Access 2019: Building Dashboards for Excel

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Free Online Course: Access 2019: Building Dashboards for Excel provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Access 2019: Building Dashboards for Excel is taught by Robin Hunt.

Overview
  • Explore how make visually appealing dashboards inside Excel that collect and display information from Access.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Make Excel data entry more visual
    • What you should know
    • Working with the exercise files
    1. The Benefits of Moving to Access
    • Understanding the limitations of Excel
    • Understanding the limitations of Access
    • Learning how queries, forms, and reports work with tables
    2. Understanding the Access Structure
    • Work with table views
    • Link data to Access
    3. Analyze Database Tables
    • Learning the basics of normalization
    • Understanding table relationships
    • Identify keys
    • Understanding join types
    4. Build and Work with Queries
    • Create queries
    • Sort and filter in a query
    • Enhance queries
    • Build unique data queries
    • Work with SQL view
    • Build aggregate data queries
    5. Export and Link Data to Excel
    • Import to and from Access
    • Link data to Excel
    • Work with external connections
    • Refresh data from other sources
    • Add data from connections
    • Change connections
    6. Charting and Pivots in Excel
    • Build sunburst charts and treemaps
    • Build pivots and set refresh settings
    • Build PivotCharts
    • Using slicers and timelines to filter
    • Set slicer options
    • Move charts
    • Work with page layout
    7. Build Excel Macros for Dashboard
    • Create macros that clear filters
    • Create macros for common filters
    • Create macros that navigate
    • Assign macros to buttons
    Conclusion
    • Next steps