Excel Pivot Table: How to Tame the Excel Beast!
The course is presented in four parts.
First, the course illustrates where does pivot table stand in the Excel Techniques, and brings up the topic of when to and when NOT to use a pivot table.
Second, we use a business case to compare ways of reporting on huge data – Formulas vs. Pivot Tables and point out the pros and cons of Pivot Tables:
Third, the course illustrates 6 basic and 6 intermediate maneuvers to tame the Pivot Table beast!
Last, the course explores best practices in building a pivot table. They include:
Prerequisites and Advanced Preparation Basic Excel knowledge Example: be able to open one Excel file and connect to external data files, etc.
Financial Reporting Expert
Lenny is Senior Financial Analyst at Ausenco. Lenny has over 15 years combined experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), financial reporting and modeling, and compliance auditing. Lenny supervises Adaptive Insights system budgeting, and is a CPA, CGA, and a Certified Adaptive Insights Professional and Certified Xero Partner. Lenny is a proponent for "One-click Reporting" for analysts and "Self-service Reporting" for executives. He has strong belief that reporting and closing should be hours rather than days or even weeks. Lenny also acted as local CPA chapter board officer and volunteered for Canada Revenue Agency as a Community Volunteer Income Tax Program consultant. Education MBA, Finance : George Washington University - SBPM (School of Business and Public Management) - [1998 to 2000]
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