Advanced Excel: Power Query, Power Pivots and Macros

Course Methodology

This is a hands-on course with practical applications and use of Microsoft Excel 2016 throughout the five days. All examples, exercises and cases are practiced in Excel.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply key Excel functions to prepare data for analysis using pivot tables
• Create and customize pivot tables to reconcile and analyze accounts efficiently
• Utilize Power Query to clean up and prepare data for reporting
• Utilize pivot tables functions and calculations to generate a set of management and business analysis reports
• Run macros to speed up work and utilize other advanced techniques in data analysis and reporting
• Report and analyze big data using PowerPivots

Target Audience

Accountants, senior and junior accountants, business analysts, accounting and finance professionals, business analysts, research professionals and staff from any function who need to master and upgrade their skills in Excel pivot tables, Power Query and Power Pivots and work with big data analysis.

Target Competencies

• Power Query
• Practicing pivot tables
• Working with PowerPivot
• Reporting
• Analyzing business data
• Designing basic macros

Note

This is a hands-on training course using laptops, which will be made available by Meirc for the duration of the training.