Power Excel^®:
Analyzing Data to Make Business Decisions

Troubleshooting and Enhancing Professional Workbooks

• Deciphering and correcting functions for data integrity
• Accurately interpreting calculations
• Implementing Names to enhance your workbook model
• Monitoring KPIs using conditional formatting

Analyzing Data with Functions

Summarizing business data with common functions

• Identifying the correct statistical function to aid analysis
• Applying basic financial functions
• Differentiating serial dates and date presentations
• Calculating the number of working days

Controlling calculations and nested formulas

• Interpreting data variations with the IF function
• Streamlining calculations using absolute and relative referencing
• Developing nested functions to cope with multiple conditions
• Capturing information with lookup functions
• Applying techniques to implement and troubleshoot nested calculations

Optimizing Workbook Models with What-If Analysis

Planning for contingencies

• Managing variables in worksheets with Scenarios
• Comparing and contrasting different datasets with scenario reports

Quantifying variables in a workbook model

• Determining the magnitude of a variable with Goal Seek to achieve an end value
• Calculating the optimum variable values in a worksheet model with Solver

Summarizing Business Information

Organizing workbooks and links

• Arranging multiple workbooks with Workspaces
• Managing external links

Consolidating ranges

• Building 3-D formulas to analyze worksheet data
• Summarizing multiple sources of Excel information into one worksheet

Formulating Decisions from Database Information

Distilling datasets for data analysis

• Managing multiple datasets on a single worksheet with the Table feature
• Defining an Excel dataset to ensure appropriate use of built-in features
• Extracting unique lists of records from an Excel dataset with the Advanced Filter
• Analyzing datasets with filters and aggregation
• Calculating subtotals and grand totals

Interpreting and refining data with PivotTables and PivotCharts

• Developing interactive PivotTables for real-time data analysis
• Building PivotCharts to visually represent PivotTable data
• Defining data summaries interactively

Analyzing large datasets with PivotTables

• Summarizing datasets with grouping and aggregation
• Comparing related totals dynamically
• Filtering details with Report Filters and Slicers
• Presenting PivotTable reports effectively with charts
• Examining data patterns with Sparklines

Enhancing Excel Usage with Macros

Automating repetitive tasks

• Simplifying complex tasks and reducing errors with recorded macros
• Bulletproofing routine editing and formatting
• Invoking macros with Form controls

Recognizing the code behind a macro

• Working with the Visual Basic Editor
• Identifying the composition of a macro
• Troubleshooting and interpreting code in a macro procedure
• Modifying macros in the code window