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Course Outline

Introduction to Databricks and Financial Use Cases

  • Understanding the Databricks ecosystem.
  • Overview of financial data analysis workflows.
  • Use case examples: risk modeling, financial reporting, and audit logs.

Getting Started with Databricks Notebooks

  • Creating and navigating notebooks.
  • Utilizing Python and SQL within Databricks.
  • Collaborating through comments and version history.

Data Ingestion and Cleaning

  • Importing financial data from CSV files, databases, and APIs.
  • Using Spark DataFrames for cleaning and preparation.
  • Handling missing values and outliers.

Transforming and Aggregating Financial Data

  • Calculating KPIs and financial ratios.
  • Filtering, grouping, and pivoting datasets.
  • Time series manipulation and resampling.

Visualizing Financial Insights

  • Creating dashboards using Databricks visual tools.
  • Customizing charts for finance reporting.
  • Exporting visuals for presentations or regulatory review.

Optimizing Queries and Using Delta Lake

  • Introduction to Delta Lake architecture.
  • ACID transactions and data reliability.
  • Improving performance with data partitioning.

Collaboration, Scheduling, and Sharing

  • Managing access and permissions for finance teams.
  • Scheduling jobs for automated reporting.
  • Exporting data and results securely.

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Knowledge of data analysis concepts.
  • Experience with Python or SQL.
  • Familiarity with financial data types and reporting standards.

Audience

  • Financial analysts and business intelligence professionals.
  • Data analysts operating within the finance sector.
  • Data engineers supporting financial teams.
 14 Hours

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