Course overview
As a Google Cloud Partner, we’ll share best practice on how you can use the GCP tools efficiently to query and process petabytes of data in seconds.
Jellyfish has been selected by Google to facilitate the delivery of this three-day instructor-led course. All of our trainers are experienced practitioners, so you can learn with total confidence.
The course features interactive scenarios and hands-on labs where you will explore, mine, load, visualise, and extract insights from diverse Google BigQuery datasets.
We’ll cover data loading, querying, schema modelling, optimising performance, query pricing, and data visualisation.
This From Data to Insights with Google Cloud Platform course is available at our training centre in The Shard, London and is part of the Google Cloud Platform Data Analyst Track. This course will be run over three consecutive days. We also offer private training at a location of your choice or via a virtual classroom.
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What you'll learn
By the end of this course, you’ll walk away with the ability to:
- Derive insights from data using the analysis and visualisation tools on Google Cloud Platform
- Interactively query datasets using Google BigQuery
- Load, clean, and transform data at scale
- Visualise data using Google Data Studio and other third-party platforms
- Distinguish between exploratory and explanatory analytics and when to use each approach
- Explore new datasets and uncover hidden insights quickly and effectively
- Optimising data models and queries for price and performance
Study method
- In-class
- Blended
- Online
Locations
- England
- London

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Duration study load
- 3 days
Entry requirements
To get the most of out of this course, you should have basic proficiency with ANSI SQL and completed the Data Engineering on Google Cloud Platform course.
Who's it for?
This course is intended for Data Analysts, Business Analysts and Business Intelligence professionals. Cloud Data Engineers who will be partnering with Data Analysts to build scalable data solutions on Google Cloud Platform will also benefit from attending this course.
Subjects
- Highlight Analytics Challenges Faced by Data Analysts
- Compare Big Data On-Premises vs on the Cloud
- Learn from Real-World Use Cases of Companies Transformed through Analytics on the Cloud
- Navigate Google Cloud Platform Project Basics
- Walkthrough Data Analyst Tasks, Challenges, and Introduce Google Cloud Platform Data Tools
- Demo: Analyse 10 Billion Records with Google BigQuery
- Explore 9 Fundamental Google BigQuery Features
- Compare GCP Tools for Analysts, Data Scientists, and Data Engineers
- Lab: BigQuery Basics
- Compare Common Data Exploration Techniques
- Learn How to Code High-Quality Standard SQL
- Explore Google BigQuery Public Datasets
- Visualisation Preview: Google Data Studio
- Lab: Explore your Ecommerce Dataset with SQL in Google BigQuery
- Examine the 5 Principles of Dataset Integrity
- Characterise Dataset Shape and Skew
- Clean and Transform Data using SQL
- Clean and Transform Data using a new UI: Introducing Cloud Dataprep
- Lab: Creating a Data Transformation Pipeline with Cloud Dataprep
- Overview of Data Visualisation Principles
- Exploratory vs Explanatory Analysis Approaches
- Demo: Google Data Studio UI
- Connect Google Data Studio to Google BigQuery
- Lab: How to Build a BI Dashboard Using Google Data Studio and BigQuery
- Compare Permanent vs Temporary Tables
- Save and Export Query Results
- Performance Preview: Query Cache
- Lab: Ingesting New Datasets into BigQuery
About Jellyfish Training
Jellyfish is your digital partner. We support and drive digital transformation by providing the right technology, strategy, and training.
Jellyfish Training offer a range of delivery formats to suit all needs. Groups can be of any size, from private team sessions, multi-day workshops for entire organisations, 1-2-1s or even remote/online training catering for teams in different locations, we will be able to create something to suit.
Why Jellyfish Training?
- Industry recognised courses designed and run by experienced
- Professionals who are practitioners in their field
- Global training offering
- Suitable for groups of any size
- Delivered face-to-face, or online
- Google Cloud training partner
- Google Marketing Platform Certified Partner
- LinkedIn virtual course badge
- Corporate packages available
- Special rates for non-profit organisations
- CPD-approved courses
We look forward to teaching you soon.