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AI now writes SQL and DAX, drafts dashboards and summarizes survey and market data inside Power BI, Tableau, BigQuery, Databricks and Snowflake, so analysts need training to prompt these tools well and to check every number they produce before it reaches a decision maker.

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AI Fluency: Framework & FoundationsAnthropic AcademyYou learn the 4D framework of Delegation, Description, Discernment and Diligence for working with AI systems, plus how generative AI works, its capabilities and limits, and effective prompting techniques. A final assessment earns a certificate.CertificateFree4 hrsMicrosoft Learn: Work smarter in Excel with Copilot Chat (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou practice asking Copilot Chat in Excel to write formulas, summarize a data set and build charts, so routine spreadsheet work like reconciliations and variance tables takes less time and has fewer errors.CertificateFreeTableau Agent for Tableau Prep (Trailhead module)Salesforce TrailheadYou learn to prompt Tableau Agent inside Tableau Prep to clean and transform a flow, then check and control what the agent changed before you use the data.CertificateFree15 minTableau Agent in Tableau Next: Quick Look (Trailhead module)Salesforce TrailheadYou see how Tableau Agent in Tableau Next answers plain language questions with a chart and an explanation, suggests data relationships and calculated fields, and sends alerts that explain what moved a metric.CertificateFree5 minDatabricks Generative AI Fundamentals (Accreditation)Databricks Academy and CertificationCovers core generative AI and LLM concepts, finding high value use cases, governance and trust, AI agents, and implementing gen AI on Databricks.CertificateFree to learn1 hrKaggle Learn: Intro to AI EthicsKaggle LearnPractical tools to guide the moral design of AI systems, worked in notebooks (Kaggle's own summary).CertificateFree to learnSelf pacedKaggle Learn: Intro to Machine LearningKaggle LearnLearn the core ideas in machine learning and build first models, worked in Python notebooks (Kaggle's own summary).CertificateFree to learnSelf pacedGoogle AI EssentialsGoogle Career CertificatesYou use generative AI tools to save time at work, pick the right tool for a task, and practice writing prompts, such as brainstorming content to promote a product in a conversational AI tool. You also learn to spot bias and avoid harm.Certificate$4910 hrsGoogle Data Analytics Professional CertificateGoogle Career CertificatesYou learn the analyst workflow from asking questions to cleaning data in spreadsheets and SQL, analyzing with Python, visualizing in Tableau and presenting results, with practice using AI to clean and structure data and a capstone case study.Certificate$49180 hrsBoost Productivity with Gemini in BigQuery (Google Skills course with skill badge)Google Cloud Certification and Google SkillsYou use Gemini in BigQuery to explore and prepare data, generate and fix SQL, and find and visualize workflows, then prove it in a challenge lab for a skill badge.CertificateVaries4 hrsData Analysis and Visualization with Copilot in Excel (Microsoft on Coursera)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou use Copilot in Excel to clean and reshape data, generate insights, build charts and write summary reports, then finish with a graded data preparation project.CertificatePrice not published26 hrsData Analytics Professional Certificate (DeepLearning.AI)DeepLearning.AIYou learn statistics, Python, SQL and data storytelling, using large language models to help form hypotheses, debug formulas, interpret charts and run analyses, with guidance on when AI help is and is not appropriate.CertificatePrice not published140 hrsGenerative AI for Everyone (DeepLearning.AI)DeepLearning.AIYou learn how generative AI works and where it is used today, how it fits into software projects and techniques beyond prompting, and what it means for businesses and for society.CertificatePrice not published6 hrsIBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate (Coursera)IBM (Professional Certificates on Coursera)You build analyst skills in Excel, Cognos dashboards, Python and SQL, then apply generative AI across data preparation, analysis, visualization and storytelling and finish a capstone.CertificatePrice not published180 hrs
IntermediateBuild on the basics. Some experience or a first certificate helps.11
AI/BI for Data Analysts (Databricks Academy)Databricks Academy and CertificationYou build and publish a multi page AI/BI Dashboard on Unity Catalog data, use Genie Code to draft SQL, charts and filters from plain language prompts, and keep it running with refresh and usage monitoring.TrainingFree2 hrsMicrosoft Learn: Draft, analyze, and present with Microsoft Copilot (MS 4018 learning path)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou practice the everyday Copilot prompts an office runs on: drafting documents in Word, building decks in PowerPoint, finding insights in Excel, getting more from Teams meetings and moving your Outlook inbox from triage to action.TrainingFreeSelf pacedMicrosoft Learn: Get started with Copilot in Power BI (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou learn to use Copilot in Power BI while you prepare and model data and build report pages, how to get a semantic model ready for AI, and how to ask questions of your data in plain language.TrainingFree27 minMicrosoft Learn: Introduction to Copilot in Microsoft Fabric (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou get a tour of where Copilot appears in Microsoft Fabric, from transforming and analyzing data and drafting reports to Data Factory, SQL database, Real Time Intelligence and Fabric data agents, plus what capacity and admin settings it needs.TrainingFree3 minGenerative AI for Data Analysts Specialization (IBM on Coursera)IBM (Professional Certificates on Coursera)You learn to write effective prompts, pick generative AI tools that fit analytics work, and use them to prepare, analyze, visualize and tell stories with data, while weighing the ethical risks.CertificateSee details34 hrsGoogle Cloud Certified Generative AI LeaderGoogle Cloud Certification and Google SkillsYou learn how foundation models like Gemini, Imagen and Veo work, which Google Cloud offerings fit which business need, how grounding, RAG and prompting improve output, and how to plan secure, responsible gen AI projects.Certification$9990 minDatabricks Certified Data Analyst AssociateDatabricks Academy and CertificationYou prove you can query and analyze data with Databricks SQL, build dashboards and visualizations, model and secure data, and set up and maintain AI/BI Genie spaces for plain language questions.Certification$20090 minEvolving Methods in Market Research (UGA Principles Express course)University of Georgia Center for Continuing EducationYou learn how generative and augmented AI, synthetic responses, social listening and behavioral data are changing market research, how to test new research tools, and how to prompt AI while staying a trusted advisor.Certificate$359 and up12 hrsMicrosoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (Exam PL 300)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou prove you can clean and model data, build Power BI reports and dashboards, and manage and secure workspaces, including using Copilot to create report pages, write narrative visuals and summarize a semantic model.CertificationPrice not published100 minCopilot for Power BI (Microsoft on Coursera)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou practice using Copilot in Power BI to improve report design, write and fix DAX formulas with Copilot, and weigh the risks of relying on generative AI in reports.CertificatePrice not published2 hrsGemini for Data Scientists and Analysts (Google Skills course with badge)Google Cloud Certification and Google SkillsYou use Gemini in BigQuery on hands on labs to analyze customer data, predict product sales and find and grow customer segments, speeding up your analysis and machine learning steps.CertificateVaries2 hrs
AdvancedFor experienced pros. Most require years in the field.2
Hands On Essentials: Data Science Workshop (Badge 6, Snowflake University)Snowflake UniversityYou work through a scenario using Snowflake Cortex Playground and Cortex Analyst, choose and prompt LLMs, build a semantic model, and build and judge forecasting and classification models on real data.CertificateFreeSelf pacedGoogle Advanced Data Analytics Professional CertificateGoogle Career CertificatesYou move past dashboards into statistics, regression and machine learning in Python, building and judging predictive models and explaining what they mean to stakeholders.Certificate$49200 hrs

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