Alteryx for Beginners

About this course

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course will help you perform data cleansing and analysis efficiently using Alteryx. Starting with an introduction to Alteryx, it covers installation, user interface, and data import/export from Excel and CSV files. You'll explore data cleansing and filtering using the Preparation tab, and understand the role of the Join tab. The course also covers working with the Parse and Transform tabs and utilizing the Reporting tab. Additionally, you'll learn about the Documentation tab's tools and review case studies to solidify your learning. By the end, you'll be proficient in using Alteryx for real-world data tasks. Key skills include data retrieval, appending, merging with joins, data cleaning for BI tools, data visualization, and using the RegEx tool. The course is ideal for data professionals seeking a powerful tool for quick and easy data cleaning and analysis. Basic knowledge of Excel VLOOKUP, functions, formulas, and joins is recommended.

Course objectives

• to introduce the Alteryx software and its user interface
• to teach efficient data import and export techniques
• to provide hands-on experience with data cleansing and transformation