Feb 12, 2018

Nowadays, when it is all about data, it gives you an edge if you are a data-driven worker.

We all know how extensive Excel is, and have probably, often asked a colleague “how do you do ‘x’ again in Excel?” But the money shot is really having the skills to organise and interpret information more easily.

When it comes to inventory, sales information, marketing reports, social media monitoring or lead management, Microsoft Advanced Excel, Advanced VBA and Microsoft Power BI are your greatest allies.

Everyone should have some knowledge about the Microsoft Office Suite, but really being an Excel expert can make your job so much easier. If you learn how to use Microsoft Office Apps efficiently can make a huge difference in how you perform in your job. Especially if you work with data on a regular basis, you might want to check out how the next Microsoft Apps can help you excel (pun intended) in your job.

Here’s why Australian businesses send their staff to master Excel, VBA and Power BI.

Increased accuracy and improved data management skills

So often we hear students say they struggle to integrate data from different data sources or to find ways to connect data so that they can identify relationships or trends. PowerPivot is one such skill that nailing will save you hours of frustration and increase your joy in seeing results! PowerPivot Expressions will take on a whole new meaning once you master them - not the frustration expressions that arise when you can’t achieve what you need.

If you’re not quite ready for Pivot Tables just yet, but want to master the sorting, filtering, analysing, querying and charting functions, the advanced standard Excel features training is a good way to start. If you’re still not sure where your skills lay in the grand scheme of things, take the Excel skills test.

Profit from interactive data

Microsoft Power BI features like quick measures, grouping, forecasting, and clustering not only allow you to dig deeper into the data, it allows you to find patterns you may have otherwise missed. Power Bi generates dashboards you can share with colleagues and potential clients and oh, did we mention that it helps if you can present your findings by creating stunning reports with interactive data visualizations? That is a pretty powerful skill to possess.

Manage your Big Data more efficiently

Organizations seek to do more and more with their data and they will need more people with the skills to access and analyse that data. Being able to develop SQL queries is one skill that enables you to do just that. It makes it easy for you to combine data from two or more sources, manipulate the data and it is the way to go to manage very large datasets as SQL is fully equipped to manage data pools of virtually all sizes. It will pay to take a course in SQL and master these skills!

Automate complicated tasks

Learn how to write and implement Excel events, use input boxes to interact with end users, and create cross-functional flowcharts in simple ways. Automate a lot of the annoying, repetitive, and often complicated tasks in Excel using Advanced VBA. You know you don’t want to keep doing these tasks by hand.

So, if you’re reading this and thinking: Hey, but I am the go to guy if someone needs help with their spreadsheet, presentation or data analysis? Then take a breather, share this with them. You know... sharing is caring.

Please feel free to visit our website and learn more about the courses we offer in Excel and SQL.