Module 1: Troubleshooting and Enhancing Professional Workbooks
- Deciphering and correcting functions for data integrity
- Accurately interpreting calculations
- Implementing Names to enhance your workbook model
- Monitoring KPIs (key performance indicators) using conditional formatting
Module 2: Analyzing Data with Functions
Summarizing business data with functions
- Identifying the correct statistical function to aid analysis
- Applying basic financial functions
- Differentiating serial dates and date presentations
- Calculating the number of working days
Controlling calculations and nested formulas
- Interpreting data variations with the IF function
- Streamlining calculations with referencing
- Developing nested functions for multiple conditions
- Capturing information with lookup functions
- Applying techniques to implement and troubleshoot nested calculations
Module 3: Optimizing Workbook Models with “What-If” Analysis
Planning for contingencies
- Managing variables in worksheets with Scenarios
- Comparing and contrasting different data sets with Scenarios reports
Quantifying variables in a workbook model
- Determining the magnitude of a variable with Goal Seek to achieve an end value
- Calculating the optimum variable values in a worksheet model with Solver
Module 4: Summarizing Business Information
Organizing workbooks and links
- Arranging multiple workbooks with Workspaces
- Managing external links
Consolidating ranges
- Building 3D formulas to analyze worksheet data
- Summarizing multiple sources of Excel information into one worksheet
Module 5: Formulating Decisions from Database Information
Distilling data sets for data analysis
- Defining the architecture of an Excel data set
- Managing multiple data sets on a single worksheet with the Table feature
- Extracting unique lists of records from an Excel data set with the Advanced Filter
- Analyzing data sets with filters and aggregation
Interpreting and refining data with PivotTables
- Defining data summaries interactively
- Summarizing data sets with grouping and aggregation
- Comparing related totals dynamically
Visualizing and exploring PivotTable reports
- Filtering details with Report Filters and Slicers
- Presenting PivotTable reports effectively with Pivot Charts
- Examining data patterns with Sparklines
Module 6: Enhancing Excel Usage with Macros
Automating repetitive tasks
- Simplifying complex tasks and reducing errors
- Bulletproofing routine editing and formatting
- Invoking macros with Form controls