Excel for Business Analysts

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1 Excel for Business Analysts Learn how to have more impact with less effort using Excel. What to Expect? Excel is a key tool for many professionals to analyze large amounts of data to keep track of business developments and make better decisions. Although used intensively by many, only a few know how its tools can be optimally applied to create high quality applications. This training turns you into an advanced Excel user and touches upon all topics that each business analyst should know. You will work effortlessly with the many features Excel has to offer and never waste time again. Duration: Two days 09:30-17:30 Locations: Amsterdam Berlin Düsseldorf Münich Zürich Price: 995 (excl. VAT) Group discounts available Contact Us: support@xlyourmind.com

2 Objectives This training helps you to gain insights from data quicker and avoid manual tasks. You will learn about the most advanced features and how they can be combined to tackle common business challenges more effectively. Who is It For? Business Analysis with Excel has been designed for individuals who work frequently with Excel and want to learn more about advanced features in order to create higher-impact spreadsheets more efficiently. About us The transformation of data into meaningful information is crucial for making the right business decisions. We help you to manage the ever widening stream of data in the most time-efficient ways. With trainings that are adjusted to your industry and function, you will quickly become an expert in organizing, analyzing, and visualizing data to gain more insights. In a nutshell - our trainings enable you to do more work in significantly less time and with better results.

3 Training Topics Introduction to VBA VBA in Excel will enhance your productivity and allow you to build macro-driven applications, automate repetitive operations and create custom functions. You will have the ability to optimize reporting and data management processes by streamlining recurring tasks within your department. Whereas the 2-day VBA training goes into depth of VBA programming, this training covers the essentials that each business analyst needs to know to get up and running with macros in Excel. How does VBA work and how can it be used to automate repetitive and recurring tasks? How can I use VBA without having to invest a lot of time learning how to program? What can VBA do for me when it comes to managing and analyzing data? Focus points Fundamentals of writing macros in Excel Understanding the fundamentals of the programming language in Excel. Recording and cleaning macros, working with the Visual Basic Editor. Controlling code execution Incorporating logic with If-then and select case constructs, automation with looping blocks of instructions. Creating user defined functions Creating own custom functions in excel for expanding Excel s capabilities and saving you loads of time. Dynamic Dashboard Design Effectively display important data summaries and monitor performance more effectively using dashboards to support decision making. You will learn how to create informative, actionable, and interactive dashboards using a wide variety of Excel features. How to create an attractive user interface that communicates my KPIs most effectively? How to make sure that my dashboard can be updated easily? How to prevent others from damaging my dashboard while maintaining all key functionalities?

4 Focus points Dashboard design principles Understanding dashboard design fundamentals and how to best structure your excel dashboards to ensure easy maintenance and protection. Interactive components Integrating user interactive components using form controls, slicers and basic macros. Effective visualizations Tips and tricks regarding advanced applications of conditional formatting and charts. Data Management and Reporting Produce powerful dynamic reports and leverage the flexibility of Pivot Tables, dynamic tables, and Power Pivot. Learn how to import data from various sources and clean data with minimal effort. Focus points How can I best import data into Excel and then clean it as quickly as possible? How to build professional reports that are highly flexible and easily maintained? Is it possible to analyze multiple very large data sets without Excel performance issues? Tables and Pivot Tables Summarizing, analyzing and visualizing data with Pivot Tables and dynamic tables. Power Pivot Working with multiple large datasets, setting up table relationships using Power Pivot and performing calculations within the Power Pivot data model. Importing and cleaning data Importing data from various sources and cleaning data using nested functions and macros. Time savers Exploring time saving techniques such as shortcuts, workbook navigation with hyperlinks, creating own menus, useful add-ins, links between Excel and PowerPoint, naming cells, and effectively resolving function errors.

5 Problem Solving Tools Two toolsets that every business analyst should know are What-If analysis and Solver. Get more insights quickly by merging and comparing different scenarios with Excel What-If Analysis and apply Solver to find the optimal solutions to a large variety of problems. How can I find the best solution to scheduling employees, allocating budgets, or shipping products? How to compare scenarios quickly without having to make large adjustments within my spreadsheet? Focus points Solver Setting up a problem set and using different solver options to find solutions to a wide set of questions, which business analysts often encounter. What-If Analysis Evaluating the outcomes of different scenarios and creating summary reports with only a few clicks.

6 Why Choose our Trainings? Business Focus You will learn practical skills and methods that can be applied straight away. Exercises and cases are based on common business challenges while content is continuously validated by working professionals from different industries. Online resources You will gain access to our online resource database XL+. Every day new information is added here that helps you to apply what you had learned during our trainings sessions and stay on top of the latest developments. Expert Knowledge Our trainers are experts in the field of data analysis and automation with Excel. They have helped many companies build cost effective solutions with Excel and incorporate this experience in our trainings. Continuing Support To ensure that you can apply what you have learned during our trainings, our team stands ready to give you a timely response to any questions you may still have. Flexible We take greatest care that the training content as well as the facilities satisfy your training requirements. International We operate internationally and the training content as well as delivery method are very well suited to professionals working in multinational organizations.

7 Business Focus You will learn practical skills and methods that can be applied straight away. Exercises and cases are based on common business challenges and the content is continuously validated by working professionals from different industries. Continuing Support To ensure that you can apply what you have learned during our trainings, our team stands ready to give you a timely response to any questions you still might have. XL Your Mind Flexible Gneisenaustraße We 27 take greatest care that the training content as well as facilities match your training Düsseldorf needs Germany support@xlyourmind.com Phone: International Website: We operate internationally and the training content as well as delivery method are very well suited to professionals working in multinational organizations.