Excel Creating Dashboards
Online Training

Excel Creating Dashboards Course Overview

Crunching numbers is what Microsoft Excel does best – but how do you use those numbers to get the answers you need? This course will show you how to use advanced Excel features to turn massive amounts of data into visual, customizable dashboards.

The ability to easily query and display information from your Excel data is a helpful tool for decision making, and this course will demonstrate five advanced Excel features (Forms, Lookup Functions, Charts, PivotTables, and Slicers) which will do just that.


Once the course is complete, you will be able to:

  • Use range names in formulas
  • Create nested functions
  • Work with forms, form controls, and data validation
  • Use lookup functions
  • Combine multiple functions
  • Create, modify, and format charts
  • Use sparklines, trendlines, and dual-axis charts
  • Create a PivotTable and analyze PivotTable data
  • Present data with PivotCharts
  • Filter data with slicers

Excel Creating Dashboards Course Topics

This course covers the following topics:

  • Working with Named Ranges
  • Using Named Ranges in Formulas
  • Using Specialized Functions
  • Working with Logical Functions
  • Nesting Functions
  • Date and Time Functions
  • Text Functions
  • Sorting Data
  • Filtering Data
  • Using Database Functions
  • Using Subtotals
  • Create and Modify Tables
  • Manipulating Table Data
  • Conditional Formatting Rules
  • Using Logical Functions with Conditional Formatting
  • Creating Charts
  • Modifying and Formatting Charts
  • Creating a Dual Axis Chart
  • Chart Templates
  • Creating a PivotTable
  • Analyzing PivotTable Data

Universally Compatible

This course was created using standards that will allow playback on most internet capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smart phones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.

Duration

Average Completion Time

Completion times vary depending on the number of times the information is viewed prior to finishing the course. The average completion time is 160 minutes.

Testing

Knowledge Assessment

Testing is conducted in this online course to reinforce the information presented. You are provided three opportunities to achieve a passing mark of 80% or greater.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of this course, a certificate will be available to download and print. You can access your certificate through your online account.

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