Google Sheets for Intermediate Users

Course Overview

Google Sheets for Intermediate Users can be held either in the classroom or online as Live Online Learning. The outline for both formats is the same, however the classroom session offers more time with the trainer to work on exercises, ask questions and complete activities.

Course requirements

This intermediate course is for anyone who has used Sheets before and is confident with creating basic formulas e.g., adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.

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 intermediate one-day Sheets course, you will be able to:

• Create a calculation based on a condition. e.g., add a £10 bonus to all staff who have achieved results above target and keep the target value fixed (absolute) when copied in order to save time.
• Manually create a name to refer to a cell, for example ‘VAT’ rather than using a cell address e.g., B2 to make them easier to read and work with
• Setup a data validation dropdown list where you can pick from a list of values which limits the type of data that can be entered into a cell.
• Count entries if they meet a condition. e.g., count the number of customers who live in specific city.
• Create a summary using formulas, such as SUMIFS.
• Use Conditional Formatting to automatically change the look of cells depending on their value e.g., Above a certain amount or the date is before a certain point.
• Use built-in functionality in Sheets to tidy up your data (e.g. remove whitespace)
• Create a basic Pivot Table to summarise large sets of data easily.

Course timetable

Formulas and Absolutes

• Brief recap on basic formulas and functions (e.g. SUM, MIN, MAX)
• Absolute cell references

Using Multiple Sheets and Linking Data

• Duplicating sheets
• Moving sheets
• Renaming sheets
• Linking data across sheets
• Linking data across workbooks

IF and COUNT Functions

• The COUNT, COUNTA, COUNTIF Functions
• The IF Function
• The SUMIFS and COUNTIFS Functions

Keeping Data Tidy

• Using named cells
• Adding data validation dropdown lists for consistent data entry
• Data Tidying in Sheets (Smart Cleanup, remove duplicates, trim whitespace)

Introduction to Pivot Tables

• Creating a Table
• Creating a Pivot Table
• Editing the Calculation Type
• Rearranging your Pivot Table

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.