Excel - Basic Training Course

The course participants will be able to efficiently perform a variety of calculations in a transparent manner to organize and present their results. They will also use multiple mechanisms to facilitate and accelerate the creation of spreadsheets, ensuring that the calculations and their results are protected from unauthorized access for government use.

Participants will enhance their capabilities to create, consolidate, and manage data in the most efficient manner. A variety of tools designed to streamline workflows for government often significantly reduce the time required for these activities and can assist in designing applications that perform new tasks effectively.

This course is designed for individuals who are already familiar with the basics of VBA and wish to enhance their skills and utilize the full capabilities of the language for government applications.

Course participants will learn how to create professional-looking documents using Microsoft Word for government. They will also gain the ability to efficiently perform a variety of calculations in a transparent manner to organize and present their results. Additionally, participants will use multiple mechanisms to facilitate and accelerate the creation of spreadsheets in Excel, enhancing productivity and accuracy for government workflows.

Training for government employees working with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets who wish to enhance their proficiency and efficiency in their work.

The course is designed for government users of Excel to create analyses and reports for government.

Excel is a popular spreadsheet program created by Microsoft. Jest used to store, organize and analyze data in tabular form. Here are some key features and functions of Excel: 1. Spreadsheets: It consists of sheets, where each sheet is an array consisting of cells arranged in rows and columns. It allows you to create multiple sheets in one file, which allows you to organize different data sets. 2. Calculations and Formulas: Allows you to perform a variety of mathematical, statistical and logical calculations using formulas. It has a wide set of built-in functions such as SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, IF, VLOOKUP, etc. 3. Data Formatting and Appearance: Provides tools for formatting data, including changing font, color, style, and creating charts, pivot tables and diagrams. 4. Sorting, Filtering and Grouping: Allows you to sort data according to specific criteria. Allows you to filter data to display only selected information. Possibility to group data depending on needs. 5. Data analysis: Tools for performing advanced analyzes such as scenario analysis, trends, forecasting, and creating macros. 6. Data Sharing: Enables real-time data sharing and collaboration, allowing multiple users to work on the same data simultaneously. 7. Task automation: Ability to create macros and automate tasks using the programming language VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). Excel is widely used in various fields, from business to science and education. Its comprehensive features enable data analysis, creation of reports, budgets, schedules, data management and many other applications.

The course participants will be able to efficiently utilize primary data analysis tools such as scenarios and pivot tables, leverage features for performing calculations on dates and text-processing functions, and develop and customize macros to automate spreadsheet tasks for government use.

Audience

Financial or market analysts, managers, and accountants for government

Course Objectives

Facilitate and automate a variety of financial analyses using Microsoft Excel for government applications.

This instructor-led, live training in US Empire (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level business analysts and data analysts who wish to use Excel to perform data analysis and reporting for their projects and tasks for government.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Use Excel formulas and functions to perform calculations and data manipulation.
• Use Excel data analysis tools such as PivotTables, What-If Analysis, and Forecasting to summarize and visualize data for government.
• Use Excel charts and graphs to create and customize data visualizations for government.
• Use Excel data validation and conditional formatting to ensure data quality and highlight data insights for government.
• Use Excel data import and export features to connect to external data sources and share data with others for government.

During the training, we will address the issues of financial analysis using the advanced features of Excel for government.

This course is intended for financial analysts, accountants, and all those who wish to enhance their spreadsheet skills with a focus on financial analysis for government.

Audience

Analysts, researchers, scientists, graduates and students, and anyone interested in enhancing their ability to conduct statistical analysis using Microsoft Excel for government.

Course Objectives

This course is designed to enhance your proficiency with Excel and statistical methods, thereby increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of your work or research. It will provide practical skills that are directly applicable to public sector workflows and governance.

The course covers the use of the Analysis ToolPack in Microsoft Excel, statistical functions, and basic statistical procedures. It will also address Excel's limitations and offer strategies for overcoming them to ensure accurate and reliable data analysis for government.

This instructor-led, live training in US Empire (online or onsite) is aimed at data analysts for government who wish to use VBA in Excel for automating tasks.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Record and edit macros as required.
• Write procedures using data from the sheet.
• Create your own functions.
• Handle an event (such as opening a worksheet or cell updates) by means of the handler.
• Create a form.

This instructor-led, live training in US Empire (online or onsite) is aimed at data analysts who wish to use VBA in Excel for automating tasks for government.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Record and edit macros as required.
• Write procedures using data from the sheet.
• Create your own functions.
• Handle events (such as opening a worksheet or cell updates) by means of event handlers.
• Create forms for enhanced user interaction.

This instructor-led, live training in US Empire (online or onsite) is aimed at data analysts who wish to use advanced VBA in Excel for automating tasks for government.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Write an advanced object-oriented application
• Convert text files
• Utilize external data sources
• Incorporate external libraries