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Introduction to using SQL for Reporting
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Introduction to using SQL for Reporting

Learn how to use SQL to generate reports that can be helpful to a business.
Last updated 3/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Install database
  • Install TOAD
  • Install SQL Developer
  • Connect TOAD to Oracle
  • Order reporting data output
  • Limit reporting data output
  • Filter data with WHERE clause
  • Filter with various operators and WHERE clause
  • Generate output from sub -queries
  • Understand views and dual tables
  • Understand character functions
  • Understand conversion functions
  • Understand date functions
  • Understand numeric functions
  • Understand and use Aggregate functions
  • Eliminate duplicates from reporting output.

Course content

6 sections40 lectures3h 49m total length
  • Introduction2:16
  • Tools the professionals use8:39
  • Install Oracle8:11
  • Unlock Sample Oracle HR Schema5:04
  • Install TOAD7:09
  • Connecting TOAD to Oracle6:38
  • Install SQL Developer8:55
  • Connect SQL Developer to Oracle6:05

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of SQL
  • Basic knowledge of relational database

Description

SQL can be used to generate reports and present information on websites. This course covers  SQL features in helping you answer more interesting questions about your data.

The most popular business problems  can be solved with SQL . What is the revenue growth month over month and running total revenue? Can we trust the metric, or does the data have some accidental duplicates that affect it? What are the top N orders for every month? What is the repeat purchase behaviour? All these questions can bee translated from the database using SQL into useful reports for the business.

Topics covered includes:

  • Installing Oracle database
  • Installing TOAD
  • Installing SQL developer
  • Connecting TOAD and SQL Developer to Oracle Database
  • Ordering and Limiting results
  • Filtering data using the WHERE clause
  • Using multiple operators with the WHERE clause
  • How to use Views and Dual Tables
  • Using Like operators with wild cards to achieve search patterns
  • Removing duplicates records
  • Using sub-queries 
  • Using character functions
  • Using conversion functions
  • Using numeric functions
  • Using date functions
  • Grouping results
  • Aggregate functions
  • Some real world SQL reporting

What Am I Going To Get from This SQL Reporting  Course?

  • You'll discover how  to use various built in features of SQL to generate useful for reports that can help a business make important decisions.

Who Should Take This Course?

  • Beginning database analysts
  • Developers who want to keep their knowledge of SQL current
  • Students taking classes in relational databases
  • Anyone who wants to learn SQL Reporting

Who this course is for:

  • ​Beginning database analysts
  • Developers who want to keep their knowledge of SQL current
  • Students taking classes in relational databases
  • Anyone who wants to learn SQL Reporting