Training on Data Analysis, Visualization in Excel & PoweBi Course

About the course

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation or computation capabilities, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. Excel forms part of the Microsoft Office suite of software. Power BI is an interactive data visualization software product developed by Microsoft with a primary focus on business intelligence. It is part of the Microsoft Power Platform. We are covering Excel fundamentals, Quick Access Toolbar, Basic excel functions such as SUM, MIN & MAX, Average & AutoSum. Excel sheet modifications using Moving & Copying data, Inserting & deleting rows, Hiding, unhiding and re-naming. Formatting data, Font formatting, Creating styles, Conditional formatting, Creating Charts, Excel column chart, Adding and modifying data, Excel Pie chart. Pivot Table, Creating a Pivot table, Modifying pivot table, Grouping pivot table, Creating pivot charts, Filtering pivot charts, Excel conditional functions, IF function, Nesting function. Lookup functions VLookup, HLookup, INDEX & MATCH. For PowerBi we go through Power BI , Introduction to PowerBI desktop, Connecting to Data, Table relationships, Data model, Filter Flow, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) – Calculated Columns, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) – Measures, IF, AND, OR, CALCULATE , CALCULATE ALL, SUMX, Report View in PowerBI, Inserting Charts, Formatting, Filtering options, Matrix Visuals, Treemaps, Trend lines and forecast, Managing roles in Power BI

Course duration

5 Days

Who this course is for:

• Those exploring the idea of moving into data analytics and visualization for their career
• Those looking for bridging course to add to your current reporting skills
• Business Owners
• Accountants
• Data enthusiastic
• Those looking for a deep awareness of the field

What you will learn

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Understand importance of business analytics in business 
• You will gain an advanced level of awareness on the types of data, the role of a data scientist and the types of. 
• You will learn how to gather, transform, model and visualize data with Power BI  
• You will learn how to use advanced Excel Statistical functions  
• You will feel confident in implementing Excel and Power BI data solutions to your orginisations
• Understand fundamentals of excel analytics functions and conditional formatting
• Analyze with complex datasets using pivot tables and slicers
• Solve analytical problems using tools like scenario manager, solver and goal seek
• Apply statistical tools and concepts like moving average, hypothesis testing, ANOVA and regression to data sets using Excel 
• You will gain an advanced level of awareness on the types of machine learning and how it works
• Represent your findings using charts and dashboards
• Use Microsoft Power BI

Course Outline

Introduction to Business Analytics

• What is Business Analytics?
• Analysis vs Analytics
• Types of Analytics
• Areas of Analytics
• Tools Files and Data Sources
• Competencies

Types of Data, Analytics and Tools.

• What is categorical and numerical data
• What is exploratory analysis 
• What is descriptive analysis 
• What is Inferential analysis 
• What is Predictive Analysis  
• Casual and Mechanistic Analysis 
• Understanding Box Plots
• How to create a boxplot in Excel
• Categorical and Numerical Data in Excel
• How to summarize Categorical Data with Pivot Tables
• Useful Excel Statistics Functions - descriptive statistics
• Useful Excel Statistics Functions - RANK, LARGE and SMALL
• Percentile Functions and Percentrank Functions
• Geometric Mean on Investment Returns
• Descriptive Statistics In Excel
• Connecting to Data via PowerBi
• PowerBI Functions   

Excel Functions

• Logical Functions
• Look up and Reference Functions
• VLOOKUP Function
• HLOOKUP Function
• MATCH Function
• INDEX and OFFSET Function
• Statistical Function
• SUMIFS Function
• COUNTIFS Function
• Excel Formating

Analysis Data using PIVOT Tables

• Pivot Table Introduction
• Grouping in Pivot Table Introduction
• Custom Calculation
• Calculated Field and Calculated Item
• Creating a Slicer

Dashboard in Excel

• What is a Dashboard?
• Dashboard Design
• Chart Formatting
• Interactive Dashboard with Form Controls
• Interactive Chart

Business Analytics using Excel

• Histogram
• Solver Addin
• Goal Seek
• Scenario Manager
• Data Table
• Descriptive Statistics

Statistical Analysis using Excel

• Hypothesis Testing
• ANOVA
• Covariance
• Correlation
• Regression

Excel VBA

• MsgBox
• VBA variables
• Events
• Array
• VBA functions
• Application Object

Power BI

• Power Pivot
• Power View
• Power Query
• Report Views
• Matrix visual
• Tree Maps
• Trend Lines
• Roles in PowerBI 
• Power Map
• Publishing

Methodology

This instructor led training course is delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

Accreditation

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a certificate of participation.

Training Venue

The training is residential and will be held at the Livecode Training Centre in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

Accommodation

Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.

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Mobile Number: +254 725 771 853

Training Fees

The course fees is KES 70,000.00 or USD 1000.00 exclusive of VAT. The course fees covers the course tuition, training materials, two (2) break refreshments, lunch and study visits. Participants will cater for their travel and accommodation costs.

Payment

Payment should be transferred to Livecode Technologies account through bank on or before the course starting date. 

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Cancellation Policy

Payment for the all courses includes a registration fee, which is non-refundable, and equals 15% of the total sum of the course fee.

Tailor- Made

This scheduled course can also be tailored for your organization. To find out how our tailor-made training can help your organization, call our team on

Please Note: The program content shown here is for guidance purposes only. Our continuous course improvement process may lead to changes in topics and course structure.