Generative AI for Business Intelligence (BI) Analysts

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Are you a business intelligence (BI) Analyst or aspiring to start your career in this domain? This specialization can help to advance your career by leveraging the power of generative AI. The specialization consists of three short, self-paced courses, each requiring 4–6 hours to complete. Explore the core concepts and capabilities of generative AI and learn to leverage these capabilities throughout the BI lifecycle. Learn the techniques of prompt engineering to optimize the outcomes produced by generative AI tools. Gain practical skills in using generative AI for different use cases in BI, including querying databases and documents, automating data visualization, and creating dashboards and reports. Learn how generative AI supports data analysis, synthetic data creation, and data cleansing. Explore several generative AI tools that can be used in the BI domain. Learn how common generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot can be used in BI. Through the hands-on labs and projects, you will gain valuable experience in harnessing generative AI in BI. You will hear from experts about their insights on the different concepts covered in the courses.

Syllabus

Course 1: Generative AI: Introduction and Applications
Course 2: Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics
Course 3: Generative AI: Elevate your Business Intelligence Career

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9 hours 16 minutes
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As generative AI (GenAI) reshapes workplaces and job roles, using it effectively is now essential. Prompt engineering is the key to directing GenAI models and refining their output for desired results. This course is for professionals, executives, students, and AI enthusiasts ready to harness prompt engineering to unlock tools like ChatGPT. You’ll learn practical techniques, structured methods, and best practices for crafting strong prompts. Explore zero-shot and few-shot prompting to boost reliability and output quality. Discover advanced methods such as the Interview Pattern, Chain-of-Thought, and Tree-of-Thought to produce accurate, context-aware responses. Hands-on labs and projects provide experience with multimodal prompting, the playoff method, and image generation. You’ll practice blending text and visuals and evaluating AI outputs for precision and usefulness. Podcasts, dialogues, and discussions link theory to real-world scenarios, while expert insights highlight strategies for effective prompt use. A final project and graded assessments ensure you can apply these techniques with confidence, leaving you with practical, job-ready skills. Hear from practitioners about the techniques and artistry behind writing impactful prompts. Enroll today to master prompt engineering and unlock GenAI’s potential.
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8 hours 6 minutes
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This course is designed for everyone—professionals, executives, students, and enthusiasts—interested in learning about generative AI and leveraging its capabilities in their work and lives. It is your first step toward understanding the power of generative AI, driven by models such as large language models (LLMs). In this course, you will learn the fundamentals and evolution of generative AI, with additional readings and expert insights offering a deeper view of its history and advancements. You will explore its capabilities across text, image, audio, video, virtual worlds, code, and data, with key takeaways and enhanced summaries at the end of each section to reinforce learning. You will understand the applications of generative AI in industries such as IT, finance, healthcare, education, entertainment, and human resources. You will also discover the features of popular tools and models, including GPT, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Synthesia. Hands-on labs provide opportunities to practice using IBM Generative AI Classroom and tools such as ChatGPT. You will also hear from industry practitioners sharing real-world insights. Interactive activities, podcasts, and scenario-based exercises help you apply concepts, while a final practical project consolidates your skills by generating and refining outputs across multiple formats.
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10 hours 9 minutes
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Do you want to enhance your career in business intelligence (BI) by leveraging generative AI? This course discusses the use cases for leveraging generative AI across different stages of the BI lifecycle. The course teaches how generative AI-based tools enable querying databases, documents, and spreadsheets using natural language and AI. You will learn about SQL generation using AI tools and data analysis through clustering and segmentation. You will learn how generative AI can be useful for interactive data visualizations, including generating data infographics and dashboards. Using generative AI tools, you will learn to create and analyze reports and presentations. You will learn about text generation and summarization through generative AI and conversational interfaces in BI. The course also provides useful insights into ethical considerations, challenges, and limitations of using generative AI for BI. The course offers hands-on labs and a project to showcase your proficiency in applying generative AI to different use cases in the BI domain. With a blend of theory, hands-on labs, and real-world case studies, you’ll effectively use cutting-edge BI tools and techniques for business success. You will also hear from practitioners about the potential and capabilities of generative AI to transform your HR career. This course is suitable for existing BI Analysts as well as those starting their careers in this domain.