Strengthen your Excel data analysis skills through hands-on exercises using real-world datasets. Refresh and apply advanced formulas, lookup functions, pivot tables, charts, and Copilot for Excel to generate insights and support business decision-making.
Learning modes and locations may be different depending on the course start date. Please check the location of your chosen course and read our guide to learning modes and locations to help you choose the right course for you.
Start Date:27 Oct 2026
End Date:03 Nov 2026
Tue (Evening):18:00 - 21:00
Choose either online or in-person
Location: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Please note: We offer a wide variety of financial support to make courses affordable. Just visit our online Help Centre for more information on a range of topics including fees, online learning and FAQs.
The course will be split into a mix of revising some important, intermediate/advanced Excel skills, and applying these to different data sets in a series of exercises.
Participants who will attend the full course will receive a City Lit certificate of attendance electronically for their CV or CPD records. The certificate will show your name, course title and dates of the course you have attended.
What will we cover?
Shortcuts
Review of a list of shortcuts to use and apply to work quickly and efficiently
Pivot tables
Revision, review of basics
Refresh pivot tables in order to incorporate new data
Calculated Fields (Add your own customised field to a pivot table)
Pivot Charts
Lookups functions
VLOOKUP
XLOOKUP
INDEX and MATCH
Formulas
IF statements, including IFS
SUMIFS/ COUNTIFS/AVERAGEIFS
A look at Copilot for Excel
Scenarios and application
Revision: audience, impact, delivering information effectively
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
Process and analyse data using advanced Excel functions and tools to identify key findings, generate meaningful conclusions, and formulate actionable recommendations and next steps for a variety of stakeholders.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
A working knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level, including familiarity with essential formulas and experience using pivot tables.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Step by step instructions for a series of exercises, with ongoing learner participation.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
No other costs; students may bring their own laptop.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
City Lit offers a variety of progression courses in this subject area. Please click here to view our Microsoft 365 courses.
Disclaimer: Use of Third-Party Software This course might require you to either use your own personal account or create an account for the purposes of this course. City Lit cannot accept any responsibility for any failings of the third party or provide technical support. Whilst using the software you will be responsible for abiding by the providers terms and conditions and maintaining your own work.
Abbott Katz has instructed Excel at numerous corporate and university venues, on both sides of the Atlantic - and both sides of the Channel. A native New Yorker with a doctorate in sociology, Abbott has written two books on Excel (Apress), authored the www.spreadsheetjournalism.com blog, and designs spreadsheets in a consultative capacity. He offered a 5-session, Excel-driven Data Stories workshop last year at the Sciences Po University in Paris (in English!), and his work with the application has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Freakonomics blog, and the spreadsheet expert Chandoo.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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