SQL
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Queries, joins, and aggregates data across relational sources.
Course coverage
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Data and AI
Data Analyst
Turns raw data into insights, reports, and dashboards that inform business decisions.
Skill coverage
100%
Course coverage
100%
Skill coverage shows how much of the role's capability map already has a published course. Course coverage shows how much of the mapped course pipeline for this role has shipped.
- Role skills
- 8
- Published coverage
- 8
- Relevant courses
- 19
Capability map
Skills
Importance describes how central each capability is to the role. Course coverage shows where you can build the skill in the current OpenSkills catalog.
01
Analysis foundations
4 capabilities
Statistics
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Applies descriptive and inferential statistics to validate findings.
Spreadsheets
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Models, cleans, and explores data with advanced spreadsheet techniques.
Data cleaning
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Detects and resolves quality issues before analysis.
Course coverage
02
Insight delivery
4 capabilities
Data visualization
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Designs charts and dashboards that communicate findings clearly.
Business intelligence tools
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Builds and maintains reports in BI platforms for self-service consumption.
Data storytelling
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Frames analysis as narratives that drive decisions with stakeholders.
Python for analysis
Importance: Important (3 of 5)
Automates and extends analysis with notebooks and data libraries.
Course coverage
Learning path
Relevant courses
Core foundations
The concepts this role is built on.
Supporting knowledge
Adjacent knowledge that improves day-to-day judgment.
Specializations
Deeper paths for particular environments or directions.
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