Duration

1 day

Overview

This course is designed to introduce the student to the capabilities of BigSheets. BigSheets is a component of InfoSphere BigInsights. It provides the analyst the ability to be able to visualize and analyze data stored HDFS using a spreadsheet type interface without any programming.

Training Paths that reference this course are:

Streams & BigInsights

Objectives

Describe how BigSheets can help with the business and technical challenges of big data
Create BigSheet workbooks
From data stored in HDFS
Directly from data generated by an application
Use BigSheets readers to properly parse data in BigSheets
Create sheets within workbooks
List the different types of functions available when creating a new sheet
Create charts to more easily visualize BigSheets results
Export BigSheets data to a web browser or a file in HDFS
Integrate workbooks with Big SQL tables

Audience

This course is designed to introduce the the Business analysts who is planning to work with BigSheets with the ability to be able to visualize and analyze data stored HDFS using a spreadsheet type interface without any programming.

Prerequisites

Having attended InfoSphere BigInsights Foundation (DW612 ) or equivalent knowledge would be useful.

Course Outlines

Introduction to BigSheets
Making Data Available to BigSheets
Navigating a Workbook
Expressions and Functions
Big SQL Integration
BigSheets Visualizations

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.