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Microsoft Excel Dashboard & Data Analysis Masterclass (Udemy.com)

Create 10 Interactive Microsoft Excel Dashboards from Scratch | 2026 Updated! | with Microsoft Office 365 Excel version

Created by: Andreas Exadaktylos

Last updated August 2026

Our take

Based on the ratings of 7,502 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in August 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.

This is a build-along Excel course: 182 lectures across 22 sections, a little over 20 hours, all aimed at one goal, getting you from blank workbook to 10 finished interactive dashboards. Andreas Exadaktylos, who has taught Excel for over 25 years, walks through design principles, 25-plus functions, pivot tables, form controls, and advanced charting before landing on named projects like a Financial KPI Dashboard, a Balanced Scorecard, and a Company Dashboard. It suits anyone with basic spreadsheet experience who wants finished projects to point to, not certificates of theory watched.

Reviewers consistently praise how clearly Andreas explains things, calling the pacing smooth and the complex stuff made to look easy. Several say they built working dashboards alongside him and picked up hidden functions they'd never seen despite years of Excel use. The complaints cluster around two things: pacing that front-loads the easy material and rushes the harder sections, and one reviewer flagging awkward phrasing and pronunciation in the narration that made parts hard to follow. One reviewer wanted more worked examples of formulas with named ranges.

At just over 20 hours, it's a substantial commitment, and a few reviewers say the sheer volume of material means you'll need to revisit sections to fully absorb them. The course was first published back in 2014 but got a four-month overhaul and was last updated in August 2026, so the content and Excel version references are current. With a 4.5 rating across 7,502 reviews and the large majority landing at 4 or 5 stars, it holds up as a solid, thorough pick for anyone who wants dashboard skills they can actually show off.

Best forBusiness professionals and students who learn Excel best by building actual dashboards, not watching theory.
Skip it ifYou've never touched Excel or you want a short course on pivot tables alone, not dashboards.

Pros

  • Builds 10 full interactive dashboards from scratch, not isolated exercises
  • Covers 25-plus functions plus pivot tables, form controls, and advanced charts
  • Instructor explanations rated clear and well-paced by most reviewers
  • Refreshed in August 2026 with four months of new content for current job market

Cons

  • At over 20 hours, one reviewer said it drags and buries the main ideas
  • Pacing is uneven: easy topics over-explained, harder ones rushed through
  • One reviewer found the narration's phrasing and pronunciation distracting
Really well delivered and in depth explanations. I was able to create 2 complex dashboards by following this course.
Helena, a student

Listed as All Levels, but reviewers and requirements agree only basic prior Excel or spreadsheet experience is needed.

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What you will learn

  • Create 10 Professional Interactive Microsoft Excel Dashboards from scratch
  • Create over 15 Amazing Interactive Non-Standard Excel Charts in Microsoft Excel. BONUS: Excel Workbook files + Sample files included
  • Improve general Excel knowledge - Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts, Conditional Formatting, Functions, Formulas and Macros
  • Build Interactive Dashboard Reports with Buttons and Drop Down Menus
  • Learn how to create a professional KPI dashboard from scratch
  • Analyze Data with Excel PivotTables and Pivot Charts
  • Understand and Identify the Principles of Data Analysis
  • Analyze Excel data using Excel's based Functions
  • Learn from an instructor with over 25 years of experience with Microsoft Excel, teaching thousands of students in his own computer learning school
  • Quizzes and exercises

Course content

22 sections · 182 lectures · 20 hours of video 9 quizzes, 7 articles

  1. 1Introduction 2 free previews5 lectures · 1 quiz · 10 min
  2. 2Dashboard Design Principles 1 free preview4 lectures · 1 quiz · 15 min
  3. 3Using Shortcuts for Speed and Accuracy 1 free preview14 lectures · 1 quiz · 53 min
  4. 4Charting Techniques 1 free preview6 lectures · 1 quiz · 52 min
  5. 5Function Toolbox 1 free preview15 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.7 hours
  6. 6Importing External Data into Dashboard6 lectures · 1 quiz · 21 min
  7. 7Data Analysis With Pivot Tables & Pivot Charts8 lectures · 1 quiz · 56 min
  8. 8Pivot / Slicer Dashboard7 lectures · 34 min
  9. 9Interactive Charts with Form Controls6 lectures · 33 min
  10. 10Useful Charts For Dashboards 1 free preview11 lectures · 1.7 hours

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Everyone who wants to master Excel Dashboards
  • Business Professionals
  • Students
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Students with a willingness for learning

