EXCEL – Dashboard (Level 1) – Webinar
ACTIVITY OFFERED IN PARTNERSHIP
- Partner : Le CFO masqué
- Registration/cancellation : Follow the Order’s normal procedure.
- Final registration confirmation sent by : Le CFO masqué
- Price: Please see the schedule fee below. Prices are subject to change without notice.
- Webinar: Le CFO masqué will send, in the days prior to the course, an email with the information you will need to access the course.
Webinar
The platform used for this training is Teams - You will not need to install the application to follow the training. Le CFO masqué will send you, a week before the training, a link allowing you to take a test.
Technical specifications
• Computer with Office Suite (in English or French depending on training) - see course plan for the correct version
• Reliable internet connection
• Speakers (built into the computer or external) or headphones
Important
You must check the technical requirements in the course plan in the "Required marterial" section.
Summary
This training course is an introduction to Excel dashboarding. Your company decided to implement a dashboard in Excel, but where to start? What will you include in your dashboard? How will you structure and show your data? How will you feed your dashboard? Those are the type of questions you will be facing and those are the type of questions we will be answering.
Objectives
- Master the steps required to build an effective dashboard
- Master the art of advanced pivot tables
- Master the art of dynamic charts
Content
- Introduction to dashboarding
- What is business intelligence?
- What is a dashboard?
- Why build a dashboard?
- What are the best attributes of a dashboard?
- What is a key performance indicator (KPI)?
- What are the steps to build a dashboard?
- Why choose Excel for your dashboard?
- Pivot tables
- How to build an efficient pivot table?
- How to benefit form the inner functionalities of a pivot table?
- How to optimize the calculations within a pivot table?
- How to optimize the presentation of a pivot table?
- Charts
- How to pick the right chart to share the right message?
- How to deal with the chart data series?
- How to optimize the presentation of a chart?
- How to build dynamic charts?
Targeted learners
The targeted learners are the professionals who are already using Excel in their day-to-day work activities and who need to analyze and report data with regular reports and/or dashboards.
Prerequisites
We strongly suggest to attend the Excel – Intermediate level training course before attending this training course.
Required material
Each learner must have access to a portable computer equipped with MS Excel 2007 or more for Windows, or MS Excel 2011 or more for Mac.
Inclusions
Course registration includes PowerPoint presentations, Excel files with examples and exercises and reference to a web site (in French) where many additional resources are available as well as a public forum (in French).
Certificate of completion
At the end of the training course, the learner will get a certificate of completion. This certificate will include the accreditation number of the trainer from Emploi-Québec, the name of the learner, the name of the training course, the date, the number of continuous training hours as well as the name and signature of the trainer. This certificate meets the standards for continuous training requirements of Québec-based professional orders.
Trainer
Sophie Marchand, M.Sc., CPA, CGA, MVP, holds a M.Sc. in corporate finance and the accounting accreditation CPA, CGA. Moreover, she is the sole Excel MVP in the Province of Québec and one of the two Data Platform MVP in Québec. She received the MVP designation from Microsoft. MVP stands for « Most Valuable Professional ». She has many years of experience as a corporate finance professional and she specializes in financial modeling and in business intelligence. She acts as a consultant, a trainer as well as a speaker.