Introduction to Data Analysis in Foundry1. About This Course

1 - About This Course

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Welcome to the Intro to Data Analysis in Foundry course. If your focus is finding patterns in data and surfacing insights using statistical and logical techniques that don’t require the use of code or advanced algorithms, you're in the right place.

We designed Foundry to augment analyst expertise and intuition through a suite of applications and methods that support simple and complex analytical patterns. The tutorials in this course don't require any prior technical training. There's no coding ability required to successfully complete the material. Once you have completed both Foundry Foundations and Introduction to Palantir Foundry, you're ready to take this course to practice with common analysis workflows in Foundry.

In this course, you'll learn about the types of data available for analysis and the Foundry applications optimized for each.

Learning Objectives

  1. Review primary data types available for analysis in Foundry.

  2. Choose the optimal Foundry applications for desired analytical outcomes.

  3. Check on the lineage, freshness, usage, and health of the following Foundry data types:

    • Tabular
    • Ontology
    • Geospatial
    • Time series