How is VBA used in Microsoft Excel? - VBA Tutorial

How can Excel VBA be used to analyze data.

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) can be used in conjunction with Microsoft Excel to construct automated tools. Using VBA with Excel, powerful data analysis tools can be quickly developed with minimal cost. Excel VBA can be used for important data tasks like:

• Automated calculations and formula creation / control
• Data formatting, data consolidation, and data lookups
• Automated chart creation and formatting
• Consolidating data in multiple workbooks files and folders
• Querying and updating a variety of databases and data sources
• Integrating data from workbooks, text files, and databases
• Statistical and numerical analysis tasks
• Advanced calculations
• Automated data visualization using charts and shapes

How can Excel VBA be used to build models and analyze problems.

Excel and VBA can be quickly combined to create powerful modeling and analysis tools for business, engineering, and science. The worksheet / Excel VBA combination provides the ability to quickly layout models and problems, organize their calculations, and graphically display their results. Powerful user interfaces can also be developed to control complex models.

Excel VBA can also be used to create and manage worksheet formulas allowing legacy formula based models or problems to be rapidly altered and made adaptive to users needs.

VBA also provides the capability to perform advanced calculations and run numerical analysis methods. Custom worksheet functions (UDFs) can also be created to replace cumbersome worksheet calculations and custom UDF libraries can be deployed to rapidly build models or to analyze problems.

Excel VBA can also be used to run legacy code written in another language like VB.Net, C..., Fortran tapping into its speed and "off the shelf" the functionality (why recreate it and verify it?)

How can Excel VBA be used to build high-end dashboards.

Excel and VBA can be used to quickly create a variety of dashboards and visual data displays for business, engineering, and science. Using the worksheet / Excel VBA combination provides the ability to quickly layout dashboard using charts, diagrams, pictures, cells, and ActiveX controls. Excel VBA can be used for important dashboard tasks like:

• Consolidating data from multiple data sources at once including workbooks, text files, and databases
• Calculation of various KPIs and metrics
• Creation of advanced data interfaces using userforms, ActiveX controls, events, charts, shapes...
• Creation of various schedule, status, productivity, milestone, map, chart... displays