Day 68 β BI Analyst Foundations
This lesson is part of the Phase 5 Business Intelligence specialization. Use the Phase 5 overview to see how the developer-roadmap topics align across Days 68β84.
Why it matters
Ground the cohort in the responsibilities and strategic value of the BI Analyst role before moving into tooling, governance, and storytelling modules.
Developer-roadmap alignment
- Introduction
- What is BI?
- Why BI Matters?
- Responsibilities
- Skills
- BI Analyst vs Other Roles
Classroom flow
- Use
lesson.pyto preview the "Foundations" grouping sourced from the roadmap dataset. - Facilitate a discussion around the markdown table to surface learner experiences with the listed responsibilities and skills.
- Capture open questions about cross-functional collaboration to revisit during Days 69β72.
Next steps
- Expand the demo notebook with scenario prompts for each responsibility.
- Update the Phase 5 cheat sheet with language that differentiates BI Analysts from neighboring roles.
Additional Topic: Business Intelligence Foundations
This lesson is part of the Phase 5 Business Intelligence specialization. Use the Phase 5 overview to see how the developer-roadmap topics align across Days 68β84.
Why it matters
Connect strategic BI vision to the functions it empowers.
Developer-roadmap alignment
- Introduction
- What is BI?
- Types of BI Operations
- Key Business Functions
Next steps
- Draft case studies and notebooks that exercise these roadmap nodes.
- Update the Phase 5 cheat sheet with the insights you capture here.
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Additional Materials
lesson.py
lesson.py
# %%
"""Day 68 β BI Analyst Foundations classroom script."""
# %%
from __future__ import annotations
import pandas as pd
from Day_68_BI_Analyst_Foundations import build_topic_dataframe, load_topics
# %%
FOUNDATION_GROUPS = load_topics()
FOUNDATION_DF = build_topic_dataframe()
# %%
def preview_foundation_topics(frame: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
"""Print a markdown table of the foundational topics for discussion."""
print("\nBI Analyst Foundations overview:\n")
print(frame.to_markdown(index=False))
# %%
def outline_facilitation_plan(groups: dict[str, list]) -> None:
"""Display how the roadmap nodes cluster for classroom facilitation."""
for section, topics in groups.items():
formatted = ", ".join(topic.title for topic in topics)
print(f"- {section}: {formatted}")
# %%
def main() -> None:
"""Run the classroom demo for Day 68."""
outline_facilitation_plan(FOUNDATION_GROUPS)
preview_foundation_topics(FOUNDATION_DF)
# %%
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
solutions.py
solutions.py
"""Utilities for the Day 68 BI Analyst Foundations lesson."""
from __future__ import annotations
from typing import Dict, List, Mapping
import pandas as pd
from mypackage.bi_curriculum import BiTopic, topics_by_titles
FOUNDATION_SECTION = "Foundations"
FOUNDATION_TITLES: List[str] = [
"Introduction",
"What is BI?",
"Why BI Matters?",
"Responsibilities",
"Skills",
"BI Analyst vs Other Roles",
]
TOPIC_DESCRIPTIONS: Mapping[str, str] = {
"Introduction": (
"Orient the cohort to the BI Analyst roadmap and how Day 68 frames the "
"rest of Phase 5."
),
"What is BI?": (
"Define business intelligence as the practice of transforming raw data into "
"insights for operational and strategic decisions."
),
"Why BI Matters?": (
"Summarize the business value of BI for growth, efficiency, and governance "
"initiatives."
),
"Responsibilities": (
"Outline the day-to-day analyst duties across discovery, modeling, "
"reporting, and stakeholder alignment."
),
"Skills": (
"Call out the technical, analytical, and communication skills required to "
"deliver BI outcomes."
),
"BI Analyst vs Other Roles": (
"Contrast the analyst role with data scientists, engineers, and product "
"managers to clarify collaboration touchpoints."
),
}
def load_topics(*, section: str = FOUNDATION_SECTION) -> Dict[str, List[BiTopic]]:
"""Return BI roadmap topics grouped under the requested section name."""
topics = topics_by_titles(FOUNDATION_TITLES)
return {section: topics}
def build_topic_dataframe(
*,
section: str = FOUNDATION_SECTION,
descriptions: Mapping[str, str] = TOPIC_DESCRIPTIONS,
) -> pd.DataFrame:
"""Return a pandas DataFrame describing the BI foundations topics."""
grouped_topics = load_topics(section=section)
records: list[dict[str, str]] = []
for group, topics in grouped_topics.items():
for topic in topics:
records.append(
{
"section": group,
"title": topic.title,
"description": descriptions.get(topic.title, ""),
}
)
return pd.DataFrame(records, columns=["section", "title", "description"])
__all__ = ["build_topic_dataframe", "load_topics"]