Introduction
Though many professionals use Excel on a daily basis, Excel has many undiscovered functions that can increase productivity even further. In this course, we will explore one of the relatively new tools brought by Excel to help professionals in cleaning up and preparing data for further analysis and reporting: Power Query. This tool is available as an "Add in" on Excel 2013 but comes readily available on Excel 2016 and newer versions. In addition, we will cover many features of pivot tables which is the main reporting tool in Excel. We will also take a look at PowerPivot, another powerful tool in Excel which will put your pivot tables on turbo. While pivot tables have some limitations, PowerPivot can be used when you have significantly big data. The last part of the course is dedicated to automating your Excel reports and reconciliation through the use of macros.
Course Methodology
This is a hands-on course with practical applications and use of Microsoft Excel 2016 throughout the five days. All examples, exercises and cases are practiced in Excel.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Apply key Excel functions to prepare data for analysis using pivot tables
- Create and customize pivot tables to reconcile and analyze accounts efficiently
- Utilize Power Query to clean up and prepare data for reporting
- Utilize pivot tables functions and calculations to generate a set of management and business analysis reports
- Run macros to speed up work and utilize other advanced techniques in data analysis and reporting
- Report and analyze big data using PowerPivot
Target Audience
Accountants, senior and junior accountants, business analysts, accounting and finance professionals, business analysts, research professionals and staff from any function who need to master and upgrade their skills in Excel pivot tables, Power Query and Power Pivots and work with big data analysis.
Target Competencies
- Power Query
- Practicing pivot tables
- Working with PowerPivot
- Reporting
- Analyzing business data
- Designing basic macros
Course Outlines
Day1
Key functions to prepare data for pivot table reporting
- Table format
- Lookup functions
- Text functions
- Naming cells
Day 2
Advanced techniques in creating and customizing pivot tables
- Number and cell format
- Report layout
- Calculation in value field
- Grouping and un-grouping fields
- Default and customized sorting and filtering
- Sorting using custom list
- Creating calculated field
- Filtering using slicers and timelines
- Connecting multiple pivot tables to one set of slicers
- Customizing reports using the GetPivotData option
Day 3
Power Query: A must-have skill
- Introduction to this new feature
- Where does Power Query fit in the Power family!
- Get and transform: Link your Excel to external other data sources
- Excel files
- Text files
- Web
- SQL
- Creating and editing the Query
- Get data from: Tables, files and folders
- Power Query to clean up data
- Practical examples:
- UnPivotting data
- Working with nested column headers and merged cells
- Naming, merging, splitting and removing columns
- Filtering rows in different ways
- Transforming and formatting data
- Combining queries: Merge and Append
- The different types of joining data
Day4
Analyzing disparate data sources with pivot tables
- Utilizing pivot table wizard
- Using internal data model
- Building pivot tables using external data sources
The new world of PowerPivot
- Benefits and drawbacks of PowerPivot
- Merging data from multiple tables without using V-Lookup
- Creating better calculations using the DAX Formulas
- Using DAX to create calculated fields
- Calculate and Related functions
Day 5
Introduction to Macros: Let Excel do the work for you
- Where you cannot use Power Query, use macros
- Planning your macro
- Creating and recording macros
- Editing macros
- Introduction to Visual Basic for Application (VBA)
About Rome
As cosmopolitan and diverse as it is rooted in its own history, Rome is one of the premier tourist destinations in the world. Featuring some of the best restaurants on the continent, some of the most iconic historic sites in Europe, the city is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and dynamic places to visit anywhere. The center of the Renaissance, the city houses some of the most famous works of art in the world and remains an important cultural hub to this day. Famous for art, fashion, it's delicious local cuisine, and superbly preserved monuments, Rome truly offers something for everyone.
Things to do and places to visit in Rome
When disembarking, the first thing that can prove pleasantly challenging is deciding on what to do first! An exceptional array of hotels and inns are available to any weary traveler, as are a superb range of restaurants for those wanting to relax surrounded by the hustle and bustle of Rome in the evening. You can spend the day walking streets steeped in history, visiting galleries that contain works by Caravaggio and Michelangelo or exploring the awe-inspiring Colosseum. The city contains many beautifully maintained parks and gardens, as well as a vast collection of beautiful churches and cathedrals, ensuring that a trip to Rome will be a memorable experience for anyone.
Things to do when taking flights to Rome include:
- Standing inside the magnificent Colosseum.
- Gazing in awe at the stunning Castel Sant'Angelo.
- Visiting the incredible Pantheon, one of the best-maintained buildings from the Roman era.
- Stopping at the center of the Piazza del Popolo, one of the most beautiful squares in Europe.
- Walking the beautiful gardens of Villa Borghese.
- Admiring the vast, intricately carved Column of Marcus Aurelius.
- Wandering the Forum Romanum, ruins from the Ancient Roman period.
- Exploring some of the greatest art collections in Europe.
- Crossing the river on the remarkably-constructed Bridge of Angels.
- Sampling the world famous local cuisine.