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Excel Dashboards for Business Analytics

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build interactive Excel dashboards using charts, pivot tables, slicers, and KPI tracking tools.

  • Analyze business data with advanced formulas, filtering, and year-on-year reporting techniques.

  • Automate dashboard tasks using macros and create dynamic visualizations for decision-making.

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May 2026

Assessments

35 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Excel Dashboards for Business Analytics Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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There are 7 modules in this course

Master advanced Excel dashboard techniques to analyze business data, track KPIs, and create interactive reports that support smarter decision-making. Learn how to build professional dashboards using Pivot Tables, charts, automation tools, and advanced Excel features.

This course provides a practical, hands-on approach to designing interactive Excel dashboards for real business applications. You’ll learn how to structure raw data, apply advanced filtering techniques, create dynamic visualizations, and automate reporting workflows using macros and advanced Excel tools. Throughout the course, you’ll work on real-world dashboard scenarios including headcount analysis, attrition tracking, hiring insights, compensation reporting, and KPI monitoring. You’ll also learn how to perform year-on-year analysis, create Pivot Table reports, and build visually engaging speedometer (gauge) dashboards for performance tracking. What makes this course unique is its complete end-to-end learning approachβ€”from data preparation and dashboard structuring to advanced automation and executive-level reporting. Instead of learning isolated Excel tools, learners build fully functional dashboards designed for professional business environments. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to confidently create interactive Excel dashboards, automate reporting tasks, visualize complex business metrics, and generate actionable insights that improve business performance and decision-making.

This module introduces the fundamentals of Excel dashboard creation, covering data setup, structuring, formatting, and basic filtering techniques to build a strong foundation for data visualization and analysis.

What's included

8 videos5 assignments

8 videosβ€’Total 37 minutes
  • Introduction to Excel Dashboard Trainingβ€’1 minute
  • Syllabus Of Excel Dashboard Trainingβ€’2 minutes
  • Database and Tab Creationβ€’5 minutes
  • Index Creationβ€’8 minutes
  • HC Formulaβ€’3 minutes
  • Tab Formattingβ€’10 minutes
  • Types of Filtersβ€’1 minute
  • Macro Filterβ€’7 minutes
5 assignmentsβ€’Total 70 minutes
  • Getting Started with Dashboard Foundationsβ€’30 minutes
  • Course Overview & Setupβ€’10 minutes
  • Building the Data Structureβ€’10 minutes
  • Core Functions & Formatting Basicsβ€’10 minutes
  • Introduction to Filtering Techniquesβ€’10 minutes

This module focuses on advanced data manipulation techniques, including macro filters, advanced filtering logic, structured tables, and basic visualization to improve analytical capabilities in Excel dashboards.

What's included

8 videos5 assignments

8 videosβ€’Total 40 minutes
  • Data Filterβ€’6 minutes
  • Advance Filterβ€’10 minutes
  • Advance Filter Continueβ€’4 minutes
  • Data Tablesβ€’9 minutes
  • Data Tables Continueβ€’4 minutes
  • Graphβ€’3 minutes
  • Formattingβ€’2 minutes
  • Headcount Analysisβ€’1 minute
5 assignmentsβ€’Total 70 minutes
  • Advanced Filtering & Data Handlingβ€’30 minutes
  • Macro & Advanced Filtersβ€’10 minutes
  • Advanced Filtering Deep Diveβ€’10 minutes
  • Working with Data Tablesβ€’10 minutes
  • Graph Formatting & Analysis Basicsβ€’10 minutes

This module explores dashboard structuring using sub tables, macro-driven automation, and attrition analysis to create organized, interactive, and scalable Excel dashboards.

What's included

8 videos5 assignments

8 videosβ€’Total 56 minutes
  • Sub Base Tablesβ€’8 minutes
  • Formatting Sub Base Tableβ€’8 minutes
  • Sub Base Tables and Grid Less Graphβ€’8 minutes
  • Range Change Macroβ€’6 minutes
  • Attrition Analysis Filter and Tabβ€’5 minutes
  • Attrition Analysis Formulaβ€’11 minutes
  • Formatting for Macroβ€’2 minutes
  • Macro Chartβ€’7 minutes
5 assignmentsβ€’Total 70 minutes
  • Sub Tables & Dashboard Structuringβ€’30 minutes
  • Sub Tables Creationβ€’10 minutes
  • Graph Enhancementsβ€’10 minutes
  • Attrition Dashboard Setupβ€’10 minutes
  • Macro-Based Visualizationβ€’10 minutes

This module covers year-on-year (YOY) analysis, comparative reporting, and hiring insights, enabling learners to track trends and evaluate business performance across time and regions.

