Google Sheets for Advanced Users

Course Overview

Course requirements

This advanced course is for anyone who has used Sheets before and is confident with creating formulas that used Absolute Cell Refences and functions such as IF, COUNTIF, SUMIF, etc.

Learners will be required to sign in to their Google account and will therefore need to bring details of their email address, password and a means by which they can receive their 2-Step Verification Code (e.g. mobile phone).

What you will learn

By the end of this advanced one-day Sheets course, you will be able to:

• Create Partial Absolute Cell References to lock just the column or just the row reference in a formula.
• Move around a spreadsheet speedily using names and use them in formulas to improve accuracy and readability.
• Input accurate data entry using data validation. e.g., enter a number within a certain range, enter a date within a certain period, choose from a given list to avoid errors.
• Use IF and Nested IF statements to check whether one or more conditions are met.
• Use the OR function to check whether any of the specified conditions are met and if so, return a value of TRUE.
• Use the AND function to check whether ALL of the specified conditions are met and if so, return a value of TRUE.
• Create calculations based on single or multiple conditions. For example, calculate a discount for those over a specific age or ordering a high volume (IF with AND and OR).
• Use the MINIFS function to return the lowest value amongst multiple criteria.
• Use the MAXIFS function to return the highest value amongst multiple criteria.
• Use some functions to clean up your data so it can be analysed accurately.
• Cross reference data using a Lookup function. For example, look up an age and place it in a category e.g., 16 to 25.
• Use IFERROR to tidy up your results.

Course timetable

Absolutes

• Partial absolute (mixed) cell references
• Naming cells to simplify formulas

Keeping data tidy

• Using data validation (recap)

Using Logical & Statistical Functions

• Using IF, nested IF and IFS
• Using AND and OR
• MINIFS and MAXIFS

Text Functions

• Using CONCAT and TEXTJOIN
• Using SPLIT

LOOKUPS

• VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP
• Limitations of VLOOKUP
• IFNA and IFERROR
• XLOOKUP

If there’s time

• Using CHOOSECOLS or CHOOSEROWS
• Using the FILTER function

Please Note: The trainer will prioritise content according to the needs and pace of the group, so there may be topics which are left to the end which will be covered if there is time.

The Small Print

For Live Online Interactive Learning sessions (webinars)

The course will run remotely for a full day consisting of three 90-minute live online sessions with independent work in between. 

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven't received this email then please contact our team.

Learners should log into the session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. Unfortunately you will be asked to leave and attend a different day if you arrive more than 15 minutes late for online sessions, and more than 30 minutes late for classroom sessions.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

All public classroom sessions take place at Happy's HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.

The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9:45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

Mac Users

If you are a Mac user, please let us know when booking. If the course is held in the classroom at Happy, the training is held on PCs so we recommend that you bring your Macbook with you (we are not able to provide an additional monitor). For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal. We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.

The happy Guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course. We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

If you have any questions or concerns, our friendly team are available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. You can leave a message on 020 7375 7300 or email us at hello@happy.co.uk.