Learn how to manage and analyze large amounts of data using easy-to-use commands, features, and functions within Microsoft Excel.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Managing and analyzing data in Excel
- The importance of checking data quality
- Use the UNIQUE function to investigate data and data quality
- Check data quality with a PivotTable
- Check for duplicates with formulas
- Find duplicates and stray values with Conditional Formatting
- Deciding if your data is ready for use
- Splitting columns with Flash Fill
- Splitting columns with Dynamic Arrays
- Splitting columns with Power Query
- Splitting columns into rows
- Structure data for optimum usage in Excel
- The power and majesty of Excel's Tables
- Using COUNTA to evaluate and monitor your data
- Power Query: Unpivot
- Convert an array to a column with TOCOL
- Convert a report to raw, useful data
- Find and retrieve data with VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP
- Import and combine data sets in Power Query
- Append data sets
- Overview of Power Query joins
- Using the Power Query joins feature
- Power Query vs. XLOOKUP
- Sort with multiple criteria
- Sort by cell color, font color, or cell icon
- Sort by custom list
- Sort in Power Query
- Use Dynamic Arrays: SORT, SORTBY
- Use the FILTER dynamic array function
- Use text, numeric, and date filters
- Filter in Power Query
- Filter table data interactively with slicers
- SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, and related functions for data analysis
- A quick word about PivotTables
- Using PivotTables for basic analysis
- Using tables to support PivotTable integrity
- Identify top or bottom values with Conditional Formatting
- Continue your data stewardship
Taught by
Dennis Taylor