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Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for students who already have foundational knowledge and skills in Excel and who wish to perform robust and advanced data and statistical analysis with Microsoft Excel using PivotTables, use tools such as Power Pivot and the Data Analysis ToolPak to analyze data, and visualize data and insights using advanced visualizations in charts and dashboards in Excel. To ensure success, you should have baseline skill using Microsoft Excel worksheets, particularly in creating workbooks with formulas and function Overview #NAME? Analyzing data to find issues, insights and opportunities, is now a critical part of many job roles. Beyond the analysis, data analysts in all job roles must be able to effectively present and communicate their findings in visually compelling ways. Microsoft© Excel© is designed for this purpose. Excel can connect to a wide range of data sources, perform robust data analysis and create diverse and robust data-backed visualizations to show insights, trends, and create reports. These capabilities enable people who use Excel for data analysis to turn data into thoughtful action. 1 - DATA ANALYSIS FUNDAMENTALS Introduction to Data Science Create and Modify Tables Sort and Filter Data 2 - VISUALIZING DATA WITH EXCEL Visualize Data with Charts Modify and Format Charts Apply Best Practices in Chart Design 3 - ANALYZING DATA WITH FORMULAS AND FUNCTIONS Analyze Data with Formulas and Named Ranges Analyze Data with Functions Implement Data Validation, Forms, and Controls Create Conditional Visualizations with Lookup Functions 4 - ANALYZING DATA WITH PIVOTTABLES Create a PivotTable Analyze PivotTable Data 5 - PRESENTING VISUAL INSIGHTS WITH DASHBOARDS IN EXCEL Visualize Data with PivotCharts Filter Data Using Slicers and Timelines Create a Dashboard in Excel 6 - CREATING GEOSPATIAL VISUALIZATIONS WITH EXCEL Create Map Charts in Excel Customize Map Charts in Excel 7 - PERFORMING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Visualize Trendlines and Sparklines with Excel Analyze Data with the Data Analysis ToolPa 8 - GETTING AND TRANSFORMING DATA Connect to Data with Queries Clean and Combine Data Shape and Transform Data 9 - MODELING AND ANALYZING DATA WITH POWER PIVOT Install Power Pivot in Excel Create Data Models with Power Pivot Create Power Pivots Perform Advanced Data Analysis and Visualization 10 - PRESENTING INSIGHTS WITH REPORTS (OPTIONAL) Plan a Report Create a Report
An in depth look at Pivot Tables and their powerful features to summarise and visualize your data. Course overview Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours) Our Excel – Pivot Table Specialist course is a comprehensive guide to working with Pivot Tables for those who need to learn more about the use of Pivot Tables to summarise and analyse information. This course is designed for existing experienced users of Excel. You should be a confident Excel user and be able to create and edit worksheets and write basic formulas. Objectives By the end of the course you will be able to: Build and customise Pivot Tables Group and sort information Filter information Use slicers and the timeline filter Add different summary calculations Create Pivot Charts Add calculated fields and items Content The anatomy of a Pivot Table Using a Pivot Cache Building a Pivot Table The Pivot Table interface Refreshing the Pivot Table Adding column, row, page and data fields Changing data orientation Showing data fields in columns or rows Drilling down to underlying data Setting Pivot Table options Format options Totals and filters options Display and printing options Data options Customising Pivot Tables Modifying field names Data formatting Changing field layout options Changing summary calculations Working with subtotals Filtering and sorting Filtering items Sorting data Value and label filters Creating top 10 reports Using the Search filter Using the Slicer tool Use the Timeline filter Grouping Grouping date fields Grouping numeric fields Adding your own groups Summary calculations Running totals Differences year on year, month on month % Differences year on year, month on month % of Row, Column, Total and other fields Pivot charts Pivot Chart rules Creating a Pivot Chart Working with your Pivot Chart Creating calculations Adding calculated fields Adding calculated items
Learn how to use Macros in Excel to automate your work and start to see the power these can give you. Course overview Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours) Our Excel – Working with Macros course aims to show how macros can be used to automate commonly used commands and processes. This course is designed for existing experienced users of Excel. You should be confident creating and manipulating Excel spreadsheets and creating formulas before attending this course. Objectives By the end of the course you will be able to: Record and run macros Navigate within the Visual Basic Environment Edit pre-recorded macros Create your own functions Content Recording macros Accessing the Developer Tab Naming conventions and storage locations Recording macros Absolute and relative cell addressing Running macros Assigning macros to the Quick Access Toolbar Assigning macros to objects Creating new tabs Workbook macros Recording macros in a specific workbook Saving the workbook as an Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook Creating quick access items specific to workbooks Importing and manipulating data Importing Delimited Text Files Importing Fixed Width Text Files The Visual Basic environment Project explorer Code window Properties window Renaming modules Deleting modules Working with code Code structure Adding comments Navigating within your code Editing macro code Getting help with syntax Debugging Errors Using debug Function procedures Creating function macros
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Enhance your skills and learn how to use a range of advanced formulas and functions to manage and extract data more efficiently. There are some great ones here that will save a lot of time. Course overview Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours) Our Excel Module 4 – Advanced Formulas and Functions course looks at some of the more advanced functions of Excel that can be used to manipulate and extract data. This is an intensive one-day course and designed for experienced users of Excel. Participants should be confident in creating and using Excel and be able to build simple formula before attending. Objectives By the end of the course you will be able to: Use a range of Text functions to manage text data Create and use different types of date and time functions Work with rounding functions Use logical statements Build nested formula Use SUMIF, COUNTIF and AVERAGEIF Cross reference data from other worksheets using LOOKUP, INDEX and MATCH functions Use IS functions and IFERROR to test cell values Content Working with text Splitting text into multiple cells Merging data into one cell Extracting data using text functions Tidying data Working with dates and times Formatting dates and times Date and time functions Calculating date and time differences Using functions to round numbers up and down ROUND ROUNDUP ROUNDDOWN CEILING FLOOR Use lookup functions Lookup functions Creating a lookup table Range naming Using VLOOKUP Using HLOOKUP Using INDEX and MATCH Working with logical statements Creating an IF statement Using the AND plus OR functions Nesting functions Calculating values based on given criteria SUMIF(S) COUNTIF(S) AVERAGEIF(S) Using IS and IFERROR and test cell values ISBLANK ISNUMBER ISTEXT ISERROR IFERROR