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Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is primarily designed for students who want to gain the skills necessary to use VBA to automate tasks in Excel such as collecting data from external sources, cleaning, and manipulating data. The target student may also want to learn how to create custom worksheet functions to streamline worksheet formulas and make complex worksheets easier to support, maintain, and understand. Overview In this course, you will develop and deploy VBA modules to solve business problems. You will: Identify general components of VBA and their appropriate use in solving business solutions. Record VBA macros to automate repetitive tasks. Use reference tools built into Excel to get help on VBA programming language and objects used in the Excel VBA environment. Write VBA code to create a custom worksheet function. Eliminate, avoid, or handle errors in VBA code, and optimize its performance. Control how and when macros run. Develop UserForm objects to create custom dialog boxes and windows. Use VBA to read and write data from local files and cloud services. Use VBA to clean and transform data. Run programs and commands outside of Excel and share VBA projects with other users VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) enables you to enhance and extend the capabilities of Microsoft© Excel© and other applications in the Microsoft© Office application suite. You can use VBA to perform tasks that would be difficult or impossible to do using only worksheet functions, and you can automate a wide range of tasks involving the collection, processing, analysis, and visualization of data. This course will give you a good foundation for understanding, creating, and using VBA in your own Excel workbooks, show you how to work with data across different applications, and how to package the macros and functions you create so you can back them up, move them to other computers, and share them with other users Prerequisites To ensure your success in this course, you should be an experienced Excel user who is comfortable creating and working with Excel workbooks, including tasks such as entering worksheet formulas, using absolute and relative addressing, formatting cells, and creating pivot tables and charts. This level of skill could be acquired by taking the Microsoft Excel for Office 365? (Desktop or Online) courses, Parts 1, 2, and 3 1 - Using VBA to Solve Business Problems Topic A: Use Macros to Automate Tasks in Excel Topic B: Identify Components of Macro-Enabled Workbooks Topic C: Configure the Excel VBA Environment 2 - Automating Repetitive Tasks Topic A: Use the Macro Recorder to Create a VBA Macro Topic B: Record a Macro with Relative Addressing Topic C: Delete Macros and Modules Topic D: Identify Strategies for Using the Macro Recorder 3 - Getting Help on VBA Topic A: Use VBA Help Topic B: Use the Object Browser to Discover Objects You Can Use in VBA Topic C: Use the Immediate Window to Explore Object Properties and Methods 4 - Creating Custom Worksheet Functions Topic A: Create a Custom Function Topic B: Make Decisions in Code Topic C: Work with Variables Topic D: Perform Repetitive Tasks 5 - Improving Your VBA Code Topic A: Debug VBA Errors Topic B: Deal with Errors Topic C: Improve Macro Performance 6 - Controlling How and When Macros Run Topic A: Prompt the User for Information Topic B: Configure Macros to Run Automatically 7 - Developing Custom Forms Topic A: Display a Custom Dialog Box Topic B: Program Form Events 8 - Using VBA to Work with Files Topic A: Use VBA to Get File and Directory Structure Topic B: Use VBA to Read Text Files Topic C: Use VBA to Write Text Files 9 - Using VBA to Clean and Transform Data Topic A: Automate Power Query Topic B: Transform Data Using VBA and Workbook Functions Topic C: Use Regular Expressions Topic D: Manage Errors in Data 10 - Extending the Programming Environment Beyond the Workbook Topic A: Run Other Programs and Commands Topic B: Share Your VBA Projects

Course Objectives At the end of this course you will be able to: Work with advanced lookup and reference functions Create macros to automate common tasks Use advanced techniques to analyse data Create PivotTables and PivotCharts Work with data validation tools Import and export data ' Customer Feedback Best Training Ever! Just finished a bespoke 1-1 training course in Excel Advanced, Macros & VBA. Pedro is an excellent trainer, imparting his skills and knowledge in the best way - appropriately to audience skills, knowledge and ability. Pedro is always approachable, encouraging and supportive, giving delegates the optimum learning environment. I would not hesitate to recommend Pedro as a trainer, whatever your level of ability. Amanda Morris - Treasury & Systems Accountant at Reall - Real Equity for All The course was very interesting and engaging and will definitely be put to use. The trainer was very helpful and charismatic. Marving Lopez - AM Best Europe Pedro was excellent. Very knowledgeable, clear and great rapport with class. Darren Barkey - Direct Wines Great content and learnt a lot. Really enjoyable :) Kristie-Lee Ryan - Stirling Ackroyd 1 year email support service Take a closer look at the consistent excellent feedback visiting our site ms-officetraining co uk With more than 20 years experience, we deliver courses on all levels of the Desktop version of Microsoft Office and Office 365; ranging from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced to the VBA level. Our trainers are Microsoft certified professionals with a proven track record with several years experience in delivering classrom, one to one, tailored and bespoke courses. Tailored In Company training: You can choose to run the course exactly as they are outlined by us or we can customise it so that it meets your specific needs. A tailored or bespoke course will follow the standard outline but may be adapted to your specific organisational needs. Please visit our site (ms-officetraining co uk) to get a feel of the excellent feedback our courses have had and look at other courses you might be interested in. Advanced Functions COUNT, COUNTA, COUNTIF, COUNTBLANK, SUMIF, SUBTOTAL IF, OR, AND, IFERROR VLOOKUP to lookup Exact Values and Approximate values MATCH, INDIRECT, ROW/COLUMN, INDEX, OFFSET Analysing Data PMT function to calculate a monthly payment of a loan What If Analysis using Goal Seek Use scenarios to consider many different variables Using Solver Add-in to optimize variables PivotTables Create a PivotTable to analyse worksheet data Add or remove fields in a PivotTable Change the data source for a PivotTable Working with external data sources Using different Statistical Functions Calculate a Running Total, % of Grant Total, Difference From… Using the Slicer and Timeline to filter the PivotTable Using Filters in a PivotTable Group by Date, Auto Group by ranges of values, Custom Group Create a PivotChart The GETPIVOTDATA function Formula auditing Precedents and dependents Error checking Watch a formula and its result by using the Watch Window Evaluate a nested formula one step at a time Data Validation Number Validation Data List Validation Message Prompts and Alerts Conditional Data Validation Data Validation Errors Consolidation Consolidate data by position Consolidate data by category Use a formula to consolidate data Outline (group) data in a worksheet Create an outline of rows Create an outline of columns Copy outlined data Hide or remove an outline Connect external data to your workbook Using the Power Query Editor to import data From Text and CSV, From Access, From Web, From another Workbook Using the Power Query Editor to; Transform your data by Selecting which fields to import, by Splitting Columns, Changing Data Type and more. Deleting Applied Steps Refreshing your data Working with Form Controls; Buttons, Option Buttons and Scroll Bars Introduction to Macros Change Macro Security settings How to Record a macro Some Macro Examples Delete a macro Edit the macro to view the VBA code Copy part of a macro to create another macro Assign a macro to a button Who is this course for? Who is this course for? This course is intended to end users who want to develop their skills so they can use advanced techniques to analyse extensive and complex datasets in Excel and to automate simple tasks with the use of Macros. Requirements Requirements Preferably, delegates should have attended the Excel Intermediate course. Career path Career path Excel know-how can instantly increase your job prospects as well as your salary. 80 percent of job openings require spreadsheet and word-processing software skills Certificates Certificates Certificate of completion Digital certificate - Included

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