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Geographic Information System (GIS)

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a framework for gathering, managing and analyzing data. Rooted in the science of geography, GIS integrates many types of data. It analyses spatial locations and organizes layers of information into visualizations using maps and 3D scenes. With this unique capability, GIS reveals deeper insights into data such as patterns, relationships and situations helping users make smarter decisions

  • Learn about Excel tables and what their advantage over regular ranges is.

  • Use a table to filter, sort and see totals.

  • See how calculations can be used to add columns to the existing data in Excel table.

  • Create our first pivot table.

  • Use multiple pivot tables and pivot charts to create our first dashboard.

Connect multiple slicers to the pivot tables

  • Explore in more depth the full power of pivot tables.

  • See how to filter the data shown in the pivot in many ways to achieve interesting subsets of the data.

  • Use calculated fields on top of the pivot table to calculate profitability and find anomalies.

  • Use formulas to aggregate the data as an alternative to pivot tables for more flexible reporting layouts.

See how a pivot can use more than one table and introduction to the Excel data table that is described in detail in the more advanced course in these series

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