Microsoft Excel: Advanced Excel Formulas & Functions
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Microsoft Excel: Advanced Excel Formulas & Functions

Learn 75+ Excel spreadsheet formulas for data analysis & business intelligence, with a top Microsoft Excel instructor!

Created by Maven Analytics • 1,500,000 Learners, Chris Dutton
9.5 hours
Video Content
115
Lectures
428,271
Students
4.6
Rating
4.6
(428,271 students enrolled)

What you'll learn

Learn how to THINK like Excel, and write powerful and dynamic Excel formulas from scratch
Automate, streamline, and completely revolutionize your workflow with Excel
Master unique tips & techniques that you won't find in ANY other course, guaranteed
Explore fun, interactive, and highly effective demos from a best-selling MS Excel instructor
Get LIFETIME access to project files, quizzes, homework exercises, and 1-on-1 expert support
Write advanced conditional, text, date and lookup functions, including XLOOKUP & Dynamic Arrays

Course Content

11 sections • 115 lectures • 09:43:44 total length

Getting Started

5 lectures • 08:56

Course Structure & Outline01:19
READ ME: Important Notes for New Students02:13
DOWNLOAD: Course Resources00:20
Meet Maven Analytics01:28
Setting Expectations03:36

Excel Formulas 101

13 lectures • 01:21:18

Introduction: Excel Formulas 10101:48
Excel Formula Syntax11:03
Writing Efficient Formulas with Fixed & Relative References08:42
Common Excel Error Types08:47
Formula Auditing: Trace Precedents & Dependents10:14
+9 more lectures

Conditional Statements & Logical Operators

8 lectures • 30:19

Introduction01:11
Anatomy of the IF Statement04:01
Nesting Multiple IF Statements04:53
Adding Conditional AND/OR Operators08:47
Using NOT & "<>" Conditionals03:17
+4 more lectures

Common Excel Statistical Functions

11 lectures • 01:00:53

Introduction01:09
Basic Excel Statistical Functions05:17
Extracting Values with SMALL/LARGE & RANK/PERCENTRANK06:15
Randomization with RAND() & RANDBETWEEN02:12
Row-Level Calculation with SUMPRODUCT03:55
+7 more lectures

Lookup & Reference Functions

20 lectures • 01:47:49

Introduction01:18
Working with Named Ranges03:30
Counting Rows & Columns with ROW/ROWS & COLUMN/COLUMNS03:18
Introduction to VLOOKUP/HLOOKUP05:53
Joining Data with VLOOKUP06:23
+16 more lectures

Text Functions

10 lectures • 34:34

Introduction00:50
Capitalization with UPPER, LOWER, PROPER & TRIM03:32
Combining Text with CONCATENATE (&)03:26
Extracting Strings with LEFT, MID, RIGHT & LEN03:31
Converting Text to Values with TEXT & VALUE04:20
+6 more lectures

Date & Time Functions

11 lectures • 47:56

Introduction02:08
Understanding Excel Date Syntax with DATEVALUE05:06
Formatting Dates & Filling Date Series03:39
Creating Real-Time Functions with TODAY & NOW02:16
Extracting Time Periods with YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE & SECOND03:04
+7 more lectures

Formula-Based Formatting

7 lectures • 24:07

Introduction01:26
Creating, Editing & Managing Formula-Based Rules04:39
Highlighting Rows Using the MOD Function03:50
Formatting Based on the Value of Another Cell03:29
Formatting Cells Using Stats Functions05:28
+3 more lectures

Dynamic Array Formulas

24 lectures • 02:30:34

Intro & Compatibility03:50
Project Intro: Maven Recruiters02:12
Legacy vs. "Dynamic" Excel07:46
Spill Range Properties06:58
PRO TIP: Growing Source Data11:08
+20 more lectures

Bonus Functions

5 lectures • 35:22

Introduction01:38
Creating Custom References with INDIRECT10:55
Linking to Worksheet Locations with HYPERLINK06:19
Real-Time Weather Conditions with WEBSERVICE & FILTERXML (Part 1)07:16
Real-Time Weather Conditions with WEBSERVICE & FILTERXML (Part 2)09:14
+1 more lectures

Wrapping Up

1 lectures • 01:55

BONUS LESSON01:55

Description

It's time to show Excel who's boss. Whether you're starting from square one or aspiring to become an absolute MS Excel power user, you've come to the right place.


This course will give you a deep understanding of the advanced Excel formulas and functions that transform Excel from a basic spreadsheet program into a dynamic and powerful data analytics tool.


While most Excel courses focus on simply WHAT each formula does, I teach through hands-on, contextual examples designed to showcase WHY these formulas are so powerful and HOW they can be applied in practical use cases for data analytics and business intelligence.


In other words, I will not teach you how to regurgitate functions and formula syntax; I will teach you how to THINK like Excel.


By the end of the course you'll be writing robust spreadsheet formulas from scratch, allowing you to:


  • Build dynamic tools & Excel dashboards to filter, display and analyze your data

  • Create your own formula-based Excel formatting rules

  • Join datasets from multiple sources with XLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH functions

  • Manipulate dates, times, text, and arrays

  • Use formulas for data prep, data cleaning and QA

  • Automate tedious and time-consuming tasks using cell formulas and functions in Excel (no VBA required!)

  • Pull real-time data from APIs directly into Excel (weather, stock quotes, directions, etc.)


We'll dive into a broad range of Excel formulas & functions, including:


  • Lookup/Reference functions

  • Statistical functions

  • Formula-based formatting

  • Date & Time functions

  • Logical operators

  • Dynamic Array formulas

  • Text functions

  • INDIRECT & HYPERLINK

  • Web scraping with WEBSERVICE & FILTERXML


I have a genuine passion for Microsoft Excel, and as the founder of Maven Analytics I've been lucky enough to teach more than 1,000,000 students around the world. My teaching style is conversational, authentic and to the point, and I will always communicate complex concepts in a framework that is clear and easy to comprehend.


If you're looking for the ONE course with all of the advanced Excel formulas and functions that you need to know to become an absolute Excel rockstar, you're in the right place!


See you in the course!

-Chris (Founder, Maven Analytics)


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"One of the best Excel courses I've ever taken. You can see through his videos how passionate he is about Excel. Thanks for this awesome course, and count me in for the next ones!"

-Julio Garcia

"This is an exceptionally valuable course. The information is vital with examples of best practices from a true Excel expert. Chris Dutton can teach!"

-Barbara S.

"Chris Dutton is an EXPERT in Excel. He makes comprehensible to the student the complex (sometimes super-complex) nature of the formulas he uses. Everything that is written at the course description, although it may seem pure marketing and publicity at first glance, is indeed true. If I could rate it higher I definitively would. THANKS Chris!"

-Bruno Ricardo Silva Pinho


*NOTE: Full course includes downloadable resources and Excel project files, homework and course quizzes, lifetime access and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Most lectures compatible with Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016, Excel 2019 or Office 365.

Who this course is for:

  • Excel users who want to learn how to write advanced formulas from scratch
  • Anyone hoping to expand their analytics skill set, work efficiently with data, and take their career to a new level
  • Students looking for an engaging, hands-on, and highly interactive approach to Excel analytics training
  • Excel users looking to build powerful analytical thinking and business intelligence skills
  • Anyone looking to pursue a career in analytics, data science or business intelligence

This course includes:

  • 9.5 hours on-demand video
  • 12 articles
  • 4 downloadable resources
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Full lifetime access
  • Certificate of completion

Instructors

Maven Analytics • 1,500,000 Learners

Chris Dutton

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