How to get great results from your data using Excel Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, PowerQuery and PowerPivot
In today’s data-driven world, professionals are expected to manage and analyze vast amounts of data from multiple sources—all without relying heavily on IT departments. Whether you're working in finance, operations, sales, or marketing, the ability to turn raw data into meaningful, actionable insights is a critical skill.
This webinar is designed to take you from beginner to proficient in creating powerful summary reports using Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, and Excel’s advanced data tools like PowerQuery and PowerPivot. You’ll learn how to transform overwhelming datasets into clear, interactive dashboards that drive decision-making.
We’ll begin with the fundamentals and gradually move to more advanced features, covering everything from building and customizing Pivot Tables to incorporating dynamic filters, slicers, and timelines. You'll also explore how to create calculated fields, format data effectively, and automate data updates using Excel’s newest capabilities.
This course is suitable for professionals across all industries and will immediately boost your productivity with Excel. You'll walk away with a practical understanding and confidence to apply these techniques to your own work—right after the session.
Microsoft Certified Trainer with over 25 Years of Training Experience, and over 40 years in IT overall
Tom Fragale is a computer professional with over 40 years of professional experience. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, a Microsoft Certified Office Master, and a Microsoft Certified Expert in Word and Excel, and a Microsoft Certified Specialist in Access, Outlook, and PowerPoint. He has trained over 50,000 business people in online webinars, public seminars, and on-site training. His clients include many Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, military bases, and companies large and small across many industries, including insurance, manufacturing, banking, pharmaceutical, education, retail, etc. He started his career as a database application programmer and has served as a consultant on many successful projects. His topics of expertise include: Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Copilot, ChatGPT, Crystal Reports, SQL Server, Visio, QuickBooks, and SharePoint, among others. His passion is helping people get the most out of their computers, and he is a published author having written a book on Microsoft Access, and another on Excel Pivot Tables. He graduated in 1988 from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA with a B.A. in Computer Science.
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