Advanced PivotTables in Excel: Master the Pivot Table! (Udemy.com)
Take your data analysis skills to new heights with this Advanced course on Pivot Tables in Excel
Created by: Simon Sez IT
Last updated March 2023
What you will learn
- How to create amazing looking dashboards using Pivot Tables
- Advanced data analysis techniques
- How to do a PivotTable (a quick refresher)
- How to format a PivotTable, including adjusting styles
- Advanced Sorting and Filtering in PivotTables
- How to use 3D Maps from a PivotTable
- How to update your data in a PivotTable and Pivot Chart
- Advanced Sorting and Filtering in PivotTables
How it compares
Against the other 355 rated Udemy courses in Excel on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 81% of them
- Reviews321#258 of 356 by number of reviews
- Length9.6 hourslonger than 69% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2023earlier than 55% of them
Course Description
In this Advanced PivotTables in Excel course, we teach you how to make the most of this powerful data analysis function. PivotTables are ideal if you are looking to perform data analysis tasks quickly and efficiently in Excel.
In this course, we give a PivotTable refresher before moving onto some of the advanced features of this tool including Advanced Sorting, Slicers, Timelines, Calculated Fields, Pivot Charts, and Conditional Formatting.
This course is aimed at intermediate users of Excel who are comfortable using the PivotTable function. We don’t recommend this course for people brand new to Excel. If you are new to Excel, try out one of the Simon Sez IT Beginner Excel courses also available on Udemy.
In this course, you will learn:
How to do a PivotTable (a quick refresher)
How to combine data from multiple worksheets for a PivotTable
Grouping, ungrouping and dealing with errors
How to format a PivotTable, including adjusting styles
How to use the Value Field Settings
Advanced Sorting and Filtering in PivotTables
How to use Slicers, Timelines on multiple tables
How to create a Calculated Field
All about GETPIVOTDATA
How to create a Pivot Chart and add sparklines and slicers
How to use 3D Maps from a PivotTable
How to update your data in a PivotTable and Pivot Chart
All about Conditional Formatting in a PivotTable
How to create amazing looking dashboards
This course includes:
7+ hours of video tutorials
50 individual video lectures
Exercise files to practice what you learned
Certificate of completion
This course was recorded using Excel from Office 365. It's also relevant to those using other, recent versions of Microsoft Excel including Excel 2013, 2016, and 2019.
Here’s what our students are saying…
"Course is well presented with good explanations and is easy to follow. The Advanced Pivot Table course starts with a recap and goes on to a very thorough and in-depth look at advanced concepts and properties. Very useful if you can use Pivot Tables and want to expand your knowledge. Overall a very good and worthwhile course. I learned a lot and would thoroughly recommend it."
- Robert
"Very well conceived and well constructed course. Well explained and clutter free."
- John
"I liked her teaching, once trained skipped over simple items and didn't waste our time with repeating it. Dashboard courses I have taken two already and I always pick up new things - here spark lines. Thank You."
- Duane
"Excellent course delivery. Enjoyed every step and confident using pivot tables and charts."
- Olatubosun
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
321 Reviews
Simon Sez IT
Since 2008, individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies with thousands of employees have benefited from the easy and hands-on software training offered by Simon Sez IT. With over 12,000 video tutorials on a range of software programs, Simon Sez IT ensures stress-free eLearning and enhanced employee productivity - no matter whether you are implementing new software or a technological upgrade for your workplace. With over 1 million Udemy students in over 190 countries, Simon Sez IT is the preferred online learning choice for individuals and businesses everywhere.
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Reviews
By David Price on 12/9/2025
I found the course excellent overall - interesting and instructive. Deborah is a great presenter, explaining things clearly and at a suitable pace. I particularly like the way she presents alternative ways (shortcuts and menu choices) to achieve the same result. My only sugestion is that some supplied files should be checked for errors. For example, in the one for Lesson 50 the data to be added has a missing column (Regions)/ However it was fairly easy to work around the problems, and this didn’t detract significantly from the overall quality of the course.
By Jacob S on 4/28/2025
Not bad, I definitely learned some things. I think some minority of the material was way too simple for an "Advanced" course. Then at the end they include a lot of optional random material that I suppose is meant to pad the course length, because it mostly covers things you shouldn't see in an advanced course like how to format cells.
By Bob Paxson on 9/3/2023
Very good explanations, one of the best courses I have taken....Deborah is a natural educator... explains everything clearly...and if I don't get the content, I go back and replay it... good job!!!
By Łukasz Wosch on 7/3/2023
It's not an Advanced PivotTable course. It should be named 'Beginner to Advanced PivotTable Course' because it covers a lot of basic topics. Perhaps 15% of this course is advanced.
By Mohamed on 6/30/2023
No brainer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I am almost 60% through the course, and I have already learnt a lot. The instructor is very clear and concise. The course boosted my pivot table knowledge a lot. I will consider more courses from the instructor. THANKS
By Nagarajan Mahendran on 8/26/2022
It was very clear explanation by instructor, Particularly Short cut keys and Wherever need Zoom. I really impressed way of presentation of instructor
By Joseph DuBois on 5/30/2022
Yes, this is a well-matched course for me. I am presently undertaking a project where this course will be very useful. thank you!
By Da on 8/15/2021
The instructor (Deborah Ashby) has explained material clearly and in well-organized way, starting from cleaning data in excel to creating the dashboard which leveraged all lessons throughout the course.
By Duane Blow on 4/16/2021
I liked her teaching, once trained skipped over simple items and didn't waste our time with repeating it. Dashboard courses I have taken two already and I always pick up new things - here spark lines. Thank You
By Asif Ladhani on 2/23/2021
Great techniques even for intermediate users of excel. very well explained and thorough in articulating how to go about building pivot tables.
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