Microsoft Excel 365 PowerPivot Training Course Beginners

Beginners Microsoft Excel 365 PowerPivot Course Overview

Welcome to this Microsoft 365 Excel PowerPivot courseware. PowerPivot is a free add-in that expands and combines the features and capabilities of PivotTables with advanced calculations. PowerPivot also includes the ability to import and work with large amounts of data from a variety of data sources, both inside and outside Excel. This course is intended to help new PowerPivot users get up to speed on how it works and its feature set. It will cover different features of the interface, techniques for manipulating and visualizing Power Pivot data, how to create PowerPivot reports, the structure of DAX functions, and ways to distribute PowerPivot data.

What You'll Learn in this Power Pivot Training Course

• Navigate the Power Pivot interface and import data from various sources.
• Manipulate and organise data with calculated columns and table relationships.
• Create PivotTables, PivotCharts, and KPIs for impactful reporting.
• Use DAX functions to analyse and extract meaningful insights from your data.
• Distribute Power Pivot reports in multiple formats for easy sharing.

Course Duration: 1 Day

Course Prerequisites

This course is designed for those with a solid Excel foundation. To make the most of the training, we recommend:

• Familiarity with Windows-based systems.
• Comfort with the Excel interface, formulas, functions, and PivotTables.
• A desire to explore advanced Excel tools for data modelling.

Complete Course Outline

Getting Started with Microsoft Power Pivot

• Enable and navigate Power Pivot.
• Import data from various sources.
• Refresh data from a data source.
• Create linked tables.

Manipulating Power Pivot Data

• Manage tables.
• Create calculated columns.
• Sort and filter Power Pivot data.
• Create and manage table relationships.

Creating Power Pivot Reports

• Create PivotTables.
• Create PivotCharts.
• Create key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Filter data using slicers.
• Create sparklines.
• Apply conditional formatting.

Using DAX Functions in Power Pivot

• Manipulate Power Pivot data using DAX functions.
• Extract data from tables using functions.
• Work with time-dependent data.

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Post-Course Resources

• Training notes & exercise files
• Online materials: video tutorials & shortcuts
• 3 months post training support

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