Data Visualization and Reporting for IT

Catalog description

Covers fundamentals of data visualization theory, different types of visualization charts, how to understand the data to be visualized and chart selection best practices for a given visualization task. Also covers the dashboard design process. Applies concepts to visualize various real and synthetic datasets using various visualization tools such as Python Bokeh and Tableau to create interactive dashboards. Students apply all learned concepts through a course project in which they design and implement dashboards for real visualization tasks and for the purpose of reporting important insights and findings to technical and nontechnical managerial teams. Touches on ETL since data needs to be read and transformed prior to visualization and reporting.