In this hands-on course we will explore how Excel handles data and introduce a variety of techniques to make your life easier when setting up Excel reports or preparing your data for analysis. We will cover efficient ways of handling dates in data exports, combining or splitting columns (like first and last name), reporting on data that is stored across multiple workbooks, grouping and filtering data (even when the information that we want to group by is a column in another table) and using ‘What If’ analysis for forecasting. Best of all, we will show you how to set up links and connections to the data source so that you can set and forget and build a robust Excel report that refreshes as your new data is added or updated.
You'll gain a solid understanding of how Excel ‘thinks’ and learn handy tricks to work more efficiently with large datasets. You'll get an introduction to the concepts of Excel databases and take away techniques to create efficient reports, freeing you up to focus on the data insights rather than the data cleansing.
Philip our Trainer was excellent and extremely helpful and had a lovely manner in which to teach.
Charlie Bears Australia Pty Ltd
This was one of the most productive training sessions that I have done in the last 5 years Good content, delivered very well.
Sun Engineering (Qld) Pty Ltd
I felt the trainer as very informative and knowledgeable and delivered the session well, I enjoyed the session and gained some well needed knowledge.
Sun Engineering (Qld) Pty Ltd
Appreciated Robbie's ability to involve all participants thru program whilst playing catch-up with those that did not immediately relate to issue.
Liquor Legends
Thanks for a very good and informative training session. Very helpful
National Disability Insurance Agency
Jo Smith was a fantastic trainer. It was a good concept to train just with the staff from our company as there wasn't time wasted trying to accommodate other people/company requirements.
Fujitsu Australia
FANTASTIC! I have already recommended you guys to 3 friends who are looking at doing some courses soon!!
Presence of IT
Robby was Brilliant! I learnt heaps of new tricks and will definitely be back for another advanced excel course. Thanks again Robby for all your hard work yesterday. I found Pete an excellent trainer with plenty of patience and willingness to
share his knowledge. Thank you Pete!
Mater
I enjoyed the course and found my attendance to be beneficial.
ERM Power
Murray was very helpful and was able to work with our specific requirements which made the course even more beneficial. I have already recommended PD Training to CASA for future training.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
Robby was a great trainer. I left the course with a lot of great information and I look forward to coming back!
Cerebral Palsy League of Qld
The course and service from PD Training was fantastic. I learnt new skills which will be invaluable for my new career. Robby was a fantastic trainer. He kept the course fun and interactive, and was extremely accommodating, if we had further questions.
Looking forward to undertaking the Advanced Course.
Cerebral Palsy League of Qld
Robbie was fantastic yet again. So helpful, attentive and kept the course interesting. He went above and beyond to answer any questions I had. To the extent he worked on a specific query I had prior to the course commencing.
Cerebral Palsy League of Qld
I had a chat to two of the participants from yesterday's Excel training. We didn't discuss the specific questions listed in your survey, but they both said the training was excellent and they definitely gained valuable knowledge from it. They
said their trainer (Peter) was an excellent trainer.
Mater
The Trainer was excellent - Enthusiastic and knowledgeable and made the training session fun!
Fujitsu Australia
Denise was a fantastic trainer and I thoroughly enjoyed my training
Westfield Ltd
Thanks for making the organising so easy. You have all been very helpful.
Mater
I was surprised at how much fun we had, how engaging the trainer was, how much we learnt. The content was well structured and clear, the training notes helpful. Phil was a great trainer - it was a fun day. The manual is very clear and great as
a reference tool for future use.
Kangan Library and Learning Centre
Philip was a great trainer, very personable and involved.
Kangan Library and Learning Centre
Our instructor Phillip was fantastic. He called before the course to get a good understanding of our requirements. On the day he asked the group what their aims were for the training and ensured all these aspects were covered. He managed to make
what many of us assumed was a "dry" training day interesting and very practical. It was excellent.
Kangan Library and Learning Centre
The facilitator was very energetic and knowledgeable on this and other relevant Microsoft software programs showing how the integration would assist our learning outcomes.
Queensland Rail
Was a great learning environment with a facilitator that really tries to make the course relevant to your needs but also interesting.
Queensland Rail
We enjoyed having Steve conduct the training. There was never a dull moment, he has great knowledge of word and was very helpful. I will certainly used what I have learnt going forward.
EBM Insurance Brokers
Steve was very engaging and paced the training to the needs of the group. Would recommend him as he is a terrific trainer. We would also be interested in taking up an Excel Beginners course so would like some further information of Steve's availability
to take the course.
EBM Insurance Brokers
The trainer was fantastic and I got alot out of the course. Very pleased!
EBM Insurance Brokers
I'm really happy with the training and we will definitely use PD Training for future training sessions. Thanks!
Pembroke School
Definitely learning how to use Styles :)
Pembroke School
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12-months access to the unique REACH Future Proofing Personal Development Dashboard with personally curated learning to develop agility to adapt to different people tasks and situations.
You'll gain a solid understanding of how Excel ‘thinks’ and learn handy tricks to work more efficiently with large datasets. You'll get an introduction to the concepts of Excel databases and take away techniques to create efficient reports, freeing you up to focus on the data insights rather than the data cleansing.
After completing this course, participants will have learned to:
Topic 1
Group and Outline Data
Make large datasets easier to read by grouping them by region, month or topic. Quickly hide and unhide the columns that you need to see.
Topic 2
Consolidating Workbooks
Do you need to report across an entire department or company by have been collecting the data in individual workbooks? See how Excel can combine information from multiple workbooks and even maintain links to the original data source.
Topic 3
Splitting and Combining Data in Columns
Last name, First name or T-shirt, S (Blue) can appear in our data source, but make it challenging to do proper analysis. Learn a few techniques and formulas that split, combine and prepare your data for reporting.
Topic 4
Transforming Data with Power Query Editor
Introduction to Excel Power Query, the tool that automates data cleansing, splitting and combining columns, calculating new columns and working with data from multiple sources.
Topic 5
Introduction to the Excel Data Model
Did you know that Excel can be a relational database? Using the Excel Data Model you can connect to multiple sources of data and transform the data to make analysing and reporting more comprehensive.
Topic 6
Flash Fill
Add an email address column to a table of Last Name, First Name with just one click. Understand how Excel uses pattern recognition to make copying, combining, and cleaning data more efficient.
Topic 7
Looking Up and Retrieving Data (VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH)
Expand your database knowledge to work with multiple tables of data.
Topic 8
Summarising Data with Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
Pull together your newly cleansed data into a beautiful Excel Dashboard or report in no time using Pivot Charts.
Topic 9
Advanced Filters
Start using Excel databases to find the best candidate for the job in a list of applicants or filter data based on advanced criteria.
Topic 10
Database Functions
Use database functions to create custom reports and tables to meet exact business requirements.
If you’re not happy with the outcomes from
the course we offer a money back guarantee
For every participant
valued at $199 each
No one left behind
with our 1/2 price re-run promise
12-months access to the unique REACH Future Proofing Personal Development Dashboard with personally curated learning to develop agility to adapt to different people tasks and situations.
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