SQL and Metabase for Business Analytics: Build Reports and Dashboards

Modern businesses rely on data to make critical decisions, yet translating raw database tables into clear, actionable insights remains a highly sought-after skill. This course bridges the gap by teaching you how to extract data using SQL and turn it into professional dashboards using Metabase. You will transition from a beginner to a confident data communicator. By understanding how relational databases work and learning the fundamentals of business intelligence, you will be able to construct clean SQL queries, design intuitive visualizations, and build automated reports that stakeholders love to read. What you'll learn: 1. Understand core database concepts and how relational data is structured for business reporting. 2. Write clean SQL queries using filters, aggregations, joins, and Common Table Expressions (CTEs). 3. Configure Metabase to connect to databases and execute native SQL queries. 4. Design clear, user-friendly business dashboards that highlight key performance indicators (KPIs). 5. Apply modern dashboard design best practices to ensure your visualizations are accessible. 6. Optimize query performance to keep your reports loading quickly. The course begins with foundational database terminology and SQL syntax before guiding you through hands-on written SQL practice. You will then transition to Metabase, learning how to transform raw query results into polished, interactive visual reports. Designed entirely for beginners, this text-based course requires no prior programming or data analysis experience. Start your journey into business intelligence today and learn to tell compelling stories with data.