#Excel #DataAnalyst #DataAnalysis

[NDE-SDJ]

Excel has been a staple in my work in finance and accounting and is still so in data analytics. Those who say Excel is not powerful have never learned the advanced functions that Excel can do. Yes, they can slow down with large data sets. But if you can use your other programs to slice and dice your data sets into smaller tables, Excel is a great tool to share that filtered data with your stakeholders.

[Ultrajamz]

Yeah… we need to know excel… sadly… mostly to help the less technical… but hearing python in excel is coming is cool.

[freemanjavascreen]

For sure Excel remain in the game, not even now that you can run Python codes in Excel

My work sits between a Data analyst role and Data Scientist role, maybe that makes me a Data Science Analyst as mentioned by @Alex recently.

Several times I find myself preparing stakeholders' reports in excel/word.

[prean-neary]

Excel is very good, and it can be slow when dealing with a big dataset

[Flylikea]

Excel is the basic thing. It's really not a tool one can choose not to learn because they want to be more technical. You might want to be more technical and use R or python because statistics or sth. So, excel might not be your tool of choice, but it's the basics. Personally, I won't even bother with anyone hiding behind the excuse "I'm sorry I'm too technical"... laaaazyyyy

[mr.june]

While practicing SQL in platfroms like hacker rank, leetcode..., I am unable to solve all problems. MY Question is:- Is practicing in hackerrank, leetcode is required if we want to be a DATA ANALYST

[akhileshsharma]

So sir what about power bi is good or not for analyst

[pieneclaessen]

I am now building some Power BI projects, but does anyone know where to find live (which gets updated) databases to use? I don't want to just use a csv file, but want to build one with a live connection.

[MrZola]

It's horrible that spreadsheets are so widely used. They are inefficient, studies show they tend to be riddled with mistakes. Excel is as outdated as using a fax.... maybe AI will be the death of Excel.