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Excel for Business Analysts

In this course, we focus on the specific functions, formulas, and tools that Excel has to help conduct business or data analysis.

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IntermediateUpdated Jan 21, 2025
Excel for Business Analysts

What You'll Learn

check_circleHow to merge data from different sources using VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX MATCH, and XLOOKUP
check_circleHow to use IF, IFS, IFERROR, SUMIF, and COUNTIF to apply logic to your analysis
check_circleHow to split data using text functions SEARCH, LEFT, RIGHT, MID
check_circleHow to standardize and clean data ready for analysis
check_circleAbout using the PivotTable function to perform data analysis
check_circleHow to use slicers to draw out information
check_circleHow to display your analysis using Pivot Charts
check_circleAll about forecasting and using the Forecast Sheets
check_circleConducting a Linear Forecast and Forecast Smoothing
check_circleHow to use Conditional Formatting to highlight areas of your data
check_circleAll about Histograms and Regression
check_circleHow to use Goal Seek, Scenario Manager, and Solver to fill data gaps

About This Course

Microsoft Excel remains one of the best tools for Data Analysis. In this course, we focus on the specific functions, formulas, and tools that Excel has to help conduct business or data analysis.

We start by looking at how to take raw data and clean it so it’s in a usable format. After that, we look at a number of tools and functions that can be used to conduct analysis before moving onto how to display data in the most meaningful way. Finally, we move onto some more advanced techniques designed to aid forecasting and using existing data to predict future trends.

This course also includes practice exercises so you can immediately put into practice the new data analysis techniques that you learn.

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Simon Sez IT
Simon Sez IT

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