Course Overview
- Course Title: Excel Data Mastery: Formulas, Functions, Charts, and Graphs
- Instructor: Bright Path
- Target Audience:
- Beginners looking for a solid foundation in Excel
- Intermediate users aiming to level up their skills
- Professionals seeking to enhance data-driven decision-making
- Prerequisites:
- No prior Excel expertise is required
- Basic familiarity with the Excel interface is helpful
- Microsoft Excel installed (Excel 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, or Office 365 recommended)
Curriculum Highlights
- Key Topics Covered:
- Introduction to Excel Functions and Their Syntax
- Understanding the Basics of Formulas
- Working with Cell References: Relative, Absolute, and Mixed
- Basic Arithmetic Operations in Excel
- Text Functions: CONCATENATE, LEFT, RIGHT, MID
- Logical Functions: IF, AND, OR, NOT
- Date and Time Functions: TODAY, NOW, DATEDIF
- Lookup Functions: VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, XLOOKUP
- Combining Functions in a Single Formula
- Working with Array Formulas
- Advanced Text Manipulation Functions: TRIM, LEN, SUBSTITUTE
- Using Conditional Functions: SUMIF, COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF
- Statistical Functions: AVERAGE, MEDIAN, MODE, STDEV
- Error Handling Functions: IFERROR, ISERROR
- Creating Basic Charts: Column, Line, Pie
- Customizing Chart Elements: Titles, Labels, and Legends
- Introduction to Sparklines for Data Trends
- Creating Combo Charts for Comparative Analysis
- Advanced Graphical Elements: Data Bars, Color Scales, Icon Sets
- Using Macros to Automate Chart Creation
- Introduction to VBA for Custom Chart Functions
- Key Skills Learned:
- Write complex and efficient Excel formulas and functions
- Clean, prepare, and manipulate raw data for analysis
- Generate meaningful insights from large datasets
- Create a wide variety of professional and impactful charts and graphs
- Communicate data stories effectively through visualizations
- Work more efficiently and confidently with Excel
Course Format
- Duration: 3 hours on-demand video
- Format: Self-paced online course
- Resources:
- Access on mobile and TV
- Certificate of completion


