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(SSTE111/25) Surgent’s Data Analytics Readiness Series: Advanced Formulas- Array Formulas and DAX Formulas
This one-hour data analytics course will introduce formula arrays and DAX formulas to users in Power BI and Excel. Users will learn the skills to create and evaluate array formulas and DAX formulas. An understanding of implicit or explicit intersections and measures within the formulas will be developed. Users will apply the understanding to data...
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(SSTE120/25) Surgent’s Power Query Series: Use Cases
This course presents five use cases for specific data issues a user may encounter in Power Query (Excel version). Through hands-on examples, users are guided through the process of overcoming each of these issues.Power Query is an "ETL" tool that extracts, transforms, and loads data. This tool has a user-friendly interface that enables the Excel...
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(SSTE106/25) Surgent’s Data Analytics Readiness Series: Formulas, Named Ranges, and Formula Auditing
This one-hour course will introduce users to table functions in Excel and Power BI. Users will demonstrate an ability to apply and utilize named ranges and naming conventions to data. Specific focus will be given to common formulas and functions within Excel. Common pitfalls in formula implementation will be discussed. Users will utilize exercises alongside...
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(SSTE110/25) Surgent’s Data Analytics Readiness Series: Calculated Columns and Dimensions
This one-hour course will focus on the use of Excel with Power BI and Power Query to organize and analyze data. Users will primarily work with calculated columns generated from existing data. They will walk through hands-on exercises to create calculated columns, add dimensions to existing data tables, and create hierarchies within the data tables....
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(SSTE102/25) Surgent’s The Risks and Benefits of ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence
We see multiple stories about the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and its entry into our lives in the form of AI tools, including ChatGPT. They seem to be everywhere. It is difficult to overstate how much things will change with the rise of these new technologies, or how important it is that companies...
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(SSTE109/25) Surgent’s Data Analytics Readiness Series: Data Modeling
This one-hour course will focus primarily on Power Query, Power Pivot, and VLOOKUP skills. Users will learn how to join tables using various techniques and add-ons in Excel. Users will understand how to utilize the tools while maintaining data integrity. The majority of the course will focus on hands-on data exercises. Users will apply skills...
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(SSTE129/25) Surgent’s Power Query Series: Append Queries
Append queries combine two or more queries into one output query that is a combination of the originals. This course discusses best practices for creating append queries using Power Query (Excel version) and includes hands-on exercises to enable the user to demonstrate what they have learned.Power Query is an "ETL" tool that extracts, transforms, and...
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(SSTE103/25) Surgent’s Data Analytics Readiness Series: Visualizations and Reporting
This one-hour course will serve as an introduction to data visualization and reporting using Power BI and Excel. Users will understand the benefits of using Power BI to create data visualizations and how Power BI differs from previous functions in Excel for visualizations. A hands-on exercise will be applied where the user will work alongside...
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(SSTE117/25) Surgent’s Data Security: Best Practices to Protect Your Business and Yourself
Data security is a front-of-mind topic for most businesses because the risk and cost statistics are sobering. Each of us is in the crosshairs because a typical internet-connected computer faces a cyberattack every 39 seconds. Businesses of all sizes should be cognizant of the ethical issues that must be considered when planning their approach to...
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(SSTE131/25) Surgent’s Power Query Series: Useful Transformations
This course covers a number of useful transformations using Power Query (Excel version) to clean, enrich, and shape data. Coverage includes pivoting and unpivoting, filtering and grouping, fuzzy matching, and more, with hands-on exercises for users to practice these skills.Power Query is an "ETL" tool that extracts, transforms, and loads data. This tool has a...
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