This project focuses on creating a comprehensive Business Intelligence (BI) solution for a client's sales data. The client provided a CSV file containing a wide table with all available sales data. The objective was to clean, transform, and analyze the data to derive meaningful insights and key performance indicators (KPIs) for informed decision-making.
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Understanding the Business: Spent time understanding the client's business operations, goals, and required KPIs from the sales data.
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Data Preparation:
- Used Power Query to clean and transform the raw data from the CSV file.
- Formatted the data for optimal analysis and visualization.
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Data Warehousing:
- Created a Data Warehouse using dimensional modeling techniques.
- Developed a star schema consisting of:
- Five dimension tables:
- DimShipmethod
- DimStatus
- DimTerritory
- DimProduct
- DimDate
- One fact table:
- FactSales
- Five dimension tables:
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Calculating Measures:
- Utilized DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) in Power BI to calculate relevant measures and KPIs based on the client's requirements.
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Dashboard Creation:
- Developed an interactive and dynamic dashboard using Power BI.
- Designed visuals and reports to present insights effectively.
- Client Delivery:
- Delivered the finalized dashboard to the client.
- Provided recommendations for leveraging data-driven decisions based on the insights derived.
- Power BI
- Power Query
- DAX (Data Analysis Expressions)
- Incorporate more advanced analytics techniques, such as predictive modeling, to forecast sales trends.
- Enhance the dashboard with additional interactivity and drill-down capabilities for deeper analysis.
- Implement scheduled data refreshes to keep the dashboard up-to-date with the latest sales data.