Microsoft Office
Advanced Excel Analytics and Power Pivot
This practical course develops directly applicable capability in Advanced Excel Analytics and Power Pivot. Participants work in depth on Analytical Data Model Design, and Power Query Preparation, and Power Pivot and DAX Foundations, then convert the methods into tools and actions suited to their workplace.
Objectives
- Apply the principles and methods of analytical data model design in a workplace context.
- Apply the principles and methods of power query preparation in a workplace context.
- Apply the principles and methods of power pivot and dax foundations in a workplace context.
- Apply the principles and methods of time and comparative analysis in a workplace context.
- Apply the principles and methods of pivot reporting and interactivity in a workplace context.
- Apply the principles and methods of model quality and delivery in a workplace context.
Target audience
- Professionals responsible for the subject area
- Managers and supervisors
- Analysts, coordinators, and specialists
- Project and improvement teams
- Employees preparing for broader responsibilities
Program outline
A clear structure for the learning journey.
Program outline
Outline points are grouped in one designed block instead of being treated as separate module cards.
Module 1: Analytical Data Model Design
Fact and dimension table structure
Creating reliable table relationships
Avoiding flat-file duplication and ambiguous joins
Module 2: Power Query Preparation
Importing files, folders, and tables
Cleaning, reshaping, and combining data
Refreshable steps and query diagnostics
Module 3: Power Pivot and DAX Foundations
Measures versus calculated columns
Filter context and row context
Core SUMX, CALCULATE, and DIVIDE patterns
Module 4: Time and Comparative Analysis
Calendar tables and date relationships
Period-to-date and prior-period measures
Variance, growth, and rolling calculations
Module 5: Pivot Reporting and Interactivity
PivotTables connected to the data model
Slicers, timelines, hierarchies, and drilldown
Building management-ready analytical views
Module 6: Model Quality and Delivery
Reconciliation and control totals
Performance, naming, and documentation
Publishing a refreshable Excel analytics pack
Materials provided
- ○ Course-specific presentation slides
- ○ Practical exercises and facilitated activities
- ○ Course-specific worksheets, checklists, and templates
- ○ Applied workplace case studies
- ○ 4D Certificate of Completion issued by 4D Training & Consultancy
- ○ Post-course support for implementation questions
Training Options
Programs can be delivered in-house, online, or in a blended format depending on your team's schedule, location, and learning objectives. When an external certificate or exam is included, certification rules and fees remain under the relevant awarding body's policies, while 4D provides the training and preparation support.
Why choose 4D
4D adapts this program to the participant group and workplace context. Delivery combines structured explanation with course-specific exercises, realistic cases, working tools, and an action-planning component so participants can transfer the learning to their roles.
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