What you need before you start

  • This course was recorded with Excel 365, Excel 2019 and Excel 2016 but it's compatible also with Excel 2007, 2010 and 2013
  • It is also compatible with Microsoft Office for Mac
  • Only basic prior experience in Excel or spreadsheets is required to get the most out of this Excel course

How it compares

Against the other 355 rated Udemy courses in Excel on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 39% of them
  • Reviews7,502#48 of 356 by number of reviews
  • Length20.4 hourslonger than 90% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 89% of them

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Overall Score : 90 / 100

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Course Description

Microsoft Excel dashboards are a powerful way to leverage Excel functionality, build and manage better presentations and improve your Excel and data visualization skills. In this course, I will use my 25+ years of Excel training to show you how to turn Excel into your personal Business Intelligence tool and create Interactive Charts and awesome Dashboards in Microsoft Excel. 

Learn how to make 10 well-designed Dashboards from Scratch!


Content and Overview

Welcome to the 2026 brand-new version of The Excel Dashboard and Data Analysis Course, Udemy's best-selling dashboards course.

This course was completely overhauled to prepare students for the 2026 job market, with over 20+ hours of brand-new content. This is the only course you need to learn excel dashboards and data analysis.

There are many options for online Excel training, but this course is undoubtedly the most comprehensive and practical on the market. Here's why:

  1. This is the only Udemy course taught by a professional Bootcamp instructor-teacher with over 25 years of experience in Excel and a track record of success.

  2. I just spent four months redoing this behemoth of a course! Everything I cover is up-to-date and relevant to 2025's Excel data analysis job market. This course does not cut any corners.

  3. We build 10 projects and 10 complete dashboards. No other course walks you through creating a dashboard with such details.

  4. The course is constantly updated with new content, projects, and modules. Think of it as a subscription to a never-ending supply of developer training.


Throughout the brand new version of the course, we cover tons of Excel tools:

  • We'll start by covering the critical Design principles of dashboards, the creation process, color tips, and layouts.

  • Then I'll walk you through all the methods of importing data into Excel.

  • After that, I'll explain over 25 functions and formulas we use in dashboards.

  • Then we'll dive into basic charts, advanced charting techniques, and dashboard components, like sparklines, data bars, color scales, icon sets, etc.

  • Once we've mastered the basics, I'll walk you through all the advanced dashboards components, like drop-down lists, filters, panel charts, rollover method, etc.

  • Also, I'll walk you through over ten interactive advanced charts, like bullet graphs, small multiples, and infographics.

  • After that, I'll explain all the form controls with a demo and detailed examples.

  • The following section is about data analysis using pivot tables and charts.

  • Once you complete a few sections, you will enter the first significant milestone project. We combine all the methods you learned to create a social media dashboard.

  • Finally, you're going to create with me 10 Dashboards from scratch, starting with planning and setup.


  • Business sales dashboard

  • Monthly Reporting Pivot Dashboard

  • Pivot KPI Dashboard

  • Company Dashboard

  • Financial KPI Dashboard

  • Balanced Scorecard dashboard

  • Pivot Slicer Dashboard

  • KPI Dashboard

  • Autoparts Dashboard

  • BONUS: Traffic lights Dashboard


  • All these come with templates and samples that can be applied directly to your business.

  • After that, you will enter the second major milestone project and create an auto part sales dashboard with me.

  • I also cover protecting and sharing your dashboard with the outside world.

  • Also, you'll learn advanced topics, like how with the aid of a macro and straightforward VBA code, little touches will help make the perusal of your dashboard a bit more pleasant.

  • Once you complete every section, you'll have quizzes and exercises to solve and fully understand the theory.

  • If you want to study offline, I have over 100 pages of documentation, and a detailed table of contents, so you can easily find anything in the course.

  • You will get access to over 50 examples and files that apply to your work. You can immediately download and use them with the code-free version so that you can follow along with me.

This course is also unique in the way that it is structured and presented. I've incorporated everything I learned in my years of teaching to make this course more effective and engaging.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. I got into this industry because I love working with people and helping students learn.


Enroll now and enjoy the course!   


So, if you are a professional looking to become more efficient at building Excel reports and dashboards, sign up today for immediate lifetime access to over 18 hours of high-quality video content, downloadable project files, quizzes, homework exercises, and one on one support.

And by the way, at the end of the course don't forget to print out the certificate of completion.

If you're not 100% satisfied, there is a 30-day money-back guarantee!

