Excel Data Analysis: forecasting Course
This course equips you with Excel skills for powerful business forecasting. Handle time-series data cleaning, construct ETS and regression models, verify forecasts with metrics like MAPE and RMSE, and produce executive-level visuals and reports to guide sales, marketing, stock control, and workforce planning decisions effectively.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain hands-on skills in Excel forecasting using monthly sales data. Clean and validate time series, create insightful charts, spot trends and seasonal patterns, compute growth rates. Develop baseline forecasts with FORECAST and FORECAST.ETS, driver-based ones via regression, assess precision using error measures, and craft professional tables and dashboards for solid business planning.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Excel time series charts: create clear views of sales trends, growth, and seasonal patterns.
- Baseline forecasting techniques: use FORECAST, moving averages, and ETS methods quickly.
- Driver-based forecasting: connect marketing expenses to sales using Excel regression.
- Forecast validation: perform backtesting and calculate errors like MAPE and RMSE.
- Professional outputs: design forecast tables, charts, and business intelligence summaries.
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