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About the Course

This is the second of three courses in the Google Business Intelligence Certificate. In this course, you'll explore data modeling and how databases are designed. Then you’ll learn about extract, transform, load (ETL) processes that extract data from source systems, transform it into formats that enable analysis, and drive business processes and goals. Google employees who currently work in BI will guide you through this course by providing hands-on activities that simulate job tasks, sharing examples from their day-to-day work, and helping you build business intelligence skills to prepare for a career in the field. Learners who complete the three courses in this certificate program will have the skills needed to apply for business intelligence jobs. This certificate program assumes prior knowledge of foundational analytical principles, skills, and tools covered in the Google Data Analytics Certificate. By the end of this course, you will: -Determine which data models are appropriate for different business requirements -Describe the difference between creating and interacting with a data model -Create data models to address different types of questions -Explain the parts of the extract, transform, load (ETL) process and tools used in ETL -Understand extraction processes and tools for different data storage systems -Design an ETL process that meets organizational and stakeholder needs -Design data pipelines to automate BI processes...

Top reviews

HS

Dec 16, 2023

Hi, I'm a university student. I followed the course gain knowledge and to find a job. Instructors, Google, Coursera gave a great learning exposure. The course was perfect. Thank you you very much.

SB

Jul 25, 2024

Mr. Ed is a superb thought provoking Instructor. Love him and enjoyed a lot while attending the course with a thorough in depth approach while delivering all the concerned lectures.

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By Guruh S

Aug 19, 2023

good

By Jahongir

Jun 3, 2024

5

By Ronobir D

May 31, 2024

Good course especially for the basics of using GCP from a practical perspective. But I really wish that for the activities or labs they would just use the Qwiklabs setup that's there for the Google Cloud courses instead of relying on either the sandbox or free trial. Google Cloud already has a system setup with Coursera so I don't know why they didn't leverage it for the labs here. I would recommend that before anyone takes this course already covers a course on Dimensional Modeling. On Coursera there's a CUBoulder couse on it. There's many youtube videos on it. There's great UDemy courses on it. Because it is way too quick for proper coverage here. I don't think that means you need to pick up and read all of Kimball although if you are someone who picks up more from books that might be better for you. But this class doesn't cover it in enough detail/too lightly. If you already have a Coursera Plus subscription I recommend checking out the Google Cloud Big Query for Data Analysts course and the Google Cloud Data Engineer course series to accompany this one. This course however has you do actual business cases and is very practical in that way instead of doing labs with toy examples that those classes go over. I also wish this class went over Dataform, Google's version of data build tool (dbt) for material on Transforms as part of ELT.

By Thomas R

Dec 28, 2023

Great course! A lot of good information about the foundations of pipelines and ETL Processes. Great intro to the different tools and Quality testing tasks we can perform to ensure our data is concise. But I would like you to recommend me best beginner courses related to SQL and Python in data management as well as a more profound course on how to use big query with more details behind SQL use and coding

By Sibt-e- H

Jun 30, 2023

It would have been great if you could increase the volume of the main instructor in this course. Additionally, I experienced some difficulties in understanding his accent compared to the instructor in the first course. However, he has been a wonderful guide throughout the course.

By Oluwadarasimi S

Oct 16, 2022

The instructor did an excellent job of explaining everything and making sure that we understood everything. The course was really engaging and well written out for the students to grasp.

By Mahmoud A

Jul 1, 2024

This course slightly depends on the first course in the Google Certificate, so there must be an announcement or hint for this point.

By Jacobs

Jul 22, 2023

Very insightful course, and a good refreshment. would have been nice to see more complex technical questions. recommended

By David A

May 29, 2023

Awesome from the theory point, however lacking when it comes to tools usage.

By Raef A

Oct 16, 2022

Course packed with new knowledge but challenging for beginners

By David P

Oct 18, 2022

learning the fundamentals of the pipe line was great.

By Tejas D

Oct 10, 2023

very much good

By Zeng Y

Aug 2, 2023

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By 2303A 5

Jul 27, 2024

It is useful

By Rajat S

Jan 17, 2024

Nice

By Anson L

Jun 20, 2024

Video content is the same as reading but much less in-depth, it didn't help to understand the topic at all. Final project Activity is not in-depth enough to understand any practical SQL or BI skills, but just spend time to know the GCP BigQuery file upload process. The whole course 2 is really disappointing compare with course 1.

By Abdallah A M

May 10, 2024

very brief, i need more details to learn about pipelines and modelines

By Teerapat H

Aug 12, 2024

very hard and confused