Excel for Intermediate Users: Excel Databases

This intermediate-level Excel course is for learners who use Excel to manage data such as lists of residents, birthday lists and databases. You will learn how to create a Database in Excel, and manage this with Advanced Filter options and create Pivot Tables to see only the most relevant information.

This course is only available for private bookings, either for groups or as a one-to-one, held online via Zoom or in the classroom. Please get in touch for availability.

Course Overview

Take control of large datasets with confidence. This practical one-day course shows you how to structure, filter and analyse Excel databases to quickly uncover the information you need—no more scrolling endlessly through spreadsheets!

 

Why Take This Course?

  •  Learn how to structure and clean Excel data to make it easier to work with
  • Gain confidence using filters, sorting, and tools like Remove Duplicates
  • Perfect if you’re working with lists, reports, or large datasets daily

Who is it for?

This course is ideal for intermediate Excel users who regularly work with large sets of information and want to better organise, filter, and analyse their data.

 

Which Excel course is right for you?

Making sure you’ve booked the right course isn’t always easy, luckily we have a handy survey to help you decide.

And if you’re still unsure, call our friendly team on 020 7375 7300 and we’ll help you work out what you need.

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Duration

1 day

Classroom size

8 approx.

Location

Online | Classroom

Certificate

CPD Certified Certification

Experience

Intermediate

What you will learn

  • Create a List in Excel
  • Create a Database in Excel
  • Consolidate information from more than one list
  • Analyse the information using Excel’s Data menu
  • Sort and Filter including the use of Advanced Filters
  • Use the Subtotals Command
  • Use Pivot Tables to analyse your data

Course Timetable

This course will be taught in the latest version of the software. We can train this in older versions if needed – please get in touch for more information and availability.

Session 1 — Creating a Database in Excel

  • What is a database?
  • Setting up a database or list in Excel
  • Navigating your database
  • Data Validation.

Session 2 — Sorting and Totalling

  • Sorting
  • Multi-level sorting
  • Auto-Filter
  • Advanced Filters.

Session 3 — Database Functions

  • Sub-totals
  • Consolidate
  • DSum
  • DAverage

Session 4 — Using Data Analysis

  • Pivot Tables
  • Pivot Charts

Ready to take the next step?

We are here to help!

This course is only available as a one-to-one or private group booking.

For pricing and availability, send us a message using the form, leave us a message on 020 7375 7300, or speak to an Account Manager straight away using our Live Chat service in the bottom right of your screen!

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Looking for Private Group Training?

If you have three or more learners, a private group training could be cheaper.

We can tailor the content to your team, and host the training remotely, at your workplace or here at Happy’s HQ in Aldgate, Central London.

The Happy guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course.

We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

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Classroom or live online learning available

Both available for public and private dates.

The small print

For Live Online Interactive Learning sessions (webinars)

The course will run remotely for a full day consisting of three 90-minute live online sessions with independent work in between. 

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven’t received this email then please contact our team.

Learners should log into the session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. Unfortunately you will be asked to leave and attend a different day if you arrive more than 15 minutes late for online sessions, and more than 30 minutes late for classroom sessions.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

All public classroom sessions take place at Happy’s HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.

The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9:45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

FAQs

Can I take this course online, or is it only available in person?

This course can be delivered in the classroom or remotely via Zoom. Contact us for availability and pricing.

What if I have a Mac?

If you are a Mac user, please let us know when booking. If the course is held in the classroom at Happy, the training is held on PCs so we recommend that you bring your Macbook with you (we are not able to provide an additional monitor). For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal. We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.