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Course Outline
Part I. Maximizing Excel's Potential
Overview of tools on the Data tab
- Accessing external data - do you really need to visit the bank's website every day to check the current CHF exchange rate?
- Establishing connections to external data (Access, Web, Text, XML, etc.)
- Multi-level sorting - rules and optimal sorting options
- Efficient advanced filtering - how to create filters with access to filter criteria
- Rapid text-to-columns conversion
- Removing duplicate data
- Enforcing correct data entry - how to ensure data conforms to specific formats
- Scenario Analysis - how to prepare professional presentations of possible scenarios
- Scenario Analysis - how to estimate the outcome of a formula
- Grouping and subtotaling - how to summarize rows and columns and display different levels of detail
PivotTable and PivotChart
- Calculated fields - how to add a field to the PivotTable that is not directly on the sheet
- Computational elements within the table
- Data grouping and creating professional-looking statements
Part II. Automation via VBA
Macros
- Recording and editing macros: Understanding what happens when you record
- Where to store macros - the best locations for writing macros
Introduction to procedural programming - the essential foundation
- Sub and Function - how to invoke them and their purposes
- Data Types - why variables are needed and whether it is worthwhile to declare them
- The conditional statement: If ... Then .... ElseIf .... Else .... End If
- Case statement and its associated syntax
- For ... Next loop, For ... Each loop
- For ... Loop While and Loop Until constructs
- Loop exit instructions (exit)
Visual Basic in action
- Downloading and uploading data to a spreadsheet (Cells, Range)
- Downloading and uploading data with the user (InputBox, MsgBox)
- The scope and lifetime of variables
- Operators and their precedence
- Useful module features
- Securing code - protecting code from tampering and viewing
- Key Excel objects: Application, Workbook, Workbooks, Worksheet, Worksheets,
- ThisWorkbook, ActiveWorkbook, ActiveCell, Selection, Range, Cells, ...
Debugging
- Immediate window
- Locals window
- Step-through processing - what to do when something stops working
- Watch expressions
- Call Stack
Error handling
- Types of errors and methods to avoid them
- Capturing and handling run-time errors, explaining why properly written code may sometimes fail
- Constructs: On Error Resume Next, On Error GoTo label, On Error GoTo 0
Requirements
At least an intermediate level of knowledge of MS Excel.
28 Hours
Testimonials (5)
well-prepared training, interesting topics
Maciek Boiski - Instytut Energetyki - Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
Course - Microsoft Office Excel - poziom podstawowy
scope of material
Marcin - Instytut Energetyki- Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
Course - Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) w Excel - wstęp do programowania
Well structured. Good teaching techniques. Course well documented!
Sorin
Course - VBA For Access & Excel
What I liked most about the training was the trainer’s knowledge of Excel. I appreciated learning useful things like shortcuts and formulas that I can use every day.
Martin
Course - Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for Analysts
Very practical
