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IT-1047 | Excel & Powerpoint Advanced for Data Analysis

Course Sector : Information Technology

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Duration	Date from	Date to	Course Venue	Course fees	Book a course
5 Days	28/12/2026	01/01/2027	Dubai	$4,250	Book now
5 Days	11/01/2027	15/01/2027	Dubai	$4,250	Book now
5 Days	14/06/2027	18/06/2027	Dubai	$4,250	Book now
5 Days	16/08/2027	20/08/2027	Zurich	$5,950	Book now

Course Introduction

Many organizations struggle with the vast amount of data they are accumulating over the years, finding that the structure of the reports to present this data limits their use. This is why data analysis and presentation have become an emerging requirement for many businesses today. Employees are frequently asked to prepare management reports, scorecards, and dashboard charts in order to help the management in their decision-making process.

This course is designed to provide participants with advanced levels of analysis, reporting, and creating custom reports. The course will focus on topics such as tools and techniques used to perform data reporting, analysis, and visualization.

Course objective

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the principles behind data mining, Power Query, importing data, and organizing data.
Use visualization techniques to improve the presentation of information
Design exceptional visualization charts, dashboards, scorecards, and flash reports
Leverage sampling techniques from data sets using the Data Analysis command
Learn and use techniques such as building charts, performing What-If scenarios, and using functions.
Understand how to apply Business Intelligence tools to transform data into useful information.
Implement multiple data parameters, particularly within Power BI
Ensure the validity of data while locating errors or duplicates using rules and formula auditing.

Course audience

Data Analyst
Business Intelligence Analyst
Financial Analyst
Business Analyst
Marketing Analyst
Sales Analyst
Operations Manager
Reporting Specialist
Project Manager
HR Analyst

Course Outline | Day 01

Data Mining

What is Data Mining?
Understand Your Data
Sources of Data
Import External Data into a Worksheet Using the Text Import Wizard
Organizing Data
Data Extraction using LOOKUP Functions
Power Query

Business Intelligence (BI) Tools

An Overview of BI & BI Tools
BI Tools used by Organizations
Using Power BI

Data Parameter

What is a parameter?
Setting parameter

Data Quality Standards

Data Validation Tool
Validate Formulas
Removing Duplicate Data

Course Outline | Day 02

Sampling Techniques

What is Sampling?
Loading Analysis Toolpak in Excel
Using Analysis Toolpak to Perform Sampling

Advanced Listing Techniques

Tricks in creating dependent lists
Dynamic selection tips
Dynamic extraction of unique values

Facilitating Calculations

Dynamic and expandable named ranges
Multi-nested functions / expandable referencing
Structured table references/table nomenclature
Aggregate calculation using the ‘wildcard’ technique

Course Outline | Day 03

Key Functions & Analysis Techniques

Math Functions SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, AVERAGEIFS
Financial Functions using NPV, IRR, PMT, IPMT & PPMT
What-If Analysis using Goal Seek
What-If Analysis using Scenario Manager
DSUM / SUMPRODUCT / SUMIFS (and building conditions)
Advanced uses of: OFFSET / CHOOSE / INDEX / MATCH
ROWS
INDIRECT

Further Advanced Techniques For Summarising And Presenting Data

Mini pivot table reports
Fast calculations with data tables
Data modelling with scenario manager
Histogram and Pareto Charts

Excel Dashboards (Extracts)

Creative charting techniques
Building a visual analysis

Course Outline | Day 04

Effective Charts And Visualization

Choosing the right chart for your message
Customizing chart properties [a look at column charts]
Visualize trends with line and area charts
Show % contribution with doughnut charts
Creating and customizing a bar chart
Highlight the lowest and highest sales months in a column chart, dynamically
Multi-category axis (Two-Level Axis Labels)

Adding Interactivity To Charts

Using drop-down lists for dynamic charts
Interactive charts using combo box form controls
Dynamic charts using option buttons

Course Outline | Day 05

Visually-rich Tables Using Custom Number Formats And Special Fonts

The basics of Custom Number Formatting: The logic
YoY growth rates using custom number formats and symbols
Scaling numbers with CNFs, e.g., 3,724,271 to 3.72M
In-cell charts using the REPT function
Up/Down arrows using "Wingdings 3" font

Charting And Visualisation Techniques

Creating dynamic labels
Using the camera tool
Working with formula-driven visualizations
Using fancy fonts
Leveraging symbols in formulas
Working with sparklines
Creating unconventional style charts
Fancy thermometer charts
Colored chart bars

Course Certificates

BOOST’s Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC”

BPAC is always given to the delegates after completing the training course,and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%,besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.

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