Advanced Excel

About Course

Master Advanced Microsoft Excel through practical, hands-on training designed to help you work efficiently with complex data, automate repetitive tasks, and create professional reports. This course covers advanced formulas and functions, lookup and reference functions, conditional logic, data validation, sorting and filtering, PivotTables, PivotCharts, dashboards, data cleaning, and advanced data analysis techniques.

Duration: 35-40 Hours

Category: Coding/Development

Skill Level: Beginner – Intermediate

Modules: 20

Subjects & Expertise

The training focuses on using Microsoft Excel as a powerful data analysis and reporting tool, covering advanced formulas, data manipulation, visualization, PivotTables, dashboards, and automation. Learners will understand how to transform raw business data into structured reports and meaningful insights.

The course combines instructor-led sessions with hands-on exercises, real-world datasets, business case studies, and practical projects. Students gain confidence in solving complex Excel problems, creating automated reports, analyzing business data, and developing professional dashboards for day-to-day business requirements.

Modules

1. Excel Foundation Refresher

Excel Tables
Structured References
Named Ranges
Data Validation

2. Advanced Formulas

IF
IFS
SWITCH
AND
OR
IFERROR
IFNA

3. Lookup Functions

VLOOKUP
HLOOKUP
XLOOKUP
INDEX MATCH
OFFSET
INDIRECT

4. Text Functions

LEFT
RIGHT
MID
TEXTJOIN
TEXTSPLIT
SUBSTITUTE
CONCAT

5. Date and Time Functions

TODAY
NOW
EDATE
EOMONTH
WORKDAY
NETWORKDAYS

6. Dynamic Array Functions

FILTER
SORT
SORTBY
UNIQUE
SEQUENCE
RANDARRAY

7. Advanced Pivot Tables

Pivot Tables
Calculated Fields
Grouping
Pivot Analysis

8. Pivot Charts and Dashboards

KPI Dashboards
Interactive Dashboards
Executive Reporting

9. Conditional Formatting

Formula Based Rules
Heat Maps
KPI Indicators
Variance Analysis

10. Data Cleaning Techniques

Flash Fill
Text to Columns
Remove Duplicates
Data Validation

11. Power Query

Data Import
Transformations
Merge Queries
Append Queries
Automation

12. Power Pivot

Data Models
Relationships
Measures
KPIs

13. DAX in Excel

Calculated Columns
Measures
Time Intelligence

14. What-If Analysis

Goal Seek
Scenario Manager
Data Tables
Solver

15. Dashboard Design

KPI Tracking
Management Dashboards
MIS Reporting

16. VBA Fundamentals

Macro Recording
VBA Editor
Variables
Loops
Conditions

17. Advanced VBA

Procedures
Functions
Event Handling
Forms Automation

18. Financial and Business Reporting

Budget Reports
Forecasting
Variance Analysis
Profitability Reports

19. Real-Time Industry Use Cases

Sales Analytics
Finance Reporting
HR Dashboards
Operations Reporting

20. Capstone Project & Interview Preparation

Automation Project
Executive Dashboard
Interview Questions
Best Practices