Excel for Data Analysts
Excel for data analysts: clean raw data, join tables with XLOOKUP, use PivotTables, Power Query and DAX, and back your findings with statistics.
29 lessons · about 9.2 h · 13 lessons are free
0 of 29 lessons done
Who it is for
Junior analysts, BI-curious professionals and anyone who answers business questions from raw data before it reaches a BI tool.
What you will be able to do
- Clean and reshape messy data with formulas and Power Query, and refresh it with one click
- Join tables with XLOOKUP and INDEX + MATCH, and use dynamic arrays like FILTER and UNIQUE
- Summarize with PivotTables and DAX measures, then pick the right chart for the story
- Use percentiles, correlation and significance tests so your conclusions hold up
Lessons in this path
- 1Filter and SUBTOTALFreelesson15 min
- 2Cleaning Datalesson15 min
- 3Numbers Stored as Text and Dates from CSVlesson20 min
- 4Duplicates and Text to ColumnsFreelesson15 min
- 5The VLOOKUP FunctionFreelesson15 min
- 6XLOOKUPFreelesson15 min
- 7INDEX + MATCHFreelesson15 min
- 8Multiple Conditionslesson15 min
- 9UNIQUE and SORTlesson15 min
- 10FILTERlesson15 min
- 11LET, TEXTBEFORE, TEXTAFTERlesson15 min
- 12GROUPBY and PIVOTBYlesson25 min
- 13PivotTableFreelesson15 min
- 14PivotTable with Rows and ColumnsFreelesson15 min
- 15PivotTable: Grouping Dates and % of Grand Totallesson20 min
- 16Calculated Fields and Report Filterslesson25 min
- 17Power Query: What It Is and Why Use ItFreetheory and quiz15 min
- 18Power Query: Cleaning an ExportFreelesson25 min
- 19Power Query: Append, Merge, and Group Bylesson25 min
- 20Power Query: Unpivot and Totalslesson20 min
- 21Power Pivot and DAX: The Data ModelFreetheory and quiz15 min
- 22First Measures: SUM, COUNTROWS, DIVIDEFreelesson25 min
- 23Choosing the Right ChartFreetheory and quiz15 min
- 24Scatter, Doughnut and Combo Chartslesson20 min
- 25MEDIAN, LARGE, RANKFreelesson15 min
- 26Percentiles, Quartiles, and Outlierslesson25 min
- 27Spread, Correlation, and Forecastinglesson15 min
- 28A/B Tests: Conversion and Significancelesson25 min
- 29Project P06: Sales Dashboardproject40 min
Interview-style questions
Typical tasks and questions for this role. Each one is taught in a lesson of the path.
Why would you use XLOOKUP instead of VLOOKUP? Give two concrete reasons.
Learn it in: XLOOKUP
You get the same messy export every Monday. How do you automate the cleaning?
Learn it in: Power Query: Cleaning an Export
How do you add a margin percentage to a PivotTable that stays correct when you regroup the data?
Learn it in: Calculated Fields and Report Filters
How do you find outliers in a column of order values?
Learn it in: Percentiles, Quartiles, and Outliers
Version B converts 5.2% against 4.8% for A. How do you decide whether the difference is real?
Learn it in: A/B Tests: Conversion and Significance