Microsoft Excel Dashboards

Course Length: 6 hours (1 day)
This course will help start you down the road to creating advanced workbooks and worksheets that you can use to create dashboards. The ability to analyze massive amounts of data, extract actionable intelligence from it, and present that information to decision makers is the cornerstone of driving a successful organization that is able to compete at a high level.

Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to create dashboards in Microsoft Office Excel 2016. You will:

• Create range names and advanced formulas
• Automate workbook functionality
• Apply conditional logic
• Visualize data by using basic charts
• Create trendline and sparkline charts
• Use Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, and slicers to create a dashboard

Target Student:
This course is designed for students who already have foundational knowledge and skills in Excel 2016 and who wish to begin taking advantage of some of the higher-level functionality in Excel to summarize table data by using functions, charts, and Pivot Tables and display those elements in a dashboard format.

Course Outline:
Section 1: Using Names in Formulas and Functions
Examine Dashboards
Use Range Names in Formulas
Use Specialized Functions

Section 2: Automating Workbook Functionality
Apply Data Validation
Work with Forms and Controls

Section 3: Applying Conditional Logic
Use Lookup Functions
Combine Functions

Section 4: Visualizing Data with Basic Charts
Create Charts
Modify and Format Charts

Section 5: Using Advanced Charting Techniques
Create Dual-Axis Charts and Trendlines
Create Sparklines

Section 6: Analyzing Data with Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, and Slicers
Create a Pivot Table
Analyze Pivot Table Data
Present Data with Pivot Charts
Filter Data by Using Slicers