Procurement Data Crash Course

An IntroduIf it worked for Ection to Data Literacy The Fundamentals of Data-driven Storytelling Procurement Data Crash Course

About this course
- Course introduction
Module 1: How the public procurement process works
Module 2: Working with procurement data
- 2.1 Whey we need machine readable data
  - Important data formats: CSVs, Excel and Google Sheets
- 2.2 Turning websites and PDFs into machine readable data
Useful resources and libraries
- 3.1 Procurement data online resources
  - Importance reference resources
  - Online data repositories
Course testing & feedback
MODULE4: Explore the OCPO procurement dashboard

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2.1 Whey we need machine readable data

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Data that is stored as letters and numbers in a digital format is known as machine readable data. Our goal for working with procurement data is to get information supplied into this format, preferably in a spreadsheet, so that we can perform analysis.