Working with Datasets

Event description

Join Sapling Financial for the FEI Canada Toronto Chapter Event — “Working with Datasets – How Finance instead of IT Can Lead the Charge.”

In this webinar, we provide practical guidance on how to work with large data sets. Topics we will tackle include:

  • SQL (MySQL, etc.)
    • Survey of products on the market and options for consumption (local vs cloud)
    • How to upload data, and how to request data (e.g., CSV, Access files, etc.)
    • How to index data for faster queries
    • How to transform data
  • Data Cleaning
    • What it is
    • How it can be performed, with focus on Excel string functions
  • Fuzzy matching
    • What it is
    • Tools
  • Staying organized
    • Naming conventions
    • Reconciliations