Alteryx Masterclass - crash course in alteryx for beginners

Name: Alteryx Masterclass - crash course in alteryx for beginners
Rating: 4.6 (1689 reviews)

Learn data preparation with Alteryx in a case study the fun and easy way. How to advanced data preparation with Alteryx

Created byDan We

Last updated 3/2024

English

What you'll learn

New job opportunities knock on your door
You will love Alteryx as much as I do
You can easily prepare your data in advance to visualize it later in Tools like Tableau or Power BI
You extend your data analytics knowledge
You can do ETL without coding
You can clean and shape your data the way you need it

Course content

1 section • 18 lectures • 2h 28m total length

1 Alteryx the fun and easy way a crash course for beginners introduction1:05
One important thing before you start0:24
Download latest course files0:02
4 Alteryx - Lets explore the interface8:44
5 Alteryx - Introduction to our case study3:23
6 Importing data into Alteryx20:07
7 Data enrichment in Alteryx - joining Product information16:54
8 Alteryx - datatype conversions and formulas14:02
9 Data enrichment and tip to speed up your worklow11:31
10 Alteryx - Calculations and saving our cleaned dataset for visualization10:58
11 Alteryx challenge - Aggregations, Groupings and product sales insights6:35
12 Alteryx challenge - Calculating the share of revenue11:25
13 Alteryx challenge - Find out the first day of sales for each product7:42
14 Alteryx challenge - Find top 3 states in each sales area by revenue7:09
15 Alteryx challenge - Classify our sales managers10:14
16 Alteryx challenge - pivoting our data for our marketing department6:38
17 Alteryx challenge - cummulative aka running total sales above 100 million11:06
More learning0:26

Requirements

Your interest in data preparation and data analytics, visual analytics is key!
This crashcourse starts from scratch - we learn the basics and build a solid foundation during the case study
Alteryx Designer must be downloaded (fully functional trial version available for free)
Tableau Desktop is optional (but not required)

Description

Alteryx Masterclass - a crashcourse for beginners

A case study the fun and easy way!

You are interested in data analytics and business intelligence? Great! You have chosen not only a highly rewarding profession but also one of the most interesting ones of the future. Data is the oil of our century and getting the right insights at the right time will be the key competitive advantage for businesses.

This is why you are here. Companies need highly skilled people to help them analyzing their data. During this process the data aggregation and cleaning is the most challenging part. 80% of the time of data analysts and data scientists are spend with data preparation. This can be cumbersome but is crucial to derive valuable insights. Because:

"Trash in trash out!"

This is why we need to explore fast and efficient ways to prepare our data which we then want to visualize in powerful tools like Tableau or Power BI.

And now the most interesting question? How exactly can we achieve this? What are the best tools to do that, which do not require extreme programming skills?

Meet Alteryx! One of the best ETL / data preparation tools on the market. This awesome tool with an "Apple flair design" and drag and drop functionality will help us to prepare and combine even the worst kinds of data sources

This is the first of 3 courses (second one Alteryx MasterClass - lets get started, third one Alteryx Masterclass - solving real world business challenges)

Here we start from scratch and a fully functional version of the software can be downloaded for free. The only thing you need to bring with you is your personal interest and willingness to learn in a data driven age.

If that sound like you then..

Let's dive into the case study together

Are you ready?

Who this course is for:

(Aspiring) data analysts
You want to go into a data analyst or data scientist career
Data analyts and data scientists who want to work smarter faster and more efficient
This course is practical and consists of a case study where you can and should follow along to solve tasks
You want to learn how to effectively clean your data
You want to extend your knowlegde beyond Tableau and Power BI
You encountered various data issues (e.g. format,...) in the past and are looking for a solid solution
You want to take advantage of the data driven opportunity ahead
Business users