The capstone course, Design and Build a Data Warehouse for Business Intelligence Implementation, features a real-world case study that integrates your learning across all courses in the specialization. In response to business requirements presented in a case study, you’ll design and build a small data warehouse, create data integration workflows to refresh the warehouse, write SQL statements to support analytical and summary query requirements, and use the MicroStrategy business intelligence platform to create dashboards and visualizations.
This course is part of the Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence Specialization
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Data WarehousingMicrostrategyData WarehouseSQL
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English
Subtitles: English
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours to complete
Course Overview
Module 1 introduces the objectives and topics in the course and provides background on the case and software requirements. The capstone course is organized around a realistic case study based on the business situation faced by CPI Card Group in 2015.
2 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 15 min), 10 readings
10 readings
Slides for lesson 110m
Slides for lesson 210m
Slides for lesson 310m
Background on CPI Card Group10m
Overview of software requirements10m
PostgreSQL Installation10m
Oracle database server installation10m
Pentaho Data Integration installation10m
Microstrategy Desktop installation10m
Database diagramming tools10m
3 hours to complete
Data Warehouse Design
Module 2 presents the requirements of the first part of the case study involving data warehouse design. To provide a context for the case study, you can listen to an executive interview with a CPI Card Group executive.
3 hours to complete
1 video (Total 7 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz
1 video
4 readings
Slides for lesson 110m
Data warehouse design background10m
Documents for the module 2 assignment10m
Documents to review after the assignment10m
4 hours to complete
Data Integration
Module 3 presents requirements for the second part of the case study involving data integration. To provide a context for the case study, you can listen to executive interviews with executives from CPI Card Group, First Bank, and Pinnacol Assurance.
4 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 24 min), 6 readings, 3 quizzes
6 readings
Slides for lesson 110m
Slides for lesson 210m
Slides for lesson 310m
Data integration background10m
Documents for the module 3 assignment10m
Extra transformation examples10m
2 practice exercises
Practice Quiz for module 3 assignment-Test DW30m
Quiz for module 3 assignment-Production DW30m
2 hours to complete
Analytical Queries and Summary Data Management
Module 4 presents requirements for the third part of the case study involving analytical queries and summary data management.
2 hours to complete
1 video (Total 6 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz
3 readings
Slides for lesson 110m
Documents for the module 4 assignment10m
Solutions to challenge problems10m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM DESIGN AND BUILD A DATA WAREHOUSE FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IMPLEMENTATION
by DDJun 27, 2016
Awesome content ,very well drafted and explained course content. I am thankful to the coursera team, who has discovered such kind of really good course and specialization.
by PNDec 8, 2016
Excellent contemporary course content and hands on course. Recommended for everyone who wants start or change into exciting career in DWBI.
by PGAug 12, 2018
Very good except for the fact you had to wait for certain course aspects until the mark is officially given
by OEMay 24, 2016
Excellent course..provides hands-on experience on designing a data warehouse for BI implementation
About the Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence Specialization
Evaluate business needs, design a data warehouse, and integrate and visualize data using dashboards and visual analytics.
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