2 days – Visual Basic Application for Excel 2016 (15 hrs)

• Use Visual Basic functions like Macros

Dashboard fundamentals

• What is a dashboard
• Key characteristics of a dashboard

Planning considerations

• Define information needs
• Acquire and arrange data

Dashboard design consideration

• Dashboard “dos” and “don’ts”
• Selecting appropriate tools
• Determine chart elements and colour selection
• Histogram

Reporting with PivotTable and PivotChart

• Insert and populate a PivotTable and PivotChart
• Update PivotTable data
• Using Slicer

Advanced Excel tools

• Conditional formatting
• Using Range Names
• Create drop-down list with data validation

Obtain data with Excel functions

• Use Lookup and Reference functions
• Use INDEX and MATCH functions
• Database functions

Create Excel chart

• Create standard charts
• Combination chart
• Sparkline

Macros for spreadsheet automation

Understanding macros

• Uses of macro
• Planning the recording and recording a macro Relative and absolute recording options
• Various methods of executing a macro
• Storing a macro

Modifying existing macros

• Examining the codes in a macro
• Adding comments
• Cleaning up the macro codes
• Testing modified macros

VBA basics

Visual basic editor environment

• The VBE Window
• Using the Project Explorer, Code & Immediate Window
• Creating a new module
• Entering VBA codes
• Customising VBE environment

Learning about objects and property

• Understanding the Excel Object Model
• Using the Object Browser
• Importing and export objects
• Objects referral
• Using the Application, Workbooks, Worksheets & Window objects
• Using the Range, Cells, Offset properties
• Selecting cells, rows and columns
• Using the Value and Formula properties
• Properties for applying cell formatting

VBA programming novice

Variables, data type and constants

• Commenting for programming
• Declaring and Scoping variables
• Defining data type
• Working with Date & String type
• Assignment expressions
• Using logical operators
• Arrays

Procedures, functions and constructs

• Creating Procedures and Scoping a procedure
• Various methods of executing a procedure
• Passing arguments to procedures
• Using built-in, MsgBox InputBox functions
• Constructs for manipulating objects
• With … End,  For Each … Next
• Constructs for controlling program execution
• Understanding decision making in VBA
• GoTo,  If … Then,  Select Case,  For … Next loops,  Do … While loops,  Do … Until loops

VBA programming senior

Error handling

• Error handling techniques
• Using Break Mode, Setting Breakpoints and Trapping Error

Using custom functions

• Creating custom functions for use in worksheet and procedures
• Passing arguments to procedures
• Adding custom functions to Paste Function dialog box

VBA programming graduate

Introducing USERFORMS

• Incorporating UserForm
• Deploying and setting UserForm controls
• Display and close UserForm using VBA
• Deploying UserForm events
• Applications of UserForm

Excel events

• Understanding event sequences
• Using event handlers for workbook, worksheet and charts

Lectures, demonstration and hands-on activities designed to provide practical experiences with skills being taught.

This course is suitable for those in Finance, Sales department and individuals who need to automate task to increase productivity.

Prerequisites

Participants are assumed to:

• Have a good knowledge of Excel

Duration : 2 days (15 hrs)
Time : 9:00am to 5:30pm

With effect from 1 Jan 2024

Funding valid till 31 Dec 2024

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(A course in partnership with James Cook Institute Pte. Ltd. [formerly known as Eagle Infotech] UEN198802365N)