Data Analytics with Excel, Power BI & SQL
Data skills are most valuable when they help answer real business questions. This proposed programme connects three widely used tools into one understandable analytics workflow.
Explore how to prepare tabular data, query records, model relationships and present findings visually. The learning pathway emphasises interpretable results rather than dashboards created without a business purpose.
Proposed course topics
- Organise and clean datasets using essential Excel techniques.
- Use formulas, PivotTables and summaries to explore business measures.
- Write introductory SQL queries to filter, join and aggregate data.
- Explain data modelling concepts needed for reliable Power BI reports.
- Choose suitable visuals and build an intelligible dashboard layout.
- Present findings, limitations and recommended next steps clearly.
Putting the skills into practice
Work through the design of a sales-performance analysis: identify a question, prepare example data, calculate measures and specify a Power BI report that a manager could act on.
Who this course is for
Aspiring analysts, finance and operations professionals, graduates, managers and career changers seeking practical business intelligence skills.
Independent course concept; not an official Microsoft programme or vendor credential.


