
Explore how data analysis inspects, cleans, transforms, and models data to reveal trends and actionable insights for informed decisions, including descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and perspective analyses.
Discover why Excel remains a top data analysis tool for small to medium data sets, with built-in sorting, filtering, cleaning, pivot tables, and charts.
Master essential Excel keyboard shortcuts for productivity, navigate with enter, tab, and arrows, select with ctrl+shift+arrow, and format, edit, or comment using common shortcuts like today(), ctrl+t, and shift+f2.
Identify and handle missing data in Excel by filtering blanks, then fill with the average or mark as unknown, or delete incomplete rows to clean your dataset.
Split a single column into first and last names using text to column, create emails with flash fill, and find and replace errors quickly using keyboard shortcuts in Excel.
Learn to create drop-down lists in Excel using data validation, define a department list, and apply it to a column by referencing a range or table.
Explore Excel lookup functions across vertical and horizontal datasets, including VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX MATCH, and XLOOKUP, with XLOOKUP offering omni-directional search.
Master essential Excel text functions: left, right, mid, trim, len, and concatenate, to extract characters, remove spaces, count length, and merge text using dummy data.
Explore essential date and time functions in Excel, including today, now, month, year, day, week, edate, and date if, plus time formatting to compute ages, differences, and work hours.
Master nested and dynamic formulas in Excel by building multi-level if statements, sorting data, and extracting the top three students with index and large functions.
Explore how to use sumif, countif, and averageif to sum, count, and average data that meet specific conditions, demonstrated with practical Excel examples.
Learn how dynamic ranges in Excel auto-update with offset and indirect, using named ranges and the name manager to sum data and fetch product prices as you add new rows.
Learn to use conditional formatting in Excel to reveal data insights by highlighting high and low scores (80+ and below 60), spotting duplicates, and adding data bars for visual comparison.
Learn to use subtotal and grouping in Excel to summarize sales by product and by salesperson, using sort to group pens and pencils and show grand totals.
Explore pivot tables in Excel to summarize large data sets, drag fields to rows and columns, and apply filters, sorts, and formats for insights on regions, products, and revenue.
Master Excel data analysis by sorting, filtering, and grouping data, and using subtotals to compare department salaries.
Explore calculated fields in pivot tables and use custom summaries to compute price times quantity, then compare counts, averages, maximum, minimum, and percentages to reveal insights.
Learn how to build pivot charts from a pivot table to visualize region, product, and total sales, using slicers for interactive filtering and dynamic updates.
In today’s fast paced, data driven world, the ability to analyze and interpret data is one of the most valuable skills you can have. Excel Data Analysis for Professionals and Analysts is designed to equip you with the Excel skills needed to organize, analyze and present data efficiently—whether for business, finance, marketing or research.
This course takes a hands-on, practical approach, focusing on real-world examples and exercises so you can apply your skills immediately. You’ll go beyond the basics, learning advanced formulas, PivotTables, charts, dashboards and other techniques that professionals and analysts use every day.
What you’ll learn
Organize and clean datasets efficiently for analysis
Use formulas and functions to perform calculations and automate tasks
Analyze data with PivotTables, PivotCharts and advanced Excel tools
Create professional reports and interactive dashboards
Apply data analysis techniques to real-world business scenarios
Improve accuracy, efficiency and decision making with data
Why take this course?
Step by step guidance from beginner to advanced techniques
Practical, hands-on exercises and real-world projects
Learn Excel skills that are immediately applicable in professional environments
Boost career growth by mastering data analysis and reporting
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to analyze complex datasets, create actionable reports and turn Excel into a powerful tool for your career or business.