Training Course Syllabus:

Supercharge your Excel: BI Reporting with Power Pivot and Power Query

If you work with data, you´re likely already familiar with common frustrations with Microsoft Excel like size limitations and manually entering data from multiple sources. Luckily there are two Microsoft tools- Power Pivot and Power Query-that solve ALL of these issues, right inside Excel. No Access databases or IT department help needed. With imports of 1-million-plus rows of data sets from virtually any source and the ability to save query definitions, you can completely overhaul your reporting and analysis workflow.

Objectives of the Presentation

How to activate/install Power Pivot and Power Query-free tools from Microsoft
Learn about Data Models
Creating relationships between different datasets in Power Pivot
Importing data into excel from an array of external sources
Learn about DAX formulas
Cleaning, transforming and merging data with Power Query (goodbye, Access)
Practical applications for different data models you can create with these tools

Why Should you Attend

Power Query and Power Pivot complement each other. Power Query is the recommended experience for discovering, connecting to, and importing data. Power Pivot is great for modeling the data you´ve imported.

Power Pivot helps you overcome Excel´s limitations when it comes to working with massive datasets. Using the add-in you can import over 1 million row datasets, from virtually any source. However, that´s not all. Power Pivot is also really handy for creating pivot tables from multiple datasets. You´ll not have to bother with lookup, and you can forget about multiple consolidation ranges.

Power Query can save you a lot of time when working with imported data. Often, when data is imported from external sources, it needs work on it, before it can be used. Unnecessary rows and columns may need to be removed, blank spaces may need to be deleted, and data may have to be merged or split. All of this can be done on Excel, but with Power Query, things move a lot faster. It can also handle much more data, and you can save query definitions on it to increase ease of usage in the future.

And, here´s the best part, they are FREE! In fact, most 2013 and 2016 Excel users already have access to Power Pivot and Power Query, but need to take steps to enable them.

Important:
Power Pivot is only available for Excel 2013 and 2016 for Windows in Office Professional Plus, Office 365 Professional Plus or the standalone editions of Excel 2013 & 2016. If you don´t currently have access to these versions of Excel, you are still encouraged to attend, but you´ll need to upgrade your version of Excel after the webinar to utilize what you´ve learned.

This webinar assumes a basic understanding of Excel formulas and Pivot tables.

Who will Benefit

This webinar is designed for Business professionals, Business owners, Financial Controllers, Accountants and anyone who requires doing data analysis. This event is aimed at users of Excel (2010, 2013 and 2016 for Windows) who wish to learn about Power Pivot and Power Query. Attendees should have at least intermediate knowledge of Excel and be familiar with formulas and creating Pivot Tables. Accountants, CPAs, CFOs, Financial Consultants, Controllers, Banking, Finance, Insurance, Education, Telecom, IT, Marketing, Sales, Investments, Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, FDA, Aviation, Energy, Retai, Human Resource, Logistics & Supply Chain, Accounts, Audit

Seminar Summary:

Learn to utilise the features of Power Pivot and Query to summarise large amounts of data and streamline the process of presenting the results. (see full course description)

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