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Explore the aspects of financial modeling with the help of clear
and easy-to-follow instructions and a variety of Excel features,
functions, and productivity tips Key Features A non data
professionals guide to exploring Excel's financial functions and
pivot tables Learn to prepare various models for income and cash
flow statements, and balance sheets Learn to perform valuations and
identify growth drivers with real-world case studies Book
DescriptionFinancial modeling is a core skill required by anyone
who wants to build a career in finance. Hands-On Financial Modeling
with Microsoft Excel 2019 examines various definitions and relates
them to the key features of financial modeling with the help of
Excel. This book will help you understand financial modeling
concepts using Excel, and provides you with an overview of the
steps you should follow to build an integrated financial model. You
will explore the design principles, functions, and techniques of
building models in a practical manner. Starting with the key
concepts of Excel, such as formulas and functions, you will learn
about referencing frameworks and other advanced components of Excel
for building financial models. Later chapters will help you
understand your financial projects, build assumptions, and analyze
historical data to develop data-driven models and functional growth
drivers. The book takes an intuitive approach to model testing,
along with best practices and practical use cases. By the end of
this book, you will have examined the data from various use cases,
and you will have the skills you need to build financial models to
extract the information required to make informed business
decisions. What you will learn Identify the growth drivers derived
from processing historical data in Excel Use discounted cash flow
(DCF) for efficient investment analysis Build a financial model by
projecting balance sheets, profit, and loss Apply a Monte Carlo
simulation to derive key assumptions for your financial model
Prepare detailed asset and debt schedule models in Excel Discover
the latest and advanced features of Excel 2019 Calculate
profitability ratios using various profit parameters Who this book
is forThis book is for data professionals, analysts, traders,
business owners, and students, who want to implement and develop a
high in-demand skill of financial modeling in their finance,
analysis, trading, and valuation work. This book will also help
individuals that have and don't have any experience in data and
stats, to get started with building financial models. The book
assumes working knowledge with Excel.
Solve business challenges with Microsoft Power BI's advanced
visualization and data analysis techniques Key Features Create
effective storytelling reports by implementing
simple-to-intermediate Power BI features Develop powerful
analytical models to extract key insights for changing business
needs Build, publish, and share impressive dashboards for your
organization Book DescriptionTo succeed in today's transforming
business world, organizations need business intelligence
capabilities to make smarter decisions faster than ever before.
This Power BI book is an entry-level guide that will get you up and
running with data modeling, visualization, and analytical
techniques from scratch. You'll find this book handy if you want to
get well-versed with the extensive Power BI ecosystem. You'll start
by covering the basics of business intelligence and installing
Power BI. You'll then learn the wide range of Power BI features to
unlock business insights. As you progress, the book will take you
through how to use Power Query to ingest, cleanse, and shape your
data, and use Power BI DAX to create simple to complex
calculations. You'll also be able to add a variety of interactive
visualizations to your reports to bring your data to life. Finally,
you'll gain hands-on experience in creating visually stunning
reports that speak to business decision makers, and see how you can
securely share these reports and collaborate with others. By the
end of this book, you'll be ready to create simple, yet effective,
BI reports and dashboards using the latest features of Power BI.
What you will learn Explore the different features of Power BI to
create interactive dashboards Use the Query Editor to import and
transform data Perform simple and complex DAX calculations to
enhance analysis Discover business insights and tell a story with
your data using Power BI Explore data and learn to manage datasets,
dataflows, and data gateways Use workspaces to collaborate with
others and publish your reports Who this book is forIf you're an IT
manager, data analyst, or BI user new to using Power BI for solving
business intelligence problems, this book is for you. You'll also
find this book useful if you want to migrate from other BI tools to
create powerful and interactive dashboards. No experience of
working with Power BI is expected.
A comprehensive guide filled with best practices and tailor-made
examples - a must-read for all Lightning Platform architects! Key
Features Use the Lightning Platform to build integrated, scalable,
and robust apps focused on enterprise-level customer demands Use
the Lightning Component framework to deliver modern and responsive
user experiences targeting multiple devices through Lightning
Experience and Salesforce Mobile Extend your application with
access to external services and AI Book DescriptionSalesforce
Lightning provides a secure and scalable platform to build, deploy,
customize, and upgrade applications. This book will take you
through the architecture of building an application on the
Lightning platform to help you understand its features and best
practices, and ensure that your app keeps up with your customers'
increasing needs as well as the innovations on the platform. This
book guides you in working with the popular aPaaS offering from
Salesforce, the Lightning Platform. You'll see how to build and
ship enterprise-grade apps that not only leverage the platform's
many productivity features, but also prepare your app to harness
its extensibility and customization capabilities. You'll even get
to grips with advanced application architectural design patterns
such as Separation of Concerns, Unit Testing and Dependency
Integration. You will learn to use Apex and JavaScript with
Lightning Web Components, Platform Events, among others, with the
help of a sample app illustrating patterns that will ensure your
own applications endure and evolve with the platform. Finally, you
will become familiar with using Salesforce DX to develop, publish,
and monitor a sample app and experience standard application life
cycle processes along with tools such as Jenkins to implement
CI/CD. By the end of this book, you will have learned how to
develop effective business apps and be ready to explore innovative
ways to meet customer demands. What you will learn Create and
deploy AppExchange packages and manage upgrades Understand
Enterprise Application Architecture patterns Customize mobile and
desktop user experience with Lightning Web Components Manage large
data volumes with asynchronous processing and big data strategies
Implement Source Control and Continuous Integration Add AI to your
application with Einstein Use Lightning External Services to
integrate external code and data with your Lightning Application
Who this book is forThis book is for Lightning platform developers
who want to discover the true potential of the platform to develop
complex scalable applications for use in enterprise businesses.
