Automation with Excel Macros and VBA Programming

• In this course, you will learn to:
• Identify the components and functionalities of Macros in Excel, including the creation of input forms and database tabs
• Organize the steps involved in designing and modifying UserForms for data entry and modification in Excel
• Define the purpose and types of Database Management Systems (DBMS), including examples like MySQL and Oracle
• Compare and contrast cloud-based and local storage models for hosting DBMS servers
• Summarize the fundamentals of Power Pivot, including data analysis techniques and DAX formulas
• Differentiate between Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts and their application in Power Pivot for data visualization
• Categorize the features and functions of Power Query for data transformation and cleaning in Excel
• Examine advanced data transformation techniques in Power Query, such as error handling and conditional logic
• Predict the impact of various data visualization techniques, including Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, and Dashboards, in Power Query
• Reorganize VBA code for automating tasks in Excel, including error handling and debugging techniques
• Operate Excel features and functions using VBA code, such as cell referencing, formatting, and automating data entry
• Diagnose and troubleshoot errors in VBA code, including identifying and correcting syntax and logic errors
• Arrange the steps involved in creating interactive dashboards in Power BI, including data modeling, visualization design, and publishing

• At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
• Interpret the functionality of Macros in Excel and demonstrate proficiency in designing input forms and database tabs
• Illustrate the use of IF conditions and variables in Macros to enhance automation and data processing capabilities
• Estimate the effectiveness of Power Pivot in data analysis and modelling, including the creation of relationships and DAX formulas
• Defend the importance of Power Pivot for advanced data analysis and visualization, including cross-filtering and pivot tables
• Compare Power Query functions and techniques for data transformation and loading, including error handling and conditional logic
• Review Power Query data visualization and reporting techniques, such as dashboards and dynamic visualizations
• Rewrite VBA code to automate tasks and Excel features, including user interface customization and data analysis
• Construct VBA procedures and control structures to manage data and automate repetitive tasks effectively
• Estimate the impact of VBA functions and subroutines on Excel automation and error handling
• Assess the effectiveness of automating tasks and Excel features using VBA, including font, border, and alignment formatting
• Combine Power BI features for data transformation, modelling, and relationship building to create interactive dashboards and reports
• Solve real-world data analysis challenges using Power BI visualizations, filters, and drill-through capabilities to derive actionable insights

The academic approach of the courses focuses on the “work-centric” education i.e. begin with work (and not from a book!), derive knowledge from work and apply that knowledge to make the work more wholesome, useful and delightful. The ultimate objective is to empower the Learner to engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at leading the learner to his/her rewarding career as an employee or entrepreneur as well as development of the community to which s/he belongs. Learning methodology:

• Step -1: Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work.
• Step -2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step -3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step -4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step -5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step -6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step -7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step -8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step -9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step-10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step-11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step-12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!

Evaluation Pattern of KLiC Courses consists of 4 Sections as per below table:

YCMOU Mark Sheet

Printed Mark Sheet will be issued by YCMOU on successful completion of Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3 and will be delivered to the learner by MKCL.
YCMOU Mark Sheet will be available only for Maharashtra jurisdiction learners

MKCL's KLiC Certificate

The certificate will be provided to the learner who will satisfy the below criteria:

1. Learners who have successfully completed above mentioned 3 Sections i.e. Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3
2. Additionally, learner should have completed Section 4 (i.e. Section 4 will comprise of SUPWs i.e. Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments)
   • Learner has to complete and upload minimum 2 out of 5 Assignments