Course length
2 days
Why come on this course?
In this course, you will extend your knowledge into some of the more specialised and advanced capabilities of Excel by automating some common tasks, applying advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets such as PivotTables, collaborating on worksheets with others, importing and exporting data.
Who is it for?
This course is designed for people who have been using Excel for a while and have a solid foundation in the basic and intermediate skills, and want to develop their skills so they can use advanced techniques to manipulate Excel data.
Prerequisites
You should have attended the Excel 2016/365 Intermediate course or have equivalent knowledge. You should be able to:
- Create, edit and format spreadsheets
- Navigate within worksheets and books
- Use Insert Function to create built-in functions
- Work with absolute references
- Create named ranges
- Create Tables within Excel
- Sort and filter data
What will I learn?
At the end of this course you will be able to:
- Create macros to automate common tasks
- Collaborate with others by merging and tracking workbooks
- Create and manipulate PivotTables and PivotCharts
- Work with array and advanced lookup and reference functions
- Use advanced techniques to analyse data
- Work with data validation tools
- Import and export data
Course contents
Creating Macros
- Creating a Macro
- Comparing Relative and Absolute Macros
- Running a Macro
- Editing a Macro
- Assigning Shortcuts to Macros
- Macro Security
- Enabling Macros in the Backstage View
- Copying a Macro between Workbooks
- Document Properties and the Document Inspector
Collaborating with Others
- Protection
- Track Changes
- Workbook Merging
Creating PivotTables, PivotCharts and Slicers
- Creating a PivotTable
- Amending the Fields in a PivotTable
- Updating the PivotTable
- Adding Calculations to a PivotTable
- Add Grouping to a PivotTable
- Creating a PivotChart
- Slicers
- PivotTable Timelines
- Creating PivotTables from Tables and Related Tables
Array Functions
- An Array Formula
- Array Functions
- FREQUENCY
- TRANSPOSE
- Single Cell or Multiple Cell Arrays
- Single Cell Array Functions
- Multiple Cell Array Functions
Advanced Lookup and Reference Functions
- GETPIVOTDATA
- MATCH
- VLOOKUP
- ROW / COLUMN
- INDEX
- OFFSET
- INDIRECT
- LOOKUP (Array format)
- LOOKUP (Vector format)
Analysing Data
- Creating a Single Input Data Table
- Create a Two-Variable Data Table
- Creating Scenarios
- What-If Analysis Using Goal Seek
- Consolidating Data
- Linking to External Workbooks
Data Validation
- Number Validation
- Data List Validation
- Message Prompts and Alerts
- Conditional Data Validation
- Data Validation Errors
Import/Export Data
- Exporting Excel Data
- Import Delimited Text by Connecting to It
- Importing a Web Query