FreeData Analytics
Data Analytics Foundations
What data analytics is, how businesses use data to decide, and the core skills you need to start.
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- Foundations
- Duration
- About 6 hours
- Modules
- 10 modules
- Badges
- 1 badge
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FreeData Analytics
SQL for Data Analysis
Query real business data with SQL, from your first SELECT to window functions, using a logistics company's database.
- Level
- Practical Skills
- Duration
- About 10 hours
- Modules
- 16 modules
- Badges
- 1 badge
FreeData Analytics
Excel for Data Analysis
Clean, analyse and present business data in Excel, from formulas and XLOOKUP to pivot tables and charts.
- Level
- Practical Skills
- Duration
- About 9 hours
- Modules
- 11 modules
- Badges
- 1 badge
FreePython
Python for Beginners
Learn Python step by step in Google Colab, from your first line of code to variables, text, decisions, lists, loops, dictionaries, functions and errors, ending with a budget tracker project.
- Level
- Short course
- Duration
- 5 hr 20 min
- Modules
- 10 modules
- Badges
- 11 badges
FreeBusiness Intelligence
Power BI Fundamentals
Build a data model, write DAX measures and design a dashboard people can use to run a business.
- Level
- Practical Skills
- Duration
- About 8 hours
- Modules
- 14 modules
- Badges
- 1 badge
FreeBusiness Analysis
Business Analysis Fundamentals
Turn a request into the right change: problem statements, stakeholders, process maps, testable requirements, user stories, KPIs, business cases and acceptance testing, on a real firm's data.
- Level
- Practical Skills
- Duration
- About 7 hours
- Modules
- 11 modules
- Badges
- 1 badge
Practise as you learn
Write real queries in your browser
The SQL course comes with a practice database for a logistics company: thousands of shipments, customers and payments. Run your query and find out straight away whether your answer is right. Nothing to install.
Try the first lessonPractice
SELECT c.company_name,
SUM(s.containers) AS containers
FROM shipments AS s
JOIN customers AS c ON c.customer_id = s.customer_id
WHERE s.booking_date >= '2026-01-01'
GROUP BY c.customer_id, c.company_name
ORDER BY containers DESC
LIMIT 5;Correct. Your result matches the expected answer.
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