Excel Data Analysis: forecasting Course
This course teaches practical forecasting techniques in Excel using monthly sales data, covering data cleaning, visualization, trend analysis, baseline and driver-based forecasting methods, accuracy validation, and professional presentation of results.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Master practical forecasting in Excel with this focused course on monthly sales data. Learn to clean and validate time series, build clear charts, analyse trends and seasonality, and calculate growth rates. Create baseline and driver-based forecasts with FORECAST, FORECAST.ETS, and regression, validate accuracy with error metrics, and present results in polished, executive-ready tables and dashboards for confident planning.
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Develop skills
- Excel time series visuals: build clear sales trends, growth and seasonality views.
- Baseline forecasting in Excel: apply FORECAST, moving averages and ETS fast.
- Driver-based forecasting: link marketing spend to sales with regression in Excel.
- Forecast accuracy checks: run backtests and error metrics like MAPE and RMSE.
- Executive-ready outputs: format forecast tables, charts and BI recommendations.
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