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1. Deliverable Length: 5-6 slides and speaker notes (75 word minimum
Deliverable Length: 5-6 slides and speaker notes (75 word minimum per slide) For this
assignment, you will need to become familiar with specialized business intelligence (BI)
software, and then download the software. Complete the following steps to begin:Consider
the following scenario, continued from Unit 1 Individual Project:Big D Incorporated needs
to prepare an assessment regarding the feasibility of making a recommendation for
expansion into another market. As the business analyst, your assignment is to prepare a
short presentation for the Board of Directors that apply concepts learned in Unit 1 and
concepts from Unit 2 to make the necessary recommendations and justifications for those
recommendations. You will need to compare and contrast the varying markets to make the
best recommendation possible. Complete the following:Download the reports for the United
States from this Web site. The Web site provides free demographical services where one can
choose from a variety of criteria and generate reports based on the U.S. Census data. This
particular file contains 4 reports:General SummaryCensus Trend 1980 to 2000
SummaryOccupation and Employment SummaryIncome Summary (based on the entire
United States)Download the reports for zip code 60614 from this Web site. This particular
file contains 4 reports:General SummaryCensus Trend 1980 to 2000 SummaryOccupation
and Employment SummaryIncome Summary based on the U.S. zip code 60614Using all 4
demographic reports (General Summary, Census Trend 1980 to 2000 Summary, Occupation
and Employment Summary, and Income Summary) for the United States and zip code
60614, prepare a 1-page summary slide explaining how your territory differs from the
national profile. Feel free to note anything that you found surprising in the data.Use the BI
software you choose to depict information from these reports.Prepare a presentation of 4–5
slides of your major findings. You may group a category of data from the Total United States
and zip code 60614, and create a graph to show how they differ. The presentation should
have at least 2 graphs and a headline that summarizes a key takeaway from the graph.Your
presentation should include 5–6 slides in PowerPoint, plus title and reference slides with
speaker notes (75-word minimum per slide).For assistance with the usage of Tableau for
analysis and reporting, review and use the instructions below. Those should be helpful if
you are having problems with the software usage or data. However, you do not need to use
Tableau. For BI software usage such as Excel, resort to using the Help functions and other
resources on the Internet and in videos to learn how to use Excel to create graphical
presentations including table usage.The instructions to create a bar graph in Tableau
(optional) or in another BI software are as follows.Open the assignment CTU

2. instructions.Download the BI software.Create your Tableau Public Account.Click the
download link for the 60614 file (file will open in Excel).Click the download link for the U.S.
file (file will open in Excel).The following are some options:Create separate demographical
worksheets (e.g., Educational Attainment or Household Income). Include zip code and U.S.
data.See a sample of the file available with column headings and extraneous
blanks.Household IncomeChicagoU.S.198019901980 to 199020001990 to
20001980Median Household Income18,43841,2271.23669,3110.68116,902Average
household Income24,24567,6071.788114,6150.69520,382Per Capita
Income13,56438,5181.8463,7910.6567,321See a sample of the file available with column
headings and extraneous blanks.2000 Educational AttainmentU.S.ChicagoCollege:
Associates Degree6.3%1.9%College: Bachelor’s Degree15.5%44.2%College: Graduate
Degree8.9%34.0%College: Some College, no Degree21.1%8.7%School: 9th to 11th grade, no
diploma12.1%3.2%School: Grade K-96.1%2.0%School: High School
Graduate28.6%5.6%Create a file with data organized without extraneous rows and columns
but including headings.The idea is to clean up the file before usage. Separating files and
worksheets may be the best way to make this happenNote that in the real situation, when
using BI software, you will want to ensure that your data are clean and that you have similar
data in your files.Save the file(s) on your computer.Open Tableau. Then do a File > Open >
Open on your saved file.At the bottom of the screen on the left, click on the little box next to
Sheet 1 (looks like a bar graph with a plus in the top left corner).Under “Measures” (on the
left), you should see “Chicago” and “U.S.” Click on “U.S.,” and pull it into rows at the top of
the screen. Then, click on Chicago and pull it over into rows.Under “Dimensions” on the left,
you should see “Household Income.” Click on “Household Income,” and pull it into column.In
the second column from the left, you should see “Measures.”In the top right corner, you
should see a “show me” box illustrating ways you can view the data based on the values you
have chosen. To do side-by-side comparisons, put your cursor over the rightmost picture on
the third line with the side-by-side blue and orange bars. Click on it. Your graph should
appear on the page. You can play around with how you want to portray your data.To save in
Tableau Public, click File > Save to Tableau Public as… > give the file a descriptive name. You
will be asked to log into Tableau Public using your e-mail and password.When your graph is
saved in public, at the bottom right, there is a download button. Decide how you will save
the file. (You can create an image and name the .png file. It will be saved in Tableau
Public.)After the file is saved, open the .png file, and edit or copy the graph.Open your
PowerPoint file, and then paste (special) it on the slide. You can adjust the size.Repeat the
same in Tableau opening of any other prepped and cleaned file.Note: Measure values are
your number fields; measure names are the descriptors.