Past courses

Data Visualization Best Practices

This training teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization. In this course, we go over the most common types of tables and charts, and how you need to choose between those two options. We look at “design best practices” to make graphs and visuals the most efficient and effective. The course also covers the principles of visual perception and how these can help you to make better visualizations and dashboards.

Data Science training for BI Analysts

Business analysts and programmers are getting more and more in contact with advanced analytics. Although not the core of their job, it is important that they gain an initial understanding of what it is, and what value it can bring to their organization. Therefore, we have created a 2-day introductory course in Data Science explaining all the important concepts, and the process that leads to a successful project. We end the course with practical examples and applications of machine learning to give food for thought to all participants.

Modern BI Development with Azure Synapse

In the Cloud, data warehousing is different than on-premise SQL Server as you want to maximally benefit from cloud functionalities, scalability, flexibility & managed services. As a BI or Data Professional, you want to feel comfortable in how to do modern data warehouse development in Microsoft Azure Cloud. To learn all these tips & tricks of cloud data-warehousing with Azure Synapse Analytics, element61 hosts this Modern BI development training.

Microsoft Power BI coaching workshop

During this 2-days coaching workshop you will be guided step-by-step to get acquainted with the capabilities of Microsoft Power BI. It will enable you to get started with Power BI, build your own dashboards, reports and visualize the data within your company and turn it into insights.

Programming with Azure Databricks

As a Data professional you want to learn to write and use Spark, its best-practices and which features are specific to Databricks. In this Spark Programming courses you'll learn to work with Spark fluently.

Azure DevOps Basics training

In this course, we show you how to embrace Azure DevOps for Data Analytics. This course highlights the principles of DevOps including what is CICD, what is infrastructure-as-code, what is git, what is a pull request, etc but also has hands-on exercises about using the command line, about git and the use of git within Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks. This course is not focused on teaching agile or scrum methodology but rather on 'how to practically use DevOps for BI & Analytics using Azure DevOps'. After this course, you will know all basics on how to use Azure DevOps for your Azure BI or Analytics environment.

Data Quality, -Profiling and -Management

Data quality management is one of the greatest challenges of information technology. The training will give insights on How to define Data Quality and provide you with a process and techniques to identify and improve Data Quality issues. Next to Data Quality the training will also cover and define Master Data Management and how this relates to your Data driven initiatives.

Azure fundamentals for BI Professionals

In this fundamentals workshop we aim to share and show what a BI professional should know about building BI and Analytics platforms in the Azure Cloud. In this first day we go through the theory & fundamental concepts on Data & Analytics in Azure. On the second-day, we'll run a full-day technical training where participants get hands-on in Azure.

Dimensional Data Modeling - Basic/Advanced

Because of a lack of offerings in the Belgian market, element61 has developed a training on Dimensional Data Modeling. The training is an ideal start for people new to Data Warehousing. Dimensional models constitute the beating heart of any sound Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing system. In other words the quality and the final acceptance of our Business Intelligence solution is uttermost dependent on the quality of the dimensional models.

MS Power BI Update Session

Do you want to stay up to date on the new features of Power BI ? Are you overwhelmed but not well inform enough?