Excel and Power BI skills are in high demand across finance, marketing, operations, and analytics roles. Over 80% of business analyst and data-focused positions list these tools as a core requirement. The program guides learners from Excel fundamentals to professional Power BI dashboards, preparing you to deliver insights and support smarter business decisions.
This beginner-friendly specialization starts by teaching you how to organize, analyze, and manage data in Excel, building a strong foundation in formulas, tables, charts, and pivot tables. This foundation prepares you to transition confidently into more advanced data modeling and visualization.
Next, you’ll move into Power BI to model data, create interactive reports, and design dashboards using real-world business datasets. Hands-on exercises and practical workflows ensure your skills transfer directly to professional business scenarios.
By the end of the specialization, you’ll work comfortably across Excel and Power BI, create actionable reports and dashboards, and communicate insights clearly to support informed business decisions.
What you’ll get:
Create & use Excel formulas, tables, charts, pivot tables, & automation
Build interactive Power BI models, reports, & dashboards
Learn through hands-on exercises & real-world projects
Complete the specialization efficiently (~17 hours)
Prepare for data-driven roles & enhance career readiness
Applied Learning Project
Learners complete hands-on projects that build a portfolio of practical Excel & Power BI work.
Excel Essentials: Create & format workbooks, apply formulas & functions, build tables & charts, and automate tasks.
Intermediate Excel: Design pivot tables, construct interactive dashboards, and apply data modeling & advanced formulas to analyze real datasets.
From Excel to Power BI: Import, clean, & transform Excel data into Power BI, explore relationships across datasets, and build interactive reports with filters & visuals.
Power BI Deep Dive: Develop advanced dashboards with drill-throughs, slicers, & interactive visualizations, producing portfolio-ready artifacts for real business scenarios.
These projects let learners analyze, visualize, & communicate data effectively, applying skills to authentic business datasets and preparing for data-driven roles.
