This course covers advanced topics in spreadsheet software using Excel. Participants will learn how to use Excel as a database, as well as matrix functions, pivot tables, matrices, and special functions.
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Certificates: Certificate "Microsoft Excel for advanced users"
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Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeit mit Abschlusspräsentation
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Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 2 Weeks
Spreadsheet Analysis with Excel (approx. 8 days)
Create Excel spreadsheets (structured ranges) and use them for analysis
Special filters for complex, multi-level criteria
Removing duplicates
Complex formulas and functions: cell references, nested functions, error handling, logical and conditional functions
Lookup and reference functions: VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH (including AI-powered error detection for lookup formulas)
Working with names or named ranges
Text functions and data cleaning
Dynamic arrays and matrix calculations with cell ranges: FILTER, SORT, UNIQUE, SUMPRODUCT
Power Query: Import, clean, transform, and merge data from Excel, text, and CSV files
Creating, editing, and analyzing PivotTables and PivotCharts
Special features such as conditional formatting, data validation, and custom formats
What-if analysis: Goal Seek, data tables, Scenario Manager
Advanced chart types
Macro recording
Project work (approx. 2 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
After completing the course, you’ll be able to confidently work with complex formulas and functions, as well as create, edit, and analyze large spreadsheets. You’ll also be able to use pivot tables, make effective use of references, and prepare data with Power Query. You’ll also know how to thoughtfully use AI tools for formula development and troubleshooting.
The course is aimed at anyone who would like to acquire advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel or refresh their skills.
In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Excel is in demand across all sectors, for example in banking and insurance, accounting and controlling, purchasing and supply chain management, logistics, production planning and control, and administration.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).