Data Analytics in Excel Online Training

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Data Analytics in Excel

DURATION: 4h 15m
VIDEOS: 36
LEVEL: Beginner

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One of the most rapidly developing areas in today’s market is data analytics—it is also an area in which businesses are struggling to find qualified staff. In this Data Analytics in Excel course, we will explore the key features of Microsoft Excel that make it such an essential tool for data analysis.

Using the data analysis and visualization features that are native to Excel, this course will show you how to extract maximum value most efficiently from the information your organization collects. This course starts off with the fundamentals, walking you through all you need to understand about spreadsheets, from layout to applications. We will cover a variety of topics, including exploring formulas, cleaning data, and identifying data attributes.

This course demonstrates how to analyze data using Excel and tackle complicated criteria. We will use Excel charts to depict data, relationships, and potential outcomes. In addition, we will also be discussing how to use the what-if functionality of the Analysis ToolPak add-in that comes with Excel. Each section includes practical examples that show how to apply these techniques to real-world business problems.

After finishing this course, students will be able to:

Describe the fundamentals of Excel spreadsheets, from their layout to the applications
View, enter, and format data types in Excel
Understand and apply Excel formulas and functions
Import file data and remove duplicates
Identify data attributes
Sort data and apply filters, including advanced filtering techniques
Apply Concatenation and Sum-if formulas to analyze data sets
Create problem statements to tackle complicated “or” criteria
Create Pivot tables and charts
Work with Excel charts, including clustered columns, line graphs, and waterfalls
Utilize database functions created specifically to work with large datasets
Apply techniques to recognize and avoid formula errors
Understand and use the What-If Analysis toolkit which includes the Scenario Manager, Goal Seek, and Data Table functions
Use the Analysis ToolPak to calculate basic statistical concepts such as correlation and covariance
Compute descriptive statistics and moving averages and apply exponential smoothing techniques
Utilize rank and percentile options and generate histograms.

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Umar Manzar

Meet Umar Manzar, a financial expert with over 15 years of global experience. Umar's passion for financial forecasting, modeling, risk management, and FP&A knows no bounds. His past exploits include conquering multi-million-dollar budgets and taming international finance teams. Umar is the trainer you've been searching for, with a CFA charter, an impressive academic background, and supercharged technical skills. His insights and analysis will leave you in awe as your own knowledge grows. Brace yourself for an Excel course experience that is both educational and entertaining. Umar Manzar, in his financial superhero cape, is here to bring your financial dreams to life.

The course comes with course and exercise files compressed into .zip format. You will need to download the .zip file to your PC or Mac (the files are not compatible with a mobile device) and unzip it. Once unzipped, all of the exercise files will reside in one folder.

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