Workshops


There are workshops that are designed to help you get started using Enterprise Data Warehouse data and tools, as well as advance your skills on data analysis.

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EDW 101

UW's Enterprise Data Warehouse contains a wealth of information from across the university, including data from academic, finance, human resources, and research subject areas. A variety of tools exist to help you use EDW data to better analyze and understand your business and make more informed decisions. This 1-hour lecture course introduces you to UW's Enterprise Data Warehouse, what data and tools are available, and how to get started interacting with them.

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Goals
After completing this workshop you'll be able to:
  • Understand the role of the EDW at the University of Washington
  • Learn how to get access to EDW data and tools
  • Understand what tools are available to work with EDW data
  • Understand how to connect to data, reports, cubes and visualizations
  • Learn how to learn more!
Target Audience

Staff new to UW or to the Enterprise Data Warehouse, and who want to learn more about using centrally-available data to do their work.

Prerequisites

None

Cost

Free

Dates

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Handling Data 101

While you may not have intended to become data analyst, you are now in a position where you want to (or have to) use and even analyze data to be successful. If you want to see trends and patterns at a glance, this workshop is for you. In 2 hours, learn how to begin taking control of your data and analyses to quickly answer business questions and make decisions. See how hundreds or thousands of pieces of information swing into place, revealing the meanings behind the data.

Note: The focus of this workshop is learning beginner pivot table skills. While we use EDW report and cube data in some of our exercises, this workshop does not address using EDW data to answer specific business questions.

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Goals
After completing this workshop you'll be able to:
  • See how slicing and dicing data using pivot tables is so useful
  • Make sense out of data by creating a pivot table report using generic data
  • Download data from an EDW report and create a pivot table to answer questions using that data
  • Connect to an EDW cube and use a pivot table to answer questions using that data
Target Audience

Staff interested in learning basic pivot table skills to enhance one's ability to work with data.

Prerequisites

Basic familiarity with Excel

Cost

Free

Dates

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