Introduction to Business Intelligence (BI)- History and Evolution of Business Intelligence - Business Intelligence Architectures - Data Warehousing Basics- Data Warehousing Architecture-ETL Process- Data Integration and the Data Warehouse- Data Quality and Data Governance-OLAP and Multidimensional Data Modeling-Data Mart and its Types-Business Intelligence Tools and Technologies-Trends in Business Intelligence.

Introduction to Business Performance Management (BPM)-BPM Processes and Methodologies-Strategic Planning and BPM- Performance Measurement Frameworks- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)- BPM Technologies and Applications-. Enhancing BPM with Data Visualization- Challenges in BPM Implementation- BPM and Continuous Improvement- Aligning BPM with Corporate Strategy - Emerging Trends in BPM

Introduction to Data Mining-Data Mining Process-Data Preprocessing for Data Mining- Data Mining Methods- Classification Techniques- Clustering Techniques- Association Rule Mining- Decision Trees and Neural Networks-Text and Web Mining- Data Mining Software Tools- Ethical Issues in Data Mining.

Business Intelligence Implementation Overview- Business Intelligence Initiative Life Cycle-Integration of Business Intelligence Systems-Connecting Business Intelligence Systems to Databases- On-Demand Business Intelligence - Legal, Privacy, and Ethical Issues in Business Intelligence - Web 2.0 and Business Intelligence - Social Networking and Business Intelligence -Virtual Worlds and Business Intelligence -Social Software Integration in Business Intelligence -RFID and Business Intelligence - Reality Mining- Emerging Trends in Business Intelligence .

Introduction to Tableau – Bar Chart – Scatter Plots & Clustering – Time Series – Dual Axis Charts – Trend and Forecasting – Leveraging data – Hierarchies & Organizing Data Fields – Dashboard Formatting – Dashboard Design.