June 2017
Beginner to intermediate
576 pages
15h 22m
English
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Tools of the trade
Defining the objectives can be tough at the beginning, and it is not advisable to start using advanced analytic tools at the business understanding stage. The best tools to use at this stage are somewhat low-tech and include important concepts such as process understanding, data dictionaries, and data linkage, and Structured Query Language (SQL).