Overview
SQL Fundamentals Course Overview
SQL plays a foundational role in Business Intelligence as it provides us with a way to extract data from databases for use in other BI tools.
This course covers SQL’s foundational syntax and essential transformations with practical, hands-on examples. To do this, learners are provided with access to an Azure Data Studio data warehouse from which they can run the queries taught throughout this course. Connecting to the data warehouse is simple and can be from a Windows, iOS, or Linux computer.
This course will walk you through retrieving and filtering data from a database with basic SQL syntax, transforming that data with functions, combining data from multiple tables, best practices when using SQL and common mistakes. By the end of this course, you'll have the core skills business analysts need to extract data from a database using SQL.
SQL Fundamentals Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
Retrieve and filter data using basic SQL syntax
Transform data with the help of numerical, date, and text functions
Identify strategies for constructing an unbiased sample
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Understand essential terminology related to SQL, databases, and data warehouses
SQL Fundamentals is a Course from CFI’s BIDA™ Program
CFI's upcoming Business Intelligence & Data Analyst (BIDA)™ program will cover all the basic, intermediate, and advanced topics about business intelligence and data analysis. This program will teach you the quantitative methods used in the finance and capital markets industry. It is ideal for students who want to learn how to analyze complex data.
Common career paths for students who take the BIDA™ program are Business Intelligence, Asset Management, Data Analyst, Quantitative Analyst, and other finance careers.
Students can sign up for updates and reserve a spot in the Business Intelligence & Data Analyst (BIDA)™ Program on the student dashboard.
Who Should Take This Course?
The SQL Fundamentals is perfect for those with zero prior experience with SQL or for those who just want a refresher on the fundamentals and best practices. As with any coding language, SQL can be daunting to learn, which is why this course starts with super simple examples and works slowly up to more complex theories. Every concept and step is explained clearly and with as non-technical language as possible.
What You'll Learn
Become a certified Business Intelligence & Data Analyst (BIDA)™
SQL Fundamentals is part of the Business Intelligence & Data Analyst (BIDA)™ certification, which includes 17 BIDA courses + all future courses in the program.
- Skills Learned Data Visualization, Data Warehousing and Transformation, Data Modeling and Analysis
- Career Prep Business Intelligence Analyst, Data Scientist, Data Visualization Specialist
What Our Students Say
great course i have ever seen fro SQl , everythingwas organized . Lectures were not stretched , onpoint . The best part is you get to practise real time on datawarehouse , gives feel like actual business work
Jahanvee Narang
Very detailed, easy to follow, and challenging. Once you finish, you feel confident using SQL.
Javier Guerra
The course is really great and I would definitely recommend this to others. Thanks CFI
Muzammil Kholia
This course allowed me to now be able to know how to write queries on demand (provided the database is in decent condition) to get the results needed by business stakeholders. The theory part was also so important for teaching me how to converse with our tech team and developers - thus knowing what to ask for and being able to provide reasonable explanations as to why.