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Course Outline
Part I. Squeeze more from Excel
Overview of tools on the Data tab
- Access to external data - do you really need to visit the bank's website every day to check the current exchange rate for CHF?
- Defining connections to external data (Access, Web, Text, XML, ...)
- Multi-level sorting - the rules and proper sorting options
- Efficient Advanced filtering - how to create Strainer filters with access to filter criteria
- Fast text-to-column conversion
- Delete duplicate data
- Enforcing input of correct data - how to ensure data is in a specific format
- Scenario Analysis - how to prepare a professional presentation of possible scenarios
- Scenario Analysis - how to estimate the result of a formula
- Grouping and auto outlines - how to roll up rows and columns and show different levels of detail
PivotTable and PivotChart
- Calculated fields - how to add a field to the PivotTable that is not directly on the sheet
- Calculated items in the table
- Grouping data and creating professional-looking statements
Part II. Automation i.e. VBA.
Macros
- Recording and editing macros: Is recording silent?
- Where to store macros - where is best to write macros
Introduction to procedural programming - the necessary foundation
- Sub and Function - how to invoke them and what they are
- Data Types - what variables are needed and whether it is worth declaring them
- The conditional statement If ... Then .... ElseIf .... Else .... End If
- Case statement and the accompanying trap
- For ... next loop, ... each loop
- For ... loop while, until loops
- Loop break instructions (exit)
Visual Basic in action
- Download and upload data to a spreadsheet (Cells, Range)
- Download and upload data to the user (InputBox, MsgBox)
- The scope and lifetime of variables
- Operators and their priorities
- Useful module options
- Securing code - protecting code from tampering and viewing
- Key Excel objects: Application, Workbook, Workbooks, Worksheet, Worksheets,
- ThisWorkbook, ActiveWorkbook, ActiveCell, Selection, Range, Cells, ...
Debugging
- Immediate window
- Locals window
- Stepping through code - what to do when something stops working
- Watches
- Call Stack
Error handling
- Types of errors and ways to avoid them
- Capturing and handling run-time errors - why properly written code can sometimes not work
- Structure: On Error Resume Next, On Error GoTo label, On Error GoTo 0
Requirements
At least intermediate knowledge of MS Excel.
28 Hours
Testimonials (2)
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Agata Halubicka - Sad Rejonowy w Krosnie Odrzanskim
Course - Microsoft Office Excel - poziom średnio zaawansowany
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