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How to learn Power BI and Tableau for data analytics

How to learn Power BI and Tableau for data analytics

From the course: Preparing to Get a Job in Data Analytics

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How to learn Power BI and Tableau for data analytics

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- One of the best places to start with learning technical skills for data analytics is data visualization, because it requires minimal coding and you can gain proficiency pretty quickly. We'll go over the most popular options, Power BI and Tableau, at the end of this video, but first, let's talk about why these tools are important to analytics. Business intelligence tools, also called BI tools, are the brains behind data visualization and dashboarding. BI tools can pull data from the database using SQL, which we'll talk about in the next video, Excel spreadsheets, CRMs, such as HubSpot and Salesforce, and more. Most BI tools have drag-and-drop functionality that allow you to drag different fields onto the screen and they automatically recommend the best way to set up the visual. However, it takes some expertise to know which fields you need to choose and how exactly they should be visualized. Additionally, you can also…

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