Time Series Analysis with Python in Excel
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Speaker : GEORGE MOUNT
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When : Tuesday, May 20, 2025
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Time : 01 : 00 PM EST
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George Mount is the founder of Stringfest Analytics. He has over 10 years of experience in data analytics and holds master’s degrees in both finance and information systems from Case Western Reserve University. George is widely recognized an expert in the fields of data analysis and Microsoft Excel and is the author of Advancing into Analytics: From Excel to Python and R (O’Reilly, 2021) and Modern Data Analytics in Excel: Using Power Query, Power Pivot, and More for Enhanced Data Analytics (O’Reilly, 2024). He is also a recipient of Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for technical excellence and community contributions in Excel.
George has extensive experience in reporting, analytics, and modeling and is a respected trainer in these fields. He provides training for companies throughout North America and beyond.
Time series analysis is crucial for forecasting trends and making data-driven decisions. While Excel is widely used for this, its limitations in handling advanced analytics and visualizations can hold you back. Python’s powerful libraries like Pandas, Matplotlib, and Seaborn provide the tools to elevate your analyses, offering more flexibility and deeper insights.
This webinar will show you how to integrate Python seamlessly with Excel, allowing you to manipulate time series data, create dynamic visualizations, and run simulations—all within the familiar Excel interface. By using Python alongside Excel, you can enhance your data analysis without becoming a coding expert.
You’ll learn how to resample time series data, build advanced visualizations, and use Python’s statistical tools to run simulations, enabling you to uncover insights that Excel alone can’t provide. This combination of Excel’s simplicity and Python’s power allows for more efficient and accurate analyses.
Join this webinar to future-proof your skills, streamline your workflow, and unlock the full potential of your time series data. You’ll leave with practical knowledge to create more insightful analyses, helping you make better, data-driven decisions.
Areas Covered
- Integrating Python’s advanced capabilities with Excel’s familiar interface for enhanced data analysis.
- Using Python’s Pandas library within Excel to resample and manipulate time series data for deeper analysis.
- Creating advanced, interactive charts with Python’s Matplotlib and Seaborn libraries, embedded directly into Excel.
- Utilizing Python’s statistical tools to run simulations and predictive models for time series data.
- Automating repetitive tasks with Python to make your workflow more efficient, without requiring advanced programming skills.
- Applying these techniques to real-world data for better trend analysis, forecasting, and data-driven decision-making.
Who Should Attend
- Data Analysts
- Financial Analysts
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Data Scientists
- Operations Managers
- Supply Chain Analysts
- Marketing Analysts
- Research Analysts
- Risk Analysts
- Sales Operations Managers
- Product Managers
- Financial Planners
Why Should You Attend
In today’s fast-paced world of data analysis, sticking to just Excel for time series analysis could be holding you back. While Excel is powerful, it struggles with more complex tasks like advanced visualizations and simulations. Meanwhile, competitors are already integrating Python into their workflows to generate dynamic insights and make faster, more accurate predictions. Are you keeping up?
By not leveraging Python’s capabilities, you risk inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and falling behind the curve. Companies using Python alongside Excel are producing better analyses, spotting trends earlier, and making smarter decisions. But here’s the good news—you don’t have to be a programming expert to start using Python effectively.
This webinar is designed to help you unlock the full potential of Excel and Python together. You’ll learn how to manipulate time series data, create interactive visualizations, and run advanced simulations, all within the Excel interface you’re already familiar with.
Topic Background
In this webinar, we will explore how combining Excel's user-friendly interface with Python's powerful data processing tools can enhance your time series analysis. Excel’s familiarity allows for easy data manipulation and organization, but integrating Python opens up new possibilities for handling complex datasets, particularly time series. We’ll begin by examining how you can manipulate and resample time series data directly within Excel, enabling a more structured and flexible approach to your analyses.
Next, we'll tap into Python’s rich ecosystem of visualization libraries like Matplotlib and Seaborn to create visually compelling and interactive charts that can be embedded within your Excel workbooks. Finally, we’ll delve into Python's advanced statistical tools to run simulations on your time series data, allowing for more nuanced predictions and insights. By the end of this session, you'll understand how to leverage the strengths of both Excel and Python, transforming your time series analysis capabilities.
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$160.00
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