
Data is the present and the future. Most of us have an assumption that handling data and creating reports, tracking processes is a difficult task. My motive of this course is to bust this myth.
Google spreadsheet is a very handy tool to track all the processes, progresses and plans. It is very easy to learn and very interesting to implement.
By the end of this course, you will realize that the dashboards and reports you have been looking at, made by others, were so easy to make and so awarding to follow.
Automation of data is yet a great benefit of using google spreadsheet because it allows multiple stake holders to contribute at one place.
Welcome to the journey !!!!
Starting from level zero, we will create a gmail account and passing through Google Drive, we will land on to our first spreadsheet.
We will also look at options available for text formatting, like bold, italics, background color, font color, size etc.
After completing this video, you would be able to format text on the spreadsheet like changing font size, color, font, back ground color etc. This will help you in designing the report or dashboard, so that it is user friendly and soothing to the eyes.
Filter and data formatting, are tools for viewing data in an ordered way. For example, if you have 10,000 rows of data, that has list of schools in your country. Now if you want to see list of schools that are in your city, instead of going through entire list of the country, you will add filter of your city, and the list will now show schools of your city only.
Going forward, you will be learning about different functions available for use in google spreadsheet. If you have knowledge of Microsoft Excel, learning Google spreadsheet would be very easy as 90% of the functions are same.
In this video, we cover three functions:
These are widely used functions in reporting and dashboard creation.
This lesson covers three functions:
All the above functions works exactly the same way as SUM, SUMIF and SUMIFS, except, the result are averages in this cases.
Since we are learning on an actual sheet, I decided to provide you that sheet for practice. So this lecture will tell you how to share sheets with other and how to use sheets shared by others. Since many students would be accessing this sheet, I have shared as "View Only". You will make a copy of the sheet and use it for learning purpose. All the steps for how to do it, is covered in this lecture.
Coming back to functions, in this video, we will cover two variations of a function that enables you too count number of elements in a range.
Now we will start learning function that help you to edit strings. In this video, we have four such functions:
We will learn four functions in this video:
Explore key Google spreadsheet functions countblank, sqrt, floor, rand, and randbetween, with hands-on examples for counting blanks, generating random numbers, and applying range and unique value techniques.
Explore floor and ceiling functions in Google Sheets, learn how to use subtotal, count, and countifs, and apply range-based averages with practical examples.
IF will allow us do multiple calculations based on conditions.
Explore how not and isblank work together in Google Sheets to test blank versus nonblank cells, using isblank, not, and length checks.
Learn google spreadsheet logic with isemail to validate emails and iferror to gracefully handle errors, while using blank handling and basic lookup concepts.
Learn how match and index work together to locate positions in a range. Use index to retrieve values from rows or columns in one- or two-dimensional layouts.
Learn to filter data by multiple conditions, sort results, and extract unique values in Google Sheets using functions to build dashboards.
Master date and time functions in Google Sheets, such as day, month, year, now, and minute second, and apply them to build a mini dashboard from company data.
Build a restaurant orders dashboard in Google Sheets by listing localities, generating a unique locality list, and using sumifs to total orders and revenue, including discount-driven revenue loss.
Build an HR tracker dashboard in Google Sheets by creating a new spreadsheet, establishing data validation for team members and departments, and organizing monthly salary, bonus, and leave data.
Build a dynamic sales dashboard in google sheets that computes item price, tax, and delivery, using formulas like match and is number, with data from amazon or ebay.
Learn core Google Sheets functions such as add, sum, product, divide, quotient, and mod, plus the distinction between average and averagea for numeric and non-numeric data.
Explore core number operations in Google Sheets, including abs, large, small, odd/even, floor/ceiling, round, count/counta, max/min, and mastering relative versus absolute cell references.
Learn how to use countif and countifs in Google Sheets to count cells by single or multiple criteria, ensure equal length ranges, and interpret the results.
Explore how to use averageif and averageifs, plus maxifs and minifs, to compute conditional averages and extremes with ranges, criteria, and sum or average ranges.
Master testing values with Google Sheets is functions such as is blank, is email, is url, and is error; learn to handle spaces, validate formats, and use with if statements.
Explore how is formula, is date, is text, and is number checks reveal value types in Google Sheets.
Learn how ROW, COLUMN and ADDRESS work in Google Sheets, including absolute and relative references, locking with dollar signs, and building robust cell references for data analysis.
Explore index and match fundamentals before vlookup, using ranges and zero for exact results, while mastering vlookup and hlookup for vertical and horizontal lookups.
Learn to use filter and array formula in Google Sheets to filter data by multiple criteria, applying and/or conditions, with ranges and curly brackets.
Explore how to use hyperlink and image functions in Google Sheets to link websites, display images, and manage URLs with labels, hover popups, and sizing options.
Create a sales dashboard in Google Sheets, using a data sheet with dropdowns for lead source, salesperson, and industry, plus monthly counts, revenue, charts, and conditional formatting.
Create data-driven contract documents from Google Sheets by using VLOOKUP, date formatting, and templates that adapt to buyer, seller, and property details.
Learn to build a live ping pong leaderboard by capturing results with Google Forms and compiling them in Google Sheets using array formulas, unique players, and a sortable score dashboard.
Build a Google Sheets client tracking dashboard for hotels, with dropdowns for account managers, coordinators, and hotel types; track revenue and automate insights with helper sheets, pivot tables, and charts.
Master a profit-based commission payout system in Google Sheets, calculating revenue, cost, and profit percent to assign tiered commissions and track payouts on a dashboard.
Design a student onboarding system in Google Sheets that tracks steps, current and next stages, with checkboxes, color coding, and data formulas like filter and transpose.
Transform a multi-row company dataset into one row per company using Google Sheets formulas such as IF, FILTER, and VLOOKUP, and preserve LinkedIn profiles in the consolidated output.
Build a monthly attendance system in Google Sheets with names, IDs, dates, and present, absent or late status using dropdowns or checkboxes. Apply formulas and conditional formatting to highlight status.
Explore import range to centralize task management, routing tasks from a master sheet to per person sheets, with status tracking, unique IDs, and indirect and vlookup style lookups across sheets.
Explore a Google Sheets project that models personal finances with assumptions and predictions, forecasting expenses, inflation, and investment returns, aligned with age milestones and retirement planning.
Since I am a full time Google Spreadsheet consultant, with clients all over the world, I know what are the things that are important and should be taught to students.
Google Spreadsheet is on of the most powerful tool developed by Google. It has such a vast use that almost any body in any field, can use it for some thing or the other. If you are a student, you can use it to record your readings of experiment, if you are a data analyst, you can do all analysis and automate it here, if you are a marketing or sales guys, you can have your own mini CRM set up in google sheet. The fact that it is online, adds a huge value as there is no need of having a special software and you can work on your data from any part of the world. Above all, it is free.
Google Sheet uses most of the function and formula used in Excel. So if you have worked on excel, it is a big advantage. However, for this course, prior knowledge of excel is not must, as I will start the course from level zero.
The target of this course is not to make you a spreadsheet genius, or to memorize you all the function, but to enable you to make tools that you can actually use to solve the surrounding problems. To make use of any tool or language, you do not need to memorize each and every feature of it. But all you need to know is what are the possibilities and how to google the answers. This course will focus on the same.
This course will be your starting point to be an automation expert, because automation is the thing in present world, and maximum efficiency of a process is achieved only if it is automated.
Here are some feedback from students, that describes the philosophy of this course: