Continuing on from COMP 1630 this workshop is a primer on business intelligence, data warehouse and data analytics for those moving on to higher level courses. Students must already understand industry standards in data modeling, relational database design and creating reports with SQL. This weekend workshop provides an overview of data warehouse planning and design for those moving on to the specific Business Intelligence Analytic tools covered in: COMP 4679, COMP 4680 and COMP 4681. Topics include: an overview of business intelligence the role of Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) in the data warehouse, the typical data warehouse lifecycle, plus an introduction to dimensional modeling for data warehousing. Labs focus on ETL, data quality considerations, and dimensional modeling concepts including the star and snowflake schemas. Successful participants will have an understanding of Business Intelligence concepts and industry standards in data design for data structures for information systems.
COMP 1630 or equivalent knowledge of data modeling and SQL.
1.0
$245.59
Below are two offerings of this course for the Spring/Summer 2021 term.
Sun Apr 18 - Sun May 02 2 Weeks
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
| Apr 18 - May 02 | Sun | 09:00 - 16:00 |
Online Delivery See Notes below |
Donabel Santos
TBD – see Learning Outcomes in the interim
$245.59
A portion of seats are temporarily held for domestic students. International students: this may impact your ability to register. Learn why.
}9 seats available as of Feb 25, 2021 11:48 pm (PST). Of these 9, 3 are currently reserved for domestic students only. Availability may change at any time.
Sun Jun 13 - Sun Jun 27 2 Weeks
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
| Jun 13 - Jun 27 | Sun | 09:00 - 16:00 |
Online Delivery See Notes below |
Donabel Santos
TBD – see Learning Outcomes in the interim
$245.59
A portion of seats are temporarily held for domestic students. International students: this may impact your ability to register. Learn why.
}17 seats available as of Feb 25, 2021 11:48 pm (PST). Of these 17, 11 are currently reserved for domestic students only. Availability may change at any time.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Effective as of Winter 2014
COMP 3838 is offered as a part of the following programs:
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