Programming and Data Wrangling with VBA and Excel
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In this course, you will develop and deploy VBA modules to solve business problems. You will:
- Identify general components of VBA and their appropriate use in solving business solutions.
- Record VBA macros to automate repetitive tasks.
- Use reference tools built into Excel to get help on VBA programming language and objects used in the Excel VBA environment.
- Write VBA code to create a custom worksheet function.
- Eliminate, avoid, or handle errors in VBA code, and optimize its performance.
- Control how and when macros run.
- Develop UserForm objects to create custom dialog boxes and windows.
- Use VBA to read and write data from local files and cloud services.
- Use VBA to clean and transform data.
- Run programs and commands outside of Excel and share VBA projects with other users
Who should attend Programming and Data Wrangling with VBA and Excel Course
This course is primarily designed for students who want to gain the skills necessary to use VBA to automate tasks in Excel such as collecting data from external sources, cleaning, and manipulating data. The target student may also want to learn how to create custom worksheet functions to streamline worksheet formulas and make complex worksheets easier to support, maintain, and understand.
Prerequisites for Programming and Data Wrangling with VBA and Excel Course
Programming and Data Wrangling with VBA and Excel Course Outline
- Topic A: Use Macros to Automate Tasks in Excel
- Topic B: Identify Components of Macro-Enabled Workbooks
- Topic C: Configure the Excel VBA Environment
- Topic A: Use the Macro Recorder to Create a VBA Macro
- Topic B: Record a Macro with Relative Addressing
- Topic C: Delete Macros and Modules
- Topic D: Identify Strategies for Using the Macro Recorder
- Topic A: Use VBA Help
- Topic B: Use the Object Browser to Discover Objects You Can Use in VBA
- Topic C: Use the Immediate Window to Explore Object Properties and Methods
- Topic A: Create a Custom Function
- Topic B: Make Decisions in Code
- Topic C: Work with Variables
- Topic D: Perform Repetitive Tasks
- Topic A: Debug VBA Errors
- Topic B: Deal with Errors
- Topic C: Improve Macro Performance
- Topic A: Prompt the User for Information
- Topic B: Configure Macros to Run Automatically
- Topic A: Display a Custom Dialog Box
- Topic B: Program Form Events
- Topic A: Use VBA to Get File and Directory Structure
- Topic B: Use VBA to Read Text Files
- Topic C: Use VBA to Write Text Files
- Topic A: Automate Power Query
- Topic B: Transform Data Using VBA and Workbook Functions
- Topic C: Use Regular Expressions
- Topic D: Manage Errors in Data
- Topic A: Run Other Programs and Commands
- Topic B: Share Your VBA Projects
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FAQs on Programming and Data Wrangling with VBA and Excel
This course is designed for experienced Excel users who want to learn VBA to automate tasks, clean and manipulate data, and create custom worksheet functions to simplify complex spreadsheets.
Participants should be comfortable working with Excel, including creating formulas, using absolute and relative addressing, formatting cells, and building pivot tables and charts—skills typically gained from Excel for Office 365 Parts 1, 2, and 3.
You will learn to record and write VBA macros, create custom worksheet functions, handle errors, build UserForms, read/write data from files and cloud services, and share VBA projects with others.
Yes, the course teaches how to use VBA to automate repetitive tasks, collect data from external sources, and clean and transform data for easier analysis.
Topics include using macros to automate tasks, recording macros, exploring VBA objects, creating custom functions, debugging and error handling, controlling macro execution, and building UserForms.