What's included

8 videos5 assignments

8 videosβ€’Total 50 minutes
  • Filter YOYβ€’5 minutes
  • YOY Formulaβ€’7 minutes
  • CY and PY Tableβ€’8 minutes
  • Attrition YOY Chartβ€’7 minutes
  • Attrition Analysis Formattingβ€’3 minutes
  • Hiring Zone and State Wiseβ€’6 minutes
  • Hiring YOYβ€’12 minutes
  • Employee Demographics Filterβ€’3 minutes
5 assignmentsβ€’Total 70 minutes
  • Year-on-Year & Hiring Analysisβ€’30 minutes
  • YOY Analysis Setupβ€’10 minutes
  • Comparative Tablesβ€’10 minutes
  • Formatting & Hiring Insightsβ€’10 minutes
  • Hiring Trends Analysisβ€’10 minutes

This module focuses on employee demographics analysis and pivot table techniques, helping learners extract meaningful insights from workforce data through dynamic summarization and visualization.

What's included

8 videos5 assignments

8 videosβ€’Total 63 minutes
  • Employee Demographicsβ€’1 minute
  • Gender Wise Formulaβ€’11 minutes
  • Other Demographics Formulaβ€’10 minutes
  • Demographics Formula Continuesβ€’6 minutes
  • Pivot Tableβ€’7 minutes
  • More on Pivot Tableβ€’6 minutes
  • Pivot Chartβ€’12 minutes
  • Compensation Button Tableβ€’8 minutes
5 assignmentsβ€’Total 70 minutes
  • Employee Demographics & Pivot Analysisβ€’30 minutes
  • Demographics Breakdownβ€’10 minutes
  • Advanced Demographic Calculationsβ€’10 minutes
  • Pivot Table Masteryβ€’10 minutes
  • Pivot Visualizationβ€’10 minutes

This module introduces compensation analysis, KPI tracking, gauge charts, and advanced dashboard tools to enhance performance measurement and executive-level reporting in Excel.

What's included

8 videos5 assignments

8 videosβ€’Total 54 minutes
  • Compensation Button Formulaβ€’8 minutes
  • Compensation Button Formula Continuesβ€’5 minutes
  • Compensation Analysisβ€’2 minutes
  • KPI and KRAβ€’7 minutes
  • Gauge Chartβ€’11 minutes
  • Gauge Chart Continuesβ€’3 minutes
  • Compensation Pivot Chartsβ€’11 minutes
  • Full Screen Macroβ€’8 minutes
5 assignmentsβ€’Total 70 minutes
  • Compensation, KPIs & Advanced Toolsβ€’30 minutes
  • Compensation Logic & Formulasβ€’10 minutes
  • Compensation Insightsβ€’10 minutes
  • Gauge & KPI Visualizationβ€’10 minutes
  • Advanced Dashboard Featuresβ€’10 minutes

This module focuses on dashboard optimization, data integration with Access, final presentation techniques, and building speedometer dashboards for intuitive performance visualization.

What's included

15 videos5 assignments

15 videosβ€’Total 88 minutes
  • Types of Errorsβ€’7 minutes
  • Excel Shortcutsβ€’10 minutes
  • Import Accessβ€’6 minutes
  • Import Access Linkingβ€’3 minutes
  • Export Accessβ€’1 minute
  • Final Presentationβ€’7 minutes
  • Conclusionβ€’0 minutes
  • Introduction to Speedometer Dashboard Toolβ€’9 minutes
  • What is Speedometer Dashboard Toolβ€’3 minutes
  • Advantages of Speedometerβ€’10 minutes
  • Sales Target Speedometer Dashboardβ€’8 minutes
  • Pie Chart Creation for Speedometerβ€’6 minutes
  • Service Ticket Dashboard Exampleβ€’11 minutes
  • Donut to Pie Chart Conversionβ€’4 minutes
  • Conclusionβ€’3 minutes
5 assignmentsβ€’Total 70 minutes
  • Finalization & Speedometer Dashboardβ€’30 minutes
  • Optimization & Utilitiesβ€’10 minutes
  • Data Integration with Accessβ€’10 minutes
  • Export & Final Dashboardβ€’10 minutes
  • Speedometer Dashboard Projectβ€’10 minutes

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