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Surgent's Data Analytics Readiness Series: Data Modeling - On-Demand Webcast

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Member Price: $59.00 Non-Member Price: $74.00

Developer:: SURGENT MCCOY SELF-STUDY CPE, LLC
CPE Credits:: Computer Science: 1.00
Fields of Study:: Computer / IT
Level:: Intermediate

This one-hour course will focus primarily on Power Query, Power Pivot, and VLOOKUP skills. Users will learn how to join tables using various techniques and add-ons in Excel. Users will understand how to utilize the tools while maintaining data integrity. The majority of the course will focus on hands-on data exercises. Users will apply skills to create relationships and analyze the data using Power Query.

This course is one in a ten-part certification series, Core Data Analytics: Excel and Power BI Skills for Accounting and Finance Professionals, by Surgent IQ.

Objective

Understand the applicable Excel skills that will be required in making the transition to data analyst
Understand types of data relationships that exist within the data (e.g., linear, normal, etc.)
Apply VLOOKUP and index match formulas in Excel
Append and merge multiple data sets into one
Create relationships in Power Pivot

Highlights

How to join tables using
- VLOOKUP
- Power Query- append queries and merge queries
- Power Pivot- Creating a relationship via diagram view
Types of relationships
Data integrity
Normalization
Facts vs dimension tables
Exercises- data modeling
- VLOOKUP and index match formula
- Appending data in Power Query
- Merging data in Power Query
- Connection only queries
- Creating a relationship in Power Pivot

Designed For

Accountants who want to transition to data analysis and have a basic knowledge of Excel and Excel formulas

Prerequisite

Intermediate knowledge of Excel

Advanced Preparation

Install Power Pivot and Data Analysis ToolPak