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17 hours

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Difficulty level

Intermediate

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Excel Modeling for Professionals: Best Practices & Pitfalls
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  • Intermediate Level
  • Approx. 17 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: English
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  • Through this course learners will gain the tools to decide whether or not Excel is the right software to use. They will learn how to set up good input data, format correctly, and the importance of good documentation. Learners will gain the ability to discern between different functions, to understand the pitfalls and strengths of commonly used functions, and to apply correct functions to their excel models. Those that follow the course will also gain understanding of logical spreadsheet structure, graphs and reporting, and protection and hidden information in Excel, and users will learn how to apply these things to their own models. Finally users will get practical tips and steps for the finalization of a model, the automated checks, the manual run through, and general testing that one should do to ensure that their Excel model is accurate and complete.
  • What sets this course apart is that we don?t focus on quick fixes or specific tips and tricks. This course is for those that already understand Excel. The aim of the course is to elevate Excel models, to improve clarity, longevity, and transferability of these models, and to reduce mistakes and to encourage consistency in businesses as they work with Excel.
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Excel Modeling for Professionals: Best Practices & Pitfalls
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Curriculum

A Foundation for Better Spreadsheets

About this masterclass

Expert Video: Ingeborg Hawighorst - Is Excel the answer?

Expert Video: Importance of good input data, and how to check it

Expert Video: The importance of Formatting in Excel

Expert Video: Why is documentation important?

Introduction

5 Excel Blunders that show how important safe Excel use is

Match the correct solution to the problem

Testing your input data

How to format consistently in Excel

The importance of documentation

A foundation for better spreadsheets

Good Use of Formulas and Functions

Recap & look forward

Expert Video: Pitfalls of commonly used Functions & Formulas

Expert Video: Functions and Formulas

Expert Video: Functions and Alternatives

Find & Search Functions

Calculation Functions

Other Functions

Spreadsheet Structure and Logical Flow

Recap & look forward

Expert Video: Linear and logical spreadsheet flow

Expert Video: Keep it Simple

Expert Video: Protection and Hidden Information

Linear and logical spreadsheet flow

Keep it Simple

Protection & Hidden Information

Spreadsheet Structure and Logical Flow

Finishing Touches

Recap & look forward

Charts, Pivot Tables, and Reporting (Gasper Kamensek)

Charts, Pivot Tables, and Reporting (Henk Vlootman)

Expert Video: Checking, Testing, and Validation

Expert Video: Finalization

Charts and Reporting

Checking, Testing, and Validation

Finalization

Excel Modeling for Professionals: Best Practices & Pitfalls
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Admission Process

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    May 25, 2024
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