Alalamia Diploma in Business Analytics and Data Visualisation (Excel and Power BI)
Turn everyday business data into clear answers and decisions. This diploma builds from intermediate Excel through SQL querying to Power BI and Tableau, so you can clean, model, analyse and present data in dashboards that managers actually use.
Accountants, finance and HR staff, sales and operations analysts, and anyone who prepares reports from spreadsheets and wants to do it faster and better. You should already use Excel for basic tasks; no programming experience is required.
What you receive: Alalamia Diploma in Business Analytics and Data Visualisation, with preparation for Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate and CompTIA Data+. Exam fees are separate and paid directly to the exam provider.
- Clean, organise and analyse data in Excel with formulas, PivotTables and charts
- Build interactive Excel dashboards for regular reporting
- Query relational databases with SQL to extract the data you need
- Model data and create reports and dashboards in Power BI
- Choose the right visual for each question and tell a clear story with data
The courses, in order
91 training hours · 8 courses
- Intermediate
Excel Part 2 - Excel Intermediate
Microsoft Office & 365 Apps
View course → - Intermediate
Data Analysis and Visualization with Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office & 365 Apps
View course → - Intermediate
Excel Dashboards
Microsoft Office & 365 Apps
View course → - Foundation
SQL Fundamentals - Part 1: Essential Querying Skills
Microsoft Data & Power BI
View course → - Foundation
Microsoft Power BI - Beginner
Microsoft Data & Power BI
View course → - IntermediatePL-300
PL-300T00 Design and Manage Analytics Solutions Using Power BI (PL-300 Exam Prep)
Microsoft Data & Power BI
View course → - Intermediate
CompTIA Data+ Certification
CompTIA
View course → - Foundation
Tableau Desktop Part 1: Fundamentals
Data, Analytics & BI
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How the diploma runs
Offered as evening or weekend cohorts in Damascus, as live online classes, or privately for a team, where we can work with your own anonymised data. The diploma takes roughly 10 to 12 weeks in the course order shown and ends with a capstone in which you take a raw business dataset through to a finished Power BI dashboard and a short management presentation.
International certifications it prepares you for
Exam fees are separate and paid to the exam provider.
Questions and answers
An Alalamia diploma is our own award. It shows that you completed a planned programme of several courses with us, passed its practical assessments and met the attendance requirement. An international certification is awarded by the vendor or awarding body after you pass its official exam. Many of our diplomas prepare you for such a certification, but the certification itself is earned through that exam, not through the diploma.
No. The diploma fee covers training and course materials. Exam fees are separate and are paid directly to the exam provider. We will tell you which exam applies and what it involves. Many exams can be sat at our Authorised Test Centre for Pearson VUE and Prometric in Mazzeh, and we confirm the exact exam before you book.
Yes. You can start with the first course of a diploma and continue at your own pace, or take a single course on its own. Each completed course earns an Alalamia certificate, and the courses you complete count towards the diploma if you decide to finish it later.
Yes, instalments are possible and are agreed in writing before you start. Quotes are given in writing in US dollars. Payment is made at our office and you always receive a receipt. Your place is confirmed once your registration form is complete and we have received the first payment or agreed instalment.
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