Many business professionals consider PivotTables the most powerful feature in Excel, yet most accounting and financial professionals do not use them in their day-to-day activities. If you are ready to learn how to take advantage of PivotTables or extend your existing knowledge of PivotTables, then plan to participate in this course. You will learn how to build PivotTables, group data inside PivotTables - including grouping options for fiscal periods - and create user-defined calculations in your PivotTables. You will also learn advanced PivotTable techniques, including building PivotTables that consolidate data from multiple data ranges and PivotTables that connect dynamically to external databases and financial accounting systems. Additionally, you will learn to take advantage of other Excel features associated with PivotTables, including Slicers, Power Query, and Power Pivot. Use this online CPE class to master the execution of Excel PivotTables.
This CPE course is ideal for anyone who has been leery of working with PivotTables or struggled to realize their many benefits. With information, guidance, and coaching from your K2 instructor, you will be ready to use PivotTables to analyze and report on extensive data sets in a fraction of the time you spend completing such tasks.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you should be able to:
Identify the six main elements of a PivotTable report and their use when creating PivotTables
Create PivotTables and manipulate data in PivotTables using grouping techniques, modified Field Settings, user-defined calculations, and sorting and filtering options
Import and link data from external data sources into PivotTables; additionally, use Tables and Data Models as data sources for PivotTables
Create Consolidation PivotTables to consolidate data from multiple data sources in Excel
Construct PivotTables in enterprise-class organizations using Power Pivot and Slicers
Analyze data in PivotTables using tools and techniques, such as sorting, filtering, Excel's GETPIVOTDATA function, and PivotCharts
Apply specific PivotTable methods to solve problems in areas of PivotTable formatting, creating multiple PivotTables from a single data source, grouping PivotTable data into fiscal reporting periods, and keeping PivotTable row order intact
Major Topics
PivotTable fundamentals, including Recommended PivotTables and the six elements of PivotTables
Formatting PivotTables
Advanced PivotTable techniques and options, including consolidation PivotTables, user-defined calculations, and working with Power Pivot
Analytical techniques available in PivotTables
