

Pavan Lalwani is an indepedent corporate trainer who specialises in Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft, IBM and HP. He graduated from MIT University in Pune, India, with a bachelor's degree in computer science. In addition, he is certified in MS data analysis, MSOffice Specialist Excel 2016, Tableau Desktop, IBM rational performance testing and many more. H

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- State the importance of hierarchies in a matrix
- Indicate the requirements to create a map
- Select the right tools to format and modify cards
- List the uses of eight basic charts in Microsoft Power BI
- Recall the use of a bookmark and a drill through action
- Indicate text functions and effectively use them
- Recognize how to extract dates and times
- Discuss the process of how to ‘append’ without coding
- Define the ‘M language’ in Power BI

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe what Tableau is and how you can use it
- Compare the layout, features and functions of Tableau and Microsoft Excel
- Identify a wide variety of charts and maps
- Recall the dimensions and measurements required to create different charts and maps
- Summarize the steps involved in creating charts and maps with Tableau
- Discuss different ways to manipulate data in charts
- Explain how to create and edit animated charts

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain the method used for downloading HP LoadRunner
- Outline the downloading method of web tours sample application
- Recall how to record the sample application by using VuGen
- Outline the different steps involved in parameterisation and its benefits
- Explain the features of the controller in HP LoadRunner
- Summarise how to use an analysis tool for analysing all the results from the controller
- Describe the use of service level agreement in LoadRunner
- Explain what is ‘correlation’ in performance testing
- Discuss different types of correlation in performance testing
- Summarise the difference between file type and table type parameters
- Identify the role of parameterisation settings in LoadRunner

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define MicroStrategy Desktop
- State the functions of MicroStrategy Desktop
- Define the various functions of the dossier interface
- Discuss the benefits of using MicroStrategy Desktop
- Arrange data using the sort and filter functions
- Create a bubble chart and a line chart on a dossier
- Analyze data using the sunburst and area chart functions
- Compare data using the heat map and word map functions
- Evaluate data using the line chart and bar chart on the same dashboard
- Describe key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Select data using the text, date and number filters
- Summarize data on the dashboard and make it interactive

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain how to create an account on Snowflake
- Describe different types of roles in Snowflake
- Identify the differences between schemas, tables and databases
- Outline the features of user interface in databases and Snowflake
- Summarize the process of exporting data from tables into CSV files
- Outline how to create a database using SQL queries
- Describe how Snowflake performs ETL data cleaning
- Explain how to use the concatenate function in data tables

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Arrange and categorise the tasks with their start and finish dates within a project
- Label the predecessors for specific tasks to enable a detailed Gantt chart view
- Identify the functionalities of the WBS or Work Breakdown Structure, project and task calendars
- Describe how to open and close a project and generate a mini toolbar
- Identify the early and late start and finish and the slack for a task
- Identify the functions of the 'Task' menu in Microsoft Project 2013
- Recall the functionalities of the 'View' menu in Microsoft Project 2013 for managing timeline and costs
- Identify the key functionalities of the 'Project' menu in Microsoft Project 2013 to update and track a project
- Analyse the cost and resources of a project
- Estimate the level of available resources using the 'Resource' menu
- Compute, identify and adjust over-allocations and slippages and filter or group the tasks
- Analyse the project elements by using the 'Report' menu






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