Charts and Sparklines 6 minutes
Introduction to Dashboards 4 minutes
Interview: Using Dashboards to Present Data Results 5 minutes
Creating a Simple Dashboard using Excel 8 minutes

2 readings Total 20 minutes

Summary and Highlights 10 minutes
Summary and Highlights 10 minutes

1 quiz Total 12 minutes

Graded Quiz: Updating Advanced Charts 12 minutes

3 assignments Total 32 minutes

Practice Quiz: Creating Advanced Charts 8 minutes
Practice Quiz: Creating Dashboards using Spreadsheets 12 minutes
Graded Quiz: Creating Dashboards using Spreadsheets 12 minutes

2 plugins Total 40 minutes

Hands-on Lab 2: Creating Advanced Charts 20 minutes
Hands-on Lab 3: Creating a Simple Dashboard with Excel 20 minutes

In this module, you will be introduced to another dashboarding solution called Cognos Analytics. After registering with Cognos Analytics, you will then explore the platform capabilities by creating visualizations, building a simple dashboard, and discovering its advanced features. Optionally, you can explore Google Looker Studio to create visualizations and build dashboards.

What's included

4 videos6 readings4 assignments6 plugins

4 videos Total 25 minutes

Cognos Analytics: Introduction and How to Sign Up 3 minutes
Navigating in Cognos Analytics 8 minutes
Creating a Simple Dashboard in Cognos Analytics 7 minutes
Advanced Capabilities in Cognos Analytics Dashboards 7 minutes

6 readings Total 43 minutes

Summary and Highlights 1 minute
Summary and Highlights 10 minutes
About this optional lesson with Looker Studio 2 minutes
(Optional) : Getting Started with Google Looker Studio 10 minutes
Creating Visualizations in Reports using Looker Studio 10 minutes
Summary and Highlights 10 minutes

4 assignments Total 38 minutes

Practice Quiz: Getting Started with IBM Cognos Analytics 8 minutes
Practice Quiz: Creating Dashboards with Cognos Analytics 10 minutes
Practice Quiz: Creating and Configuring Visualizations with Google Looker Studio 8 minutes
Graded Quiz: Creating Visualizations and Dashboards with Cognos Analytics 12 minutes

6 plugins Total 250 minutes

Hands-on Lab: Getting Started with Cognos Analytics 40 minutes
Hands-on Lab: Different Methods for Creating Dashboard Visualizations with Cognos Analytics 45 minutes
Hands-on Lab: Advanced Dashboard Capabilities in Cognos Analytics 30 minutes
(Optional):Hands-on Lab: Getting Started with Google Looker Studio 60 minutes
(Optional): Hands-on Lab: Creating and Configuring Visualizations in Reports with Google Looker Studio 60 minutes
(Optional) Hands-on Lab: Advanced charts in Looker Studio 15 minutes

Congratulations! You have now completed the modules for this course. In this module, you will complete the final assignment that will be graded by the AI-Grading tool or your peers. In the first part of the final assignment, you will use the provided sample data to create some visualizations using Excel for the web. In the second part of the final assignment, you will create some visualizations and add them to a dashboard using Cognos Analytics or Google Looker Studio.

What's included

2 readings1 peer review1 app item5 plugins

2 readings Total 11 minutes

Congratulations and Next Steps 10 minutes
Course Credits and Acknowledgements 1 minute

1 peer review Total 45 minutes

Option 2: Peer Graded - Final Project Submission and Evaluation 45 minutes

1 app item Total 30 minutes

Option 1: AI Graded - Final Project: Submission and Evaluation 30 minutes

5 plugins Total 210 minutes

Final Project Overview 10 minutes
Reading: Final Project Submission Guidelines And Deliverables 5 minutes
Final Assignment - Part 1: Creating Visualizations Using Excel 45 minutes
Final Assignment - Part 2a: Creating Visualizations Using Cognos Analytics 75 minutes
Final Assignment - Part 2b: Creating Visualizations Using Google Looker Studio 75 minutes

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Reviewed on Jun 5, 2022

It is very constructive and very important course for the future of data analyst career. providing practical handin experience makes it the perfect self starter and motivational course. Thank you

Reviewed on Aug 10, 2022

Having taking the tutorial class, i can say it enriched me with alot of information about Data Analytics. Tools for visualization such as Excel and Cognos, gives important clearity about data.

Reviewed on Mar 18, 2024

In general the course was great. The only thing is that for very beginners is really difficult to grasp even after a few attempts, therefore instructions should be broken down more in detail.

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