Introduction to Business Data Analysis with Excel Copilot AI
Ask questions of your data in plain English and let Copilot do the analysis. The full Pivot Tables course is included.
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The new era of working with data has arrived
Join the top 1% of Excel users worldwide
AI has changed what one person can do with data. Learn the power tools inside Excel - Pivot Tables, Power Query, Power Pivot and Copilot - and go from wrestling with rows to answering real business questions in minutes. No coding. No SQL.
From everyday spreadsheets to data superpowers
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The rules of working with data just changed
Microsoft has built Copilot into Excel, and AI can now clean data, write formulas and explain results in plain English. The tools on your desktop can do things that used to need a data team - but only if you know how to drive them. The people who thrive now are the ones who understand the handful of power technologies that turn raw data into decisions.
Four skills separate the top 1% from everyone else.
Spreadsheet to Answer
Join the free five-day challenge
You stop doing the analysis and start directing it. Twenty minutes a day for five days, with Claude, then your own data.
- Day 1 arrives within a few minutes
- One short video lesson a day
- Twenty prompt cards as a welcome gift
See what is in each day. You sign up on my challenge page, hosted by Systeme.io. The privacy policy explains how your details are handled.
Four skills. One modern data workflow.
Pivot Tables
Summarise thousands of rows into a clear answer in seconds - no formulas. The highest-return skill in Excel, and where most people's transformation begins.
- Turn huge datasets into reports in seconds.
- Percentages, running totals and rankings automatically.
- Interactive dashboards with filters and slicers.
Power Query
Connect, clean and reshape data automatically, then refresh in one click. Do once what used to take hours of copy-paste every single week.
- Connect to CSV, Excel, databases, XML, JSON and more.
- Clean, merge, append, unpivot and group data.
- Build a refreshable pipeline you set up once.
Power Pivot
Handle millions of rows, link tables and build real calculations with DAX. The engine that turns Excel into a genuine analysis platform.
- Work with millions of rows and a proper data model.
- Relationships between tables instead of VLOOKUPs.
- Calculated measures with DAX and time intelligence.
Excel Copilot
Ask questions of your data in plain English and let AI do the analysis. The newest skill on the list - and the one that puts you ahead of almost everyone.
- Analyse business data with plain-English prompts.
- Let AI clean data, write formulas and explain results.
- Combine Copilot with Pivot Tables for full control.
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Each course has lifetime access and Udemy's 30-day money-back guarantee. If you are not sure where to begin, start with Copilot.
Complete Introduction to Excel Pivot Tables
Summarise any dataset in seconds, with no formulas. The highest-return skill in Excel.
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Connect, clean and reshape data once, then refresh it in one click.
Enrol on UdemyComplete Introduction to Excel Power Pivot
Link tables, handle millions of rows and build real calculations with DAX.
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Data Analysis with Claude
You stop doing the analysis and start directing it. Spreadsheet to Answer is a five-day challenge, twenty minutes a day. You follow each lesson on a sample file, then try it on your own data. The twenty prompt cards come with it.
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For over twenty years I have helped business professionals move beyond basic spreadsheets and actually work with their data - and my Udemy courses have now reached hundreds of thousands of learners. My approach is simple: clear, step-by-step, plain-English teaching with no jargon and no assumption that you are a programmer. If you can use Excel, you can join the top 1%.
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What learners say
Real reviews from real students★★★★★
“This is a great, quick course to give you the basics of how to use Excel Copilot with data. I appreciated the easy examples and it really helped me realize that stepping through is a big asset.”Shelly Excel Copilot course
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“I liked the course because the basic features of pivot tables were explained thoroughly, and the concepts introduced earlier were reinforced through later exercises. I also appreciated the pace and the way the topics were divided into short chapters.”Zdenka Pivot Tables course
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“Fantastic course - really helpful starter course for learning Power Query.”Harriet Power Query course
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