This is a quick and short course intended to help people understand the data analytics capabilities of Microsoft Excel. Special focus is put on the use of Excel Pivot Tables and principles of dashboard design. You will learn the following:

• Top use-cases of Microsoft Excel as a Data Analytics & Modeling tool: Top use-cases of Microsoft Excel as a Data Analytics tool will be explained together with top use-cases of Microsoft Excel as a modeling tool.

• Use of Lookup functions to enrich a table with more fields / attributes

• Excel Pivot Tables: We will go through a step by step process of building Pivot Tables in Microsoft Excel. No previous experience is assumed and we will take you through all the stages of building summarized tables using Microsoft Excel.

• Excel Pivot Charts: On top of the summarized tables developed using Pivot Tables, we will create pivot charts which will then be used when building the Personal Finances dashboard.

• Slicers: Slicers are a very critical component when you need to make your dashboard interactive. In this course, we will make use of slicers in Microsoft Excel.

• Principles of Dashboard Design: You will learn the basic principles of Dashboard design.

• Building a personal Finances Dashboard

The course is then concluded by building a Personal Finances dashboard.

By the end of this course, you would have build a personal finances dashboard and understood Excel Pivot Tables.