Vendor-Specific Certifications

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Microsoft:
Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300): Highly recognized for Power BI skills.
Older certifications like MCSA: BI Reporting or MCSA: SQL Server might still be valued by some employers.
Tableau:
Tableau Desktop Specialist
Tableau Certified Data Analyst
Qlik:
Qlik Sense Data Architect Certification
Qlik Sense Business Analyst Certification
SAP:
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform
Google:
Google Professional Data Engineer (though whatsapp number list broader, covers BigQuery and Looker aspects)
Looker certifications (LookML Developer, Looker Business Analyst)
AWS:
AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty (validates expertise in AWS data lakes and analytics services)
Vendor-Neutral Certifications:

Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP): Offered by The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), this is a more comprehensive certification covering various aspects of BI and data warehousing. It has different levels (Practitioner, Mastery) and specializations.

INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP): A rigorous, vendor-neutral certification that focuses on the end-to-end analytics process, suitable for more experienced professionals.