Course Code: altdabs
Duration: 14 hours
Prerequisites:
  • An understanding of data analysis

Audience

  • Data Scientists
Overview:

Alteryx is a self-service data analytical platform. Alteryx provides users the ability to prepare and analyze data, then deploy at scale all while gaining analytical insights.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at data scientists who wish to use Alteryx to prepare data for visualization and analysis.

Course Outline:

Day 1:

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Introduction to Alteryx

Overview of capabilities

Alteryx Designer interface

Building simple workflows

10:30 am - 10:45 am - Morning Break

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Connecting to Data

Connecting to databases, cloud sources, files

Joining data sources

Introduction to parsing and transforming data

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm – Lunch Break

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Data Wrangling

Using parsing tools

Cleansing and transforming data

Data profiling

Masterclass on advanced data wrangling

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm – Afternoon Break

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Data Modeling

Aggregating, sorting, filtering

Adding calculations

Pivoting data

Documentation

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Recap of Day 1

Day 2:

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Advanced Workflows

Macros, modules, and apps

Automation and scheduling

Dynamic workflows

10:30 am - 10:45 am – Morning Break

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Analytics

Predictive modeling introduction

Time-series and clustering introduction

Text mining introduction (optional)

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Visualization

Preparing data for reporting

Connecting to Tableau

Improving dashboard performance

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm – Afternoon Break

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Applications

Building reports and dashboards

Deploying and sharing workflows

Q&A

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Recap of Day 2