Data Analysis and Dashboard Reporting with Excel

This programme focuses on using Excel for serious business analysis and reporting. Participants learn to clean data, apply advanced formulas, and build dashboards that management can use without needing dedicated BI tools.

Modules

Working with Business Data
Importing, organising, and validating data from different sources. Identifying and fixing data quality issues before analysis.

Advanced Formulas for Analysis
XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, dynamic array functions (FILTER, SORT, UNIQUE), and nested IF logic for complex business calculations.

Data Cleaning Techniques
Removing duplicates, handling blanks, fixing text formatting, and standardising inconsistent entries across large datasets.

PivotTable Analysis
Group, summarise, and slice data using PivotTables. Use calculated fields and groupings to produce custom business metrics.

Building Interactive Dashboards
Combine charts, slicers, and PivotTables into a clean one-page dashboard that stakeholders can filter themselves.

Conditional Formatting for Insight
Highlight trends, exceptions, and KPI status automatically using rules, data bars, and colour scales.

Presenting Data Clearly
Design principles for business charts, including what to show, what to remove, and how to guide a reader's attention without distortion.

Final Activity

Management Dashboard Build. Participants build a complete management dashboard from a raw dataset, covering data cleaning, analysis, and a formatted one-page summary report.

Key Outcomes:
Clean and structure raw data for accurate analysis
Use advanced Excel formulas to produce meaningful metrics
Build dashboards that management can filter and use independently
Present data clearly without overcomplicating visuals
Work through analysis problems with a structured approach
Reduce time spent on manual reporting each cycle

Fee: RM 2,000 per participant
Minimum enrolment: 1 participant
Duration: 2 Days
Level: Intermediate (basic Excel knowledge assumed)
HRD Corp Claimable
Certificate included

Frequently Asked Questions

RM 2,000 per participant.

Participants should be comfortable with basic formulas and navigation. This is not a beginner course.

Yes. This course is more focused on analytical thinking, advanced formulas, and dashboard design rather than general Excel skills.

Yes, this programme is HRD Corp claimable.

Yes, for in-house sessions we can incorporate real datasets from your business context.

Yes.

In-person or online. In-house delivery is available.

Up to 20 participants per session to maintain quality of hands-on work.