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Microsoft Copilot for Excel: AI-Powered Data Analysis

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Overview

Accelerate your Excel skills with Microsoft Copilot: Generative AI for formulas, data analysis, visualization & more!

What you'll learn:
  • Enable Copilot Pro for Microsoft 365 and learn about its strengths and limitations
  • Create calculated columns using natural language and leverage Copilot's formula suggestions
  • Apply basic and advanced conditional formatting rules to highlight key data using Copilot
  • Find insights by asking Copilot to analyze your data and generate pivot tables, charts, and data-driven recommendations
  • Use Copilot's generative AI engine to solve more custom or advanced use cases by writing Python code directly in Excel

This is a hands-on, project-based course designed to help you leverage Copilot in Microsoft Excel to solve real-world data analytics problems.


We’ll start by reviewing Microsoft Copilot’s basic features and limitations, compare strengths and weaknesses against Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, and get you up and running with Copilot for Microsoft 365 on your machine.


From there, we’ll dive into each of Copilot’s core use cases for data management and analysis. You’ll practice using Copilot to add new formula columns using natural language, apply conditional formatting rules to highlight key data points, and analyze data to find insights using pivot tables and charts.


Last but not least, we’ll showcase how to use Copilot’s generative AI engine and Python in Excel to perform advanced analyses and solve complex problems.


Throughout the course, you’ll play the role of an HR Admin at ACME Corporation, a manufacturing company that makes outlandish products based on classic cartoons. Using Copilot in Excel –and the skills you learn throughout the course – you’ll manipulate employee data, monitor performance metrics, and make data-driven recommendations to your HR supervisor.


COURSEOUTLINE:


  • Introducing Copilot

    • Enable Copilot for Excel 365, introduce its basic features and limitations, and compare it with ChatGPT


  • Adding Formula Columns

    • Create calculated columns with Copilot’s formula suggestions, including conditional, text, date & lookup functions


  • Sorting, Filtering & Highlighting

    • Manipulate tables by sorting & filtering using natural language and apply conditional formatting rules to highlight key data points


  • Analyzing Data

    • Find insights by asking Copilot to analyze your data and generate pivot tables, charts & graphs, and data-driven recommendations using Python in Excel


  • BONUS: Ask for Support

    • Leverage Copilot’s generative AI engine to get Excel pro tips and expert advice beyond its core capabilities


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Ready to dive in? Join todayand get immediate, LIFETIME accessto the following:


  • 2 hours of high-quality video

  • 4 quizzes

  • Copilot for Microsoft Excel ebook (35pages)

  • Downloadable demo files

  • Expert support and Q&Aforum

  • 30-day Udemy satisfaction guarantee


If you’re a casual Excel user looking to level up your skills and productivity with Generative AI, or a data professional looking to stay on top of Microsoft's newest features, this is the course for you.


Happy learning!

-Enrique Ruiz (Certified Excel Expert & Best-Selling Instructor, Maven Analytics)


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Syllabus

  • Getting Started
  • Introducing Copilot
  • Adding Formula Columns
  • Sorting, Filtering & Highlighting
  • Analyzing Data
  • Supporting Advanced Use Cases
  • Wrapping Up

Taught by

Maven Analytics • 1,500,000 Learners and Enrique Ruiz

Reviews

4.5 rating at Udemy based on 766 ratings

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