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SQL and database fundamentals for business users

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for analysts. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 45 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 8 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 45 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why databases matter: tables, rows, columns, keys and tidy design · 9 min

    Before you begin · An invented story · Anatomy of a table

  • Lesson 2: SELECT, WHERE and ORDER BY: predict the result · 9 min

    The three building blocks · Predict the rows · Match the clause and its job

  • Lesson 3: Joining tables, grouping and adding up · 9 min

    What a join does · Count the rows · Grouping

  • Lesson 4: Reading and checking a query result: grey areas · 9 min

    Scenario · Scenario · Scenario

  • Lesson 5: Asking for data and where to get help · 6 min

    A good data request · Who to ask

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 3 min

    Practice

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Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At onboarding for analyst, operations and product roles, or before a team gets read-only access to a reporting database.

Analysts, operations and product staff who query or request data; run by L&D with data and analytics leads.

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