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Determine number of learners who have completed different stages of multiple online courses

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Here is a sample dataset of learners who have cleared different stages of multiple courses on offer within an Organisation: Learner Stage completed Course Bill Stage 1 Public Speaking Bill Stage 2 Public Speaking Bill Stage 3 Public Speaking Susan Stage 1 Effective Communication Bob Stage 1 Public Speaking Bob Stage 2 Public Speaking Sheila […]

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Identify buy and sell break points

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Assume a two column dataset with Date in the first column and Price in the second one.  The purpose is to identify times to buy and sell – buying would be just after the lowest low is confirmed and sell before or just after the highest high is in place. Confirmation is achieved through crossover of […]

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Perform a Competitor, Feature and Customer Analysis with the PowerPivot

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Assume there are four interrelated tables. One may want to create a pivot that allows one to filter data by using the slicers. Data should be filtered by the following interdependent slicers selections: Customer, Country and segment.  The logic behind the pivot when using the slicers shall be as follows: 1. Feature N is only shown if relevant to Customer X in Segment […]

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Story telling with Excel Power BI

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With Power Business Intelligence (BI) tools of Excel 2013, one can metamorphose raw data and/or results of complex calculations into stunning and interactive visualizations.  Power View (one of the four components of Power BI) allows one to create a PPT like flow in Excel thus allowing one to weave a story.  To be able to interact with/create visualizations, […]

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Analysing customer walkin data by date and service taken

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Assume data is in range A3:E10.  In A4:A10, various service types are mentioned.  In B3:E3, dates are mentioned from June 1, 2012 to June 4, 2012.  In range B4:E10 are numbers representing number of customers.  One may want to answer the following questions from this data: 1. For every date, total number of customer walkins and […]

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