Now, don't just take my word for it. Check out what my past students had to say about my courses:


Testimonials for this Course

"I learned so many new Excel tricks from this course. It covers almost everything. Andreas impressed me by updating his course so often! It is worth every cent. Great job!" - Chris K


"Outstanding course! Very thorough and easy to understand. Sample spreadsheets make it very simple to follow along and provide hands-on work. I would highly recommend this course." - Kelli Kellen.


"I strongly recommend the course for all types of Excel users. The lecturer follows a systematic and inspiring approach to present the most important techniques for data visualization with Excel." - Tommy Kalman.


*** learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process ***

Euripides Ancient Greek dramatist

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Instructor Details

Andreas Exadaktylos

Hi, I'm Andreas — and over the past 20 years I've taught Microsoft Excel, Python and the full Microsoft Office suite to more than 80,000 students here on Udemy, who've left over 20,000 reviews.

My approach is simple: short, practical lessons built around real tasks, not theory. You'll open a spreadsheet, follow along, and finish each section able to do something you couldn't do before. No filler, no jargon.

I hold a Master's Degree in Computer Science and a Degree in Electronic Engineering.

Since 2001 I've run Futurekids, my own computer learning school, and I'm the founder of Mellon Training, an online video learning platform. That mix of classroom teaching and software work is what shapes every course I build — I know where learners get stuck, because I've watched it happen in person for two decades.

I live on Rodos, a Greek island, with my family, two kids and a very patient dog. When I'm not recording, I'm usually travelling or reading.

If you get stuck in one of my courses, post in the Q&A — I answer personally.

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Reviews

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By Sandra on 4/8/2026

I made tremendous progress in my excel and Dashboards skills that will be useful for sure for the rest of my career. It will take some more time and practice to digest all this content because there were a lot of information.

By Chrissa Fan on 3/25/2026

This course offered way more than I expected and I learned loads of new techniques from this course. There is so much detail in the course, I will probably go over it a few times to fully grasp everything taught in course.

By Michael Presidente on 11/19/2025

Clear explanations with examples. Andreas gets to the important questions any good BI or data analyst needs to ask to create a useful dashboard. In 2025, when every manager thinks a dashboard will make them a data driven organisation, solid business skills are as a important technical ability.

By Sarah Yelland on 11/2/2024

Could use some more examples especially of building formulas with Named Ranges. Could do without all the etcs mentioned as it's weird and over used and annoying. The earlier, easier things to do are drawn out and over explained where the more complex things are rushed through. The voice over and mispronunciation and weird sentence structure and pauses in the wrong places make the course difficult to follow along with.

By Reabetswe Nthane on 8/6/2024

This course was great!! The lessons and activities allowed me to understand and practice the concepts. I was concerned with my functions/formulas not working (I am based in SA and realised the "," in a formula is ";". I hope more people find this course, it is worth the time invested.

By Jeff Stevens on 5/20/2024

Great dashboard course for Excel! I'm a very experienced Excel user and I learned a ton about how to make charts and dahboards more interactive than I ever thought possible. Andreas is a great teacher and I highly recommend this course!

By Jimmy Merveil on 1/6/2024

Of course, It was an excellent match for me. Before taking this course, I used to admire beautiful dashboards, but I was a bit unsure if I could create them myself using Excel. The course not only exceeded my expectations but also equipped me with the skills to create a variety of dashboards. So, I feel confident and so proud in my ability to design and implement effective dashboards for different purposes. Sincerely, I’m grateful for this valuable learning experience, and I want to express my thanks for providing such a well-structured and informative course. Great job!

By Andrew Hubbard on 5/21/2023

The course was excellent. I've been an Excel user for over 20 years. But this course has shown me how to create dashboards to make the data in workbooks easier to understand. Andreas presented the content clearly. There were plenty of opportunities to put the information gained into practice with walkthroughs on how to build the dashboards. I got a lot out of this course and I'm hoping to put the knowledge gained to good use.

By Divisha Joe on 2/9/2022

I actually bought this course in 2016, but did not end up using it till 2022 :D. I've primarily been creating Dashboards using PBI; hence did not find the need to spend further time in Excel Dashboards. This course is a pleasant surprise and a very good refresher for me. Andreas has update the course over a period of time which always surprises me when Udemy Trainers do. Definitely a gold one to have on list.

By Tom Tom on 9/27/2015

This course blew me away. Very detailed and and full of good stuff from start to finish. The instructor updates the course regularly with new lectures, educational posts and articles. I thought the course was only about charts and dashboards but I learned also formulas and many Excel tips! Congrats

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