Business Analytics

Apply analytics to real business decisions across marketing, finance, operations and people.

Free Data Analytics and Data Integration Training with Qlik

Build your first Qlik app with free analytics and data integration training, plus learning resources for Qlik Sense and broader data literacy.

Qlik Sense

Operations Research (2): Optimization Algorithms (National Taiwan University)

Optimization & Decision Modeling

Study simplex, branch-and-bound, gradient descent, and Newton’s method, with Python, Gurobi, and a facility-location business case study.

Python

Operations Research (1): Models and Applications (National Taiwan University)

Optimization & Decision Modeling

Learn linear, integer, and nonlinear optimization with Excel, then explore a staffing case in this introductory operations research course.

Excel

Business Metrics for Data-Driven Companies (Duke)

Business Analytics Bootcamps & Certificates

Learn business metrics, cash flow, web marketing, and analytics job roles with Duke University's eight-hour, self-paced Coursera course.

Tableau

Advanced Business Analytics: Excel Optimization & Simulation (Johns Hopkins)

Optimization & Decision Modeling

Build Excel models that optimize decisions with Solver, test sensitivity, and simulate uncertainty, in a one-week course from Johns Hopkins.

Excel

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Online Course with Python

Operations & Supply Chain Analytics

Learn Green Belt Lean Six Sigma methods and run the statistical analysis in Python, with no coding background needed, in about 17 hours of video.

Python

Demand Planning & Forecasting - Best Practices

Operations & Supply Chain Analytics

A 3h 20m Udemy course on demand planning and forecasting practice: accuracy metrics, model selection, outlier handling, and demand reviews.

Excel

Operations Analytics (Wharton)

Operations & Supply Chain Analytics

A beginner-friendly Wharton course on using Excel, forecasting, optimization, simulation, and decision trees to match supply with demand.

Excel

MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management

Operations & Supply Chain Analytics

A graduate-level MIT sequence of five courses plus a final exam covering supply chain analytics, design, dynamics and technology, taught online.

Supply Chain Analytics Specialization (Rutgers)

Operations & Supply Chain Analytics

A beginner-friendly, six-course Rutgers specialization that teaches supply chain problem framing, forecasting, inventory and sourcing analytics.

Excel

Business Analytics Specialization (Wharton)

Business Analytics Bootcamps & Certificates

Five Wharton-created courses covering customer, operations, people and accounting analytics, finished with a Yahoo-designed capstone project.

Excel

Business: Data, Insights and Analytics MicroMasters Program

Business Analytics Bootcamps & Certificates

Build business analytics skills with Python, SQL, Tableau, and AWS through a three-course MicroMasters from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AWS Python SQL

Advanced Business Analytics Specialization (CU Boulder)

Business Analytics Bootcamps & Certificates

A five-course CU Boulder Specialization teaching SQL, predictive modeling, optimization, and presenting results, built around Excel tools.

Excel SQL

Business Analytics with Excel: Elementary to Advanced (Johns Hopkins)

Business Analytics Bootcamps & Certificates

Six-module Johns Hopkins course on Excel modeling: regression, linear and integer programming, and Solver for real business decisions.

Excel

People Analytics (Wharton)

People & HR Analytics

Wharton's People Analytics course teaches data-driven hiring, performance evaluation, and workforce management skills for modern leaders.

Algorithmic Trading & Quantitative Analysis Using Python

Financial Analytics

Learn to build fully automated trading systems and apply Python-based quantitative analysis to stocks, forex, and market sentiment data.

Python

Machine Learning for Finance in Python

Financial Analytics

An intermediate Python course covering linear models, decision trees, random forests, and neural nets to predict stock prices and build portfolios.

Python

Financial Engineering and Risk Management Specialization

Financial Analytics

Build core quantitative finance skills in derivative pricing, risk modeling, and portfolio optimization through Columbia University specialization.

Excel Python

Foundations of Marketing Analytics Specialization (Emory)

Marketing & Customer Analytics

A six-course specialization teaching marketing analytics skills using Excel, from exploratory data analysis to predictive modeling and forecasting.

Excel

Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Prep

Business Intelligence & Reporting

A short Tableau Desktop Specialist exam prep course with video lessons, a study guide, and three full-length practice tests by Lukas Halim.

Tableau

Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence & Reporting

A hands-on Power BI Desktop course covering data prep, modeling, DAX, and dashboard design, taught by Maven Analytics' instructors.

Power BI

Google Business Intelligence Professional Certificate

Business Intelligence & Reporting

A 4-course Google certificate teaching data modeling, visualization, and dashboarding for business intelligence career roles in under 2 months.

BigQuery SQL Tableau

Data Communication Concepts

Data Visualization & Storytelling

A beginner-friendly DataCamp course teaching how to turn data analysis into clear, persuasive stories for business stakeholders and decision-makers.

Data Visualization with Python

Data Visualization & Storytelling

A DataCamp skill track teaching Matplotlib, Seaborn, and geospatial plotting tools so you can turn raw datasets into clear, shareable visuals.

Python

Data Visualization and Communication with Tableau (Duke)

Data Visualization & Storytelling

Duke University's Tableau course teaches business analysts to turn data analysis into clear, visual stories that stakeholders actually understand.

Tableau

Data Visualization with Tableau Specialization (UC Davis)

Data Visualization & Storytelling

A five-course Tableau specialization from UC Davis covering data visualization, dashboards, and storytelling for complete beginners.

Tableau

Power BI Fundamentals Track

Business Intelligence & Reporting

A six-course DataCamp track that walks complete beginners through Power BI basics, DAX formulas, data cleanup, and dashboard building.

Power BI

Tableau A-Z: Hands-On Tableau Training for Data Science

Business Intelligence & Reporting

Master Tableau from scratch with hands-on exercises. Learn to analyze, blend, and visualize data to build interactive dashboards.

Tableau

Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Professional Certificate

Business Intelligence & Reporting

Launch your career in data analytics with this comprehensive Power BI course designed for beginners and aspiring analysts.

Power BI

Business Analytics is data work judged by the decision it improves, not the model it produces. This pillar covers the tools and the domain knowledge that turn analysis into action: business intelligence dashboards, visual communication with stakeholders, and applied analytics for marketing, finance, operations, supply chain and HR. The emphasis is on framing the right question, choosing metrics that cannot be gamed, and presenting findings to people who will not read your code. Many courses here need little or no programming, which makes them a practical entry point for analysts, product managers, consultants and executives who work alongside technical teams.