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This document outlines an introduction to data management course that covers spreadsheet functions, data representation methods, advanced charting and graphing, data protection techniques, what-if analysis, data validation, macros, and creating interactive dashboards. The 6 units cover spreadsheet functions, data representation/manipulation, advanced graphing, data protection, what-if analysis, and creating interactive dashboards. The practical sessions include introduction to spreadsheets, data representation/manipulation techniques, charts and graphs, and data cleaning. References include books on business analytics and Excel hacks.

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Excelfrm Course Syllabus IPDownload

This document outlines an introduction to data management course that covers spreadsheet functions, data representation methods, advanced charting and graphing, data protection techniques, what-if analysis, data validation, macros, and creating interactive dashboards. The 6 units cover spreadsheet functions, data representation/manipulation, advanced graphing, data protection, what-if analysis, and creating interactive dashboards. The practical sessions include introduction to spreadsheets, data representation/manipulation techniques, charts and graphs, and data cleaning. References include books on business analytics and Excel hacks.

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INT217:INTRODUCTION TO DATA MANAGEMENT

L:2 T:0 P:2 Credits:3

Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to

CO1 :: apply the various techniques and functions over spreadsheet for getting various insights of
data

CO2 :: practice the data representation methods like pivot table and power pivoting

CO3 :: determining the need of the graphical representation in the spreadsheet by using various
graphs and charts
CO4 :: apply various techniques to validate data in the spreadsheet and perform what-if analysis

CO5 :: employ the power of macros to automate and optimize spreadsheets

CO6 :: extend the concepts of creating interactive dashboards using slicers, macros and
advanced charts

Unit I
Spreadsheet functions to organize data : cell reference styles, creating and working with
formulas, text functions, date and time functions, lookup and reference functions, mathematical and
statistical functions, information and volatile functions, logical and financial functions, formula
auditing, error handling, string functions
Introduction to Microsoft Excel : UI Basics : introduction to UI basics, about excel, workbooks
and worksheets, customizing excel, reference styles, number formatting, custom number formatting,
conditional formatting, format as table
Unit II
Data representation and manipulation : filter, advanced filter for complex criterion, sorting and
custom sorting, pivot table and pivot chart, power pivot, import data from different sources into
power pivot, reducing file size in power pivoting, connect to multiple different external datasets, DAX
functions
Unit III
Advanced graphing and charting : charts, combo charts, working with objects charts, dynamic
charts and dynamic data source for charts print areas, views for a worksheet, various printing
techniques
Data protection techniques : worksheet protection, protect specific range, workbook protection and
encryption
Unit IV
What-if analysis : Goal Seeker, Scenario Manager, Data Table

Data Validation : Understanding the need for Data Validation, creating a Validation List, adding
Custom Validation Error, Dynamic Formulas by using Validation Techniques
Unit V
Macros : Understanding Excel Macros, Activating the Developer Tab in Excel, creating a Macro with
the Macro Recorder, editing a Macro with VBA, creating Buttons to Run Macros
Unit VI
Creating an interactive dashboard : Principles of Dashboarding, mastering charting techniques,
Macros for interactive dashboard, Visualizations with Sparklines and Shapes, specialized charts –
Waterfall chart, funnel chart, adding maps on dashboard, adding slicers and timelines, connecting
slicers with multiple pivot tables, adding hyperlinks to navigate between different sheets

List of Practicals / Experiments:

Introduction to spreadsheets
• basic terminology of excel

• spreadsheet environment

• object model of excel

• customizing excel

• reference styles

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• number formatting

• custom number formatting

• conditional formatting

• format as table

representation and manipulation of data


• filter

• sorting techniques

• practical on pivot table and pivot chart

charts and graphs


• advance graph and charts

Data Cleaning
• Perform data cleaning using String functions, date and Time Functions

• Use Text to Columns

• Removing unwanted values and handling NULL values in Excel

• Restructuring the dataset

• Removing Extra spaces or white spaces

References:
1. FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS by R.N. PRASAD, SEEMA ACHARYA, WILEY

2. EXCEL HACKS,2/ED TIPS & TOOLS FOR STREAMLINING YOUR SPREADSHEETS by DAVID,
SHROFF/O'REILLY

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