Visualizing Data with Excel Spreadsheets & Cognos Dashboards
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Visualizing Data with Excel Spreadsheets & Cognos Dashboards
Master in-demand data visualization skills that employers need using Excel and IBM Cognos Analytics. No coding experience required!
Self-Paced
Mentored
Beginner
Duration
According to Harvard Business School, data visualization is among the top five essential skills for data science. Data professionals, data analysts, and data scientists who can use Excel and Cognos for data visualization are in demand! This course gives you the essential data visualization skills in these applications you need to catch an employer's eye in just 4 weeks.
During this course, youll learn how to unlock the power of data visualization using Excel and IBM Cognos Analytics. Youll learn how to create stunning dashboards and tell compelling data stories without writing a single line of code. Plus, youll discover the capabilities of business intelligence (BI) tools like Cognos Analytics and learn how theyre used to craft interactive dashboards that bring your data to life.
Additionally, throughout the course, youll get lots of hands-on practice and build a portfolio of data visualizations and interactive dashboards that showcase your skills. By the end, youll have job-ready skills in using Excel and Cognos for data analysis you can talk about in interviews.
If you want to build essential skills in Excel and Cognos that businesses are looking for, enroll now and get ready to add new competencies to your resume!
This course comprises four purposely designed modules that take you on a carefully defined learning journey.
It is a self-paced course, which means it is not run to a fixed schedule with regard to completing modules. It is anticipated that you will complete the course in 15 hours. However, as long as the course is completed by the end of your enrollment, you can work at your own pace. And dont worry, youre not alone! You will be encouraged to stay connected with your learning community through the course discussion space.
The materials for each module are accessible from the start of the course and will remain available for the duration of your enrollment. Methods of learning and assessment will include discussion space, videos, reading material, quizzes, hands-on labs, quizzes and final assignment.
Once you have successfully completed the course, you will earn your IBM Certificate.
You will be able to:
- Explain the core principles of agentic AI and distinguish it from generative AI models.
- Describe how AI agents interact with tools and services using protocols like MCP to perform complex tasks autonomously.
- Analyze the structure and function of orchestrator agents and how they coordinate multiple agents to complete workflows.
- Evaluate the benefits, limitations, and risks of deploying agentic AI in real-world environments and multi-agent systems.
- Beginners in data visualization
- Anyone working toward a data or analytics role and needing practical visualization tools
- No prior programming experience is necessary
- Basic computer literacy
Course Outline
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Hands-on labs and projects tackling real-world challenges. Great for your resumé and LinkedIn profile.
Best-in-Class Course Content
Designed by the industry for the industry so you can build job-ready skills.
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Competency building and global certifications employers are actively looking for.
FAQs
The Excel data visualization course helps you build practical skills to create clear, impactful data visuals using Excel and IBM Cognos Analyticswithout writing a single line of code. Youll learn to transform raw data into dashboards and stories that drive better decisions.
No, coding isnt required. This data visualization in Excel course is fully no-code and designed to give you hands-on experience using Excels built-in tools and Cognos Analytics for business intelligence.
Youll learn to create various charts in Excelfrom bar, line, and pie charts to advanced visuals like treemaps, histograms, and filled maps. The course also introduces Excel visual basic course concepts for automating simple tasks and explores how to build interactive dashboards using Cognos Analytics.
Yes. Youll gain skills in both Excel and Cognos. The Excel data visualization course takes you from spreadsheet-based visuals to interactive BI dashboards that connect multiple data sources.
This data visualization in Excel course takes about four weeks to complete, with flexible, self-paced learning supported by guided labs and a final project.
Youll learn to create foundational charts like bar, line, and pie charts, as well as advanced visualizations including treemaps, scatter plots, histograms, and sparklines. Youll also combine visuals into interactive dashboards.
Yes, youll learn how to use Excels PivotCharts and slicers to create dynamic dashboards that make data exploration simple and engaging.
Youll use IBM Cognos Analytics to build professional BI dashboards featuring interactive charts, maps, and reports that enhance data storytelling.
Absolutely. This Excel visual basic course is the best visualization training for beginners. You only need basic computer literacy and familiarity with spreadsheets.
Youll complete hands-on projects that involve building Excel dashboards and Cognos Analytics visualizations. By the end, youll have a portfolio that highlights your ability to analyze and present data visually.
Yes, once you complete the course, youll receive a Certificate of Completion that validates your skills in data visualization using Excel and Cognos.
Yes, the Excel data visualization course is self-paced, giving you the flexibility to learn whenever it fits your schedule.
Completing this data visualization in Excel course can help you qualify for roles such as data analyst, business intelligence associate, reporting analyst, or visualization specialist.
This course uniquely combines Excel and Cognos Analytics in one curriculum, offering hands-on experience with both spreadsheet-based and BI-level visualization toolssomething few Excel visual basic courses provide.
Course Offering
Type of certificate
IBM Certificate
About this course
04 Modules
06 Skills
Includes
Discussion space
10 Hands-on labs
03 Practice quizzes
03 Graded quizzes
01 Final project
Create
Basic & Advanced Charts
Simple Dashboard with Excel
Simple Dashboard in Cognos
Dashboard Visualizations with Cognos Analytics
Visualizations in Reports with Google Looker Studio
Exercises to explore
Excel Basics
Cognos Analytics
Google Looker Studio
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