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Business Intelligence and Dashboard Design

This hands on course trains participants to build business intelligence dashboards that management teams actually use, moving away from cluttered reports toward clear, decision focused visual tools. Working with real datasets drawn from sales, operations and finance functions, participants design, build and refine dashboards using widely available business intelligence software. Emphasis is placed on usability and on connecting dashboards to live organisational data sources.

Course objectives

  • Design a business intelligence dashboard around a defined business question
  • Connect and structure data sources for reliable dashboard reporting
  • Apply visual design principles that improve dashboard clarity and usability
  • Build interactive filters, drill downs and key performance indicator views
  • Establish a process for maintaining and updating dashboards over time

Who should attend

  • Business intelligence and reporting analysts
  • Finance and management accountants
  • Operations and supply chain analysts
  • IT professionals supporting reporting systems
  • Executives who commission organisational dashboards

Course outline

  1. 01Principles of business intelligence and dashboard reporting
  2. 02Connecting and structuring data sources
  3. 03Dashboard layout, visual hierarchy and design principles
  4. 04Building key performance indicators and scorecards
  5. 05Interactivity: filters, drill downs and user navigation
  6. 06Governance, maintenance and rollout of dashboards

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Business Intelligence and Dashboard Design
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
3 to 5 October 2026Durban, South AfricaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
31 October to 2 November 2026Gaborone, BotswanaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
23 to 25 December 2026Victoria Falls, ZimbabweClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
5 to 7 August 2027Gaborone, BotswanaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now