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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 17, 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 26, 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 Raef A

Oct 17, 2022

Course packed with new knowledge but challenging for beginners

By David P

Oct 19, 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 Hung N

May 10, 2025

This course is not bad, but not great. It is certainly good enough to be followed through, and I would recommend it. However, the structure is rather messy. For a course that teaches pipelines and rules, it lacks such clarity. The course should provide more context to the lessons, at the start or before videos, etc. For example, take the section on business rules - are they meant to be something always hardcoded into a pipeline? Are they rules agreed on by stakeholders and to be implemented one way or another, not necessarily always hardcoded? Etc. That information should be provided from the outset, not as a latter point. So that it can always be clear to the learner what exactly they are learning about. That was the strength of the Google Data Analytics course. The path was clear, and the necessary key points were drilled in again and again. Here, they relied too much on remembering terminologies from glossaries from way back, or having to Google to get additional information. Towards the end, with the exemplar - that's great and all to get some additional SQL code to work with, but what is the expected output? Even a screenshot of the first ten lines of the resultant csv file would have been nice. These kind of stuff. It is fine for someone, like me, who has experience already; but not all students are like that. I am sure every learner can reach the finish line, but the path can certainly be much more refined. Again, I do recommend the course. Just that it is not structured and formatted well. But the course still works.

By Osman Y

Apr 12, 2025

Eğitim genel açıdan bakıldığında gayet iyi ancak benim fikrim bu modülünün eğitmeninin başka birisi olması yönündedir. Yanlış anlamayın konuyu anlatan kişinin konunun uzmanı olduğu aşikar ancak anlatma yöntemleri ve aktarımı konusunda başarılı olduğunu düşünmüyorum . Ve tabiki yinede bize bu eğitimi sunduğu için Eğitmene , Google'a ve Coursera'ya teşekkür ederim

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 Michał P

Dec 30, 2024

Too basic for seasoned professionals.

By Teerapat H

Aug 12, 2024

very hard and confused