About
If you are a novice at using Power Pivot, you're not alone. Although it’s one of Excel’s most useful features for accountants, not many of us know what is it or how should we be using it.
Power Pivot is an Excel add-in available in Excel 2010, certain versions of Excel 2013 and later. Power Pivot, with its own DAX functions, can be used to perform complicated data analysis and to create sophisticated data models. This makes it a powerful tool for accountants.
In this course, you will learn to use Power Pivot at an expert level. You will become comfortable with Power Pivot Models, using Pivot tables and charts, as well as carrying out calculations and time intelligence functions.
It is recommended that you have a good understanding of Excel’s standard pivot tables and charts before taking this course. If you are a beginner with Excel we recommend starting with the course, Basic Data Analysis for Accountants in Excel.
CPD: 4 hours
Full Programme
Power Pivot Orientation
- What is Power Pivot?
- How do I create a linked table from Excel to Power Pivot?
- How do I find my way around Power Pivot?
- How can I get data into Power Pivot?
- How do I change the data types of tables?
- How do I work with tables in Power Pivot?
Relationships
- What are relationships?
- What are fact and dimension tables?
- How do I create a relationship in Power Pivot?
- How do I overcome a many to many relationships?
Tables and Charts
- How do I insert a pivot table?
- How do I work with a pivot table?
- How do I insert a pivot chart?
- What are chart elements?
- How do I insert slicers and timelines?
Understanding DAX
- What is DAX?
- What data types are found in DAX?
- What are calculated columns and measures?
- How do I use SUM and SUMX?
- How do I use COUNT and COUNTX?
- How do I work with related tables?
Time Intelligence Functions
- What are time intelligence functions?
- What are date and calendar tables?
- How to I use the TOTALMTD, TOTALQTD and TOTALYTD expressions?
- How can I compare to a previous period?
- How do I calculate moving and rolling totals?
Course Leader
Paula Guilfoyle is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland. She practiced in Industry for over 15 years, working with both small and large private companies, before moving on to teach Excel and Power BI to accountants and professionals. Paula has given many talks and presentations in the areas of Excel, spreadsheet use, PowerBI and business intelligence, and has published many articles on the same subjects.
Booking Information
Course price
£75 + VAT (Non-members)
The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland Members and Students get a discount of 10% with the code ICSA101