Advanced Excel Essentials

Advanced Excel Essentials is the only book for experienced Excel developers who want to channel their skills into building spreadsheet applications and dashboards. This book starts from the assumption that you are well-versed in Excel and builds on your skills to take them to an advanced level. It provides the building blocks of advanced development and then takes you through the development of your own advanced spreadsheet application. For the seasoned analyst, accountant, financial professional, management consultant, or engineer—this is the book you’ve been waiting for!

Author Jordan Goldmeier builds on a foundation of industry best practices, bringing his own forward-thinking approach to Excel and rich real-world experience, to distill a unique blend of advanced essentials. Among other topics, he covers advanced formula concepts like array formulas and Boolean logic and provides insight into better code and formulas development. He supports that insight by showing you how to build correctly with hands-on examples.

What you’ll learn

• How to build better, faster, and leaner spreadsheets that will make you a force to be reckoned with in your organization
• How to write optimized code and formulas that are easily understood even by less experienced users
• How to turn a spreadsheet into a powerhouse application that rivals commercial software
• About the tools and techniques for optimal layout, data storage, and advanced analytics

Who this book is for

Intermediate or advanced excel users who wish to learn how to be more productive and develop more powerful applications

About the Author

Jordan Goldmeier is a management consultant, author, educator, producer, and Microsoft MVP. He is the owner of Cambia Factor (www.cambiafactor.com), a data consulting agency, where he challenges companies and institutions to rethink how they collect, work with, and interpret data. He has provided spreadsheet-based decision support services to the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan, the Pentagon, Navy, Air Force, and Army as well as training and consultation to private financial institutions in big data analytics and data visualization.