Excel Formulas & Functions Masterclass: From Essential Functions to Advanced Analysis
Taught by Shiryl Dean
Master Excel formulas, functions, lookups, PivotTables, Power Query, dynamic arrays, and automation to analyze data like a professional.
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- Understand formulas, functions, and cell references
- Troubleshoot common Excel errors
- Use mathematical and logical functions effectively
- Build conditional calculations using IF, AND, OR, and NOT
- Master SUMIF, COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF, and their advanced versions
- Manipulate text using Excel's text functions
- Work confidently with dates and times
- Use VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, FILTER, and OFFSET
- Understand dynamic arrays and modern Excel functions
- Handle errors using IFERROR and related functions
- Analyze data using PivotTables and PivotCharts
- Build professional dashboards
- Learn the fundamentals of Power Query and VBA
- Explore Excel Copilot for Microsoft 365
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About The Course
Take your Excel skills to the next level by mastering the formulas and functions that power professional spreadsheets.
Formulas and functions are what transform Excel from a simple spreadsheet application into one of the most powerful data analysis tools in the world. Whether you're creating financial reports, analyzing business data, building dashboards, or simply automating repetitive tasks, understanding Excel's functions is one of the most valuable skills you can develop.
This course is designed for Excel users who already understand the basics and are ready to work more efficiently, build smarter spreadsheets, and solve real-world problems using powerful formulas.
You'll begin by understanding how formulas work, learning the difference between formulas and functions, mastering cell references, and troubleshooting common Excel errors.
From there, you'll explore Excel's most important categories of functions. You'll learn mathematical, logical, text, date, lookup, reference, and error-handling functions while discovering how to combine them to solve increasingly complex problems.
As you progress, you'll dive into modern Excel tools including FILTER, XLOOKUP, dynamic arrays, INDEX and MATCH, PivotTables, PivotCharts, conditional formatting, Power Query, and even Excel Copilot. You'll also build an interactive dashboard and learn introductory automation techniques using VBA macros.
Throughout the course you'll work with practical datasets and complete exercises that reinforce every concept, helping you build confidence using the same techniques relied upon by analysts, accountants, managers, and business professionals every day.
By the end of this course, you'll have the knowledge and confidence to write powerful formulas, automate calculations, analyze large datasets, and create professional Excel workbooks for work, school, or your own projects.
Curriculum
6 sections · 9 hours of content
1 Getting Started with Formulas & Functions 5 lessons
- Introduction to the Course
- Course Walkthrough & Sample Data
- Functions vs. Formulas
- Excel Errors
- Cell Referencing
2 Math & Logical Functions 3 lessons
- Math Functions
- Logical Functions
- Combined Math & Logical Functions
3 Text & Date Functions 2 lessons
- Text Extraction, Text Combining & Formatting
- Date & Time Functions
4 Lookup & Reference Functions 5 lessons
- OFFSET vs INDEX Functions
- FILTER Function
- VLOOKUP vs. HLOOKUP vs. XLOOKUP
- Review
- TABLE Functionality
5 Error Handling Data Analysis & Aggregation 6 lessons
- Overview of Excel Error Handling and Detecting Functions
- Practice of Error Handling and Detecting Functions
- Data Analysis
- Practice of Data Analysis
- PivotTable Essentials & PivotChart
- GETPIVOTDATA Function & Dynamic Array
6 Advanced Topics & Automation + Bonus Section 8 lessons
- Named Ranges
- Named Ranges & Dynamic Print Areas
- Power Query Basics
- VBA Macro Fundamentals
- Dashboard Preview & Build Pt. 1
- Dashboard Preview & Build Pt. 2
- Excel Copilot for 365 Users
- Closing
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