Data Builder Onboarding Guide
Overview
Role Description
Data Builders are mainly responsible for data integration, data preparation, job scheduling, and other work related to data warehouse development, usually IT or data teams.
Learning Objectives
If you are a Data Builder, here are the essential skills you can master through this learning path. You will learn:
- Familiarize yourself with Guandata BI's data integration methods and understand the process for connecting different data sources.
- Learn about data preparation tools and techniques, including data cleaning, transformation, and integration.
- Master the basic operations and configuration of job scheduling to ensure stable data flow.
Learning Path
Learning Stage | Checkpoint Introduction | Specific Checkpoint | Help Document |
Getting Started from Scratch |
Basic Guide | Guandata BI Concept Table | Guandata BI Concept Table |
Guandata BI Core Features Overview | Core Features Overview |
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Data Integration |
Try Integrating an Excel File | Excel Data Integration Introduction |
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Integrate a Store Sales Table |
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Create a Data Account at the Same Time | Data Account Introduction |
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Create a New Data Account |
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Integrate a Standard Database, e.g., MySQL | MySQL Data Integration |
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Data Preparation | Learn What Smart ETL Is | Smart ETL Overview |
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Perform a Simple Two-table Join and Output a New Dataset | ETL Table Join Configuration |
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--- | After joining two tables, create a self-service wide table for frontline business consumption | What is Self-service Data Query? |
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Advanced Attempt |
Advanced |
Data filtering, deduplication, value replacement, and other data editing | ETL Data Editing |
Column-to-row, row-to-column, and other column operations | ETL Column Operations |
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Input SQL queries and process data | ETL SQL Input |
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Batch replace ETL datasets | Batch Replace ETL Dataset |
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Grant access to the current ETL task to other users | ETL Permission Management |
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Function Calculation |
Function Description and Usage Scenarios | Video - Function Introduction |
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Window function introduction and calculation usage | Window Function Introduction |
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Window Function Basic Usage |
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Window Function Practice Case_Store Sales Analysis |
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Array function introduction and calculation usage | Array Function Introduction |
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Array Function Practice Case_Cumulative Value Calculation |
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Array Function Practice Case_Supplier Analysis |
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Advanced Requirements |
Data Warehouse Development |
Connect to external databases such as cloud vendors and domestic databases | External Database Integration |
Advanced configuration options for Smart ETL tasks | ETL Advanced Configuration |
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Return BI analysis assets to the enterprise's business systems and data warehouses | Data Writeback Function Description |
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Task orchestration for complex business scenarios, meeting real-time analysis needs at low cost | Advanced Scheduling Function Description |