Excel for Data Analyst: Free Learning Path
WEEK 1 - Excel Fundamentals & Core Functions
- Day 1: Excel Interface, Navigation, Formatting Basics
- Day 2: Data Entry, Cleaning Tools (TRIM, CLEAN, Remove Duplicates)
- Day 3: Basic Math & Statistical Functions (SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, etc.)
- Day 4: Logical Functions (IF, AND, OR, NOT, Nested IFs)
- Day 5: Text Functions (LEFT, RIGHT, MID, LEN, FIND, etc.)
- Day 6: Lookup Functions (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX+MATCH)
- Day 7: Practice Task - Clean and Analyze a Simple Sales Dataset
WEEK 2 - Pivot Tables, Charts & Power Tools
- Day 8: Pivot Tables - Creation, Filters, Slicers
- Day 9: Pivot Charts, Grouping, Summarizing
- Day 10: Excel Tables, Named Ranges, Structured References
- Day 11: Charts & Data Visualization (Bar, Line, Pie, Combo)
- Day 12: Power Query Basics - Import, Clean, Combine Data
- Day 13: Error Handling (IFERROR, ISBLANK, Formula Auditing)
- Day 14: Mini Dashboard Project - Create a Sales Dashboard
Practice Project You Can Start Today
- Project: Sales Performance Dashboard
- - Dataset: Monthly sales of 5 products across 4 regions
- - Tasks:
- * Clean the data (remove blanks, fix formats)
- * Create Pivot Table for product vs revenue
- * Use charts to visualize trends
- * Build a dashboard with slicers & charts