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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Data Visualization in Excel by Macquarie University

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About the Course

In an age now driven by "big data", we need to cut through the noise and present key information in a way that can be quickly consumed and acted upon making data visualization an increasingly important skill. Visualizations need to not only present data in an easy to understand and attractive way, but they must also provide context for the data, tell a story, achieving that fine balance between form and function. Excel has many rivals in this space, but it is still an excellent choice, particularly if it's where your data resides. It offers a wealth of tools for creating visualizations other than charts and the chart options available are constantly increasing and improving, so the newer versions now include waterfall charts, sunburst diagrams and even map charts. But what sets Excel apart is its flexibility, it gives us total creative control over our designs so if needed we could produce our own animated custom chart to tell the right story for our data. Over five weeks we will explore Excel's rich selection of visualization tools using practical case studies as seen through the eyes of Rohan, an environmental analyst. Rohan is required to produce visualizations that will show trends, forecasts, breakdowns and comparisons for a large variety of environmental data sets. As well as utilising the usual chart types he wants to use conditional formats, sparklines, specialised charts and even create his own animated charts and infographics. In some cases, he will also need to prepare the data using pivot tables to drill down and answer very specific questions. We are going to help him achieve all this and present our finished visualizations in attractive reports and dashboards that use tools like slicers and macros for automation and interactivity. These are the topics we will cover: Week 1: Dynamic visualizations with conditional formatting, custom number formatting, sparklines and macros Week 2: Charting techniques for telling the right story Week 3: Creating specialised and custom charts Week 4: Summarising and filtering data with pivot tables and pivot charts Week 5: Creating interactive dashboards in Excel This is the second course in our Specialization on Data Analytics and Visualization. The first course: Excel Fundamentals for Data Analysis, covers data preparation and cleaning but also teaches some of the prerequisites for this course like tables and named ranges as well as text, lookup and logical functions. To get the most out of this course we would recommend you do the first course or have experience with these topics. In this course we focus on Data Visualization in Excel, join us for this exciting journey....

Top reviews

CD

Mar 28, 2024

The course content was excellent however the rushed pace of the videos made it loose spontaneity and flow with constant stopping and rewinding non conducive to learning.

CO

Jul 4, 2024

even if I'm a seasoned Excel power user, I learned a few tricks that I didn't know - it filled the few holes I had in my Excel knowledge

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By Mark A F

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Sep 2, 2022

This course I will recommend for everyone.

By ARIFUDDIN R

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Sep 29, 2023

amazing and very recommended online course

By Sandra A E T

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Jul 9, 2021

Excellent course, I've learned great tools

By Ibe M

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Feb 26, 2024

A great course with wonderful instructors

By Cristian L

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Jan 27, 2022

Totally recommended very clear and useful

By Eddy P M

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Apr 8, 2025

Ce cours est tout simplement excellent.

By Alain B

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Jun 22, 2024

Would give it one more star if I could!

By Sandhya R

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Jun 30, 2023

best course on excel for data analytics

By Kashif R

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Apr 5, 2023

Thank you very much respected teachers.

By ARACELI M R

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Nov 19, 2022

MUY SUSTANCIOSO REALMENTE LO RECOMIENDO

By Sarah G

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Jul 29, 2022

Very helpful materials and instruction!

By Mukhayo K

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May 9, 2024

Great and exceptionaaly useful course!

By Atharv T

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Aug 12, 2022

Best visualization course using excel.

By Md. S

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Mar 18, 2022

My assumsion , Its an Excellent course

By Juan C D M

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Dec 13, 2021

Very usefull and practical information

By HUI Y

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Dec 4, 2022

Very practical examples. Good tutor.

By Baskar C

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Sep 7, 2023

Great Training... Each video useful

By ismail a s

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Jan 31, 2023

thank you so much..

Excelent course.

By Komara R K

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Aug 28, 2025

Very useful and informative course

By Nandeesh M

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Nov 5, 2022

Very Usefull for the professionals

By Abdallah N

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Mar 27, 2024

Thank you so much for your effort

By Thomas D

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Jul 26, 2023

well presented and good examples!

By Alberto J S M

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Mar 30, 2023

Excellent tools for visualization

By Mohammad A

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Oct 2, 2022

Nice course by nice instructors.

By Rugveda S

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Sep 5, 2021

Great course. Highly recommended!