Leverage the power of Tableau 2019.1's new features to create
impactful data visualization Key Features Get up and running with
the newly released features of Tableau 2019.1 Create
enterprise-grade dashboard and reports to communicate your insights
effectively Begin your Tableau journey by understanding its core
functionalities Book DescriptionTableau is one of the leading data
visualization tools and is regularly updated with new
functionalities and features. The latest release, Tableau 2019.1,
promises new and advanced features related to visual analytics,
reporting, dashboarding, and a host of other data visualization
aspects. Getting Started with Tableau 2019.1 will get you up to
speed with these additional functionalities. The book starts by
highlighting the new functionalities of Tableau 2019.1, providing
concrete examples of how to use them. However, if you're new to
Tableau, don't worry - you'll be guided through the major aspects
of Tableau with relevant examples. You'll learn how to connect to
data, build a data source, visualize your data, build a dashboard,
and even share data online. In the concluding chapters, you'll
delve into advanced techniques such as creating a cross-database
join and data blending. By the end of this book, you will be able
to use Tableau effectively to create quick, cost-effective, and
business-efficient Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. What you
will learn Discover new functionalities such as 'Ask Data', the new
way to interact with your data using natural language Connect
tables and make transformations such as pivoting the field and
splitting columns Build an efficient data source for analysis
Design insightful data visualization using different mark types and
properties Develop powerful dashboards and stories Share your work
and interact with Tableau Server Use Tableau to explore your data
and find new insights Explore Tableau's advanced features and gear
up for upcoming challenges Who this book is forExisting Tableau
users and BI professionals who want to get up to speed with what's
new in Tableau 2019 will find this beginner-level book to be a very
useful resource. Some experience of Tableau is assumed, however,
the book also features introductory concepts, which even beginners
can take advantage of.
Take your SAP ABAP skills to the next level by mastering ABAP
programming techniques with the help of real-world examples Key
Features Become adept at building interfaces and explore ABAP tools
and techniques Discover the modern functionalities available in the
latest version of ABAP Learn the process of creating stunning HTML5
applications using SAPUI5 Book DescriptionAdvanced Business
Application Programming (ABAP) is an established and complex
programming language in the IT industry. This book is designed to
help you use the latest ABAP techniques and apply legacy
constructions using practical examples. You'll start with a quick
refresher on language and database concepts, followed by agile
techniques for adding custom code to a modern ABAP system. After
this, you will get up to speed with the complete ABAP toolset for
importing data to and from different environments. Next, you'll
learn how to print forms and work with the different ABAP tools for
Extensible Markup Language (XML) manipulation. While covering
further chapters, you'll gain insights into building stunning UI5
interfaces, in addition to learning how to develop simple apps
using the Business Object Processing Framework (BOPF). You will
also pick up the technique of handling exceptions and performing
testing in ABAP. In the concluding chapters, you can look forward
to grasping various techniques for optimizing the performance of
programs using a variety of performance analysis tools. By the end
of this book, you will have the expertise you need to confidently
build maintainable programs in Systems, Applications, and Products
(SAP). What you will learn Create stable and error-free ABAP
programs Leverage new ABAP concepts including object-oriented
programming(OOP) and Model-View-Controller (MVC) Learn to add
custom code to your existing SAP program Speed up your ABAP
programs by spotting bottlenecks Understand techniques such as
performance tuning and optimization Develop modern and beautiful
user interfaces (UIs) in an ABAP environment Build multiple classes
with any nesting level Who this book is forThis book is for
developers who want to learn and use ABAP skills to become an
industry expert. Familiarity with object-oriented programming
concepts is expected.
Explore distributed ledger technology, decentralization, and smart
contracts and develop real-time decentralized applications with
Ethereum and Solidity Key Features Get to grips with the underlying
technical principles and implementations of blockchain Build
powerful applications using Ethereum to secure transactions and
create smart contracts Gain advanced insights into cryptography and
cryptocurrencies Book DescriptionBlockchain technology is a
distributed ledger with applications in industries such as finance,
government, and media. This Learning Path is your guide to building
blockchain networks using Ethereum, JavaScript, and Solidity. You
will get started by understanding the technical foundations of
blockchain technology, including distributed systems, cryptography
and how this digital ledger keeps data secure. Further into the
chapters, you'll gain insights into developing applications using
Ethereum and Hyperledger. As you build on your knowledge of Ether
security, mining , smart contracts, and Solidity, you'll learn how
to create robust and secure applications that run exactly as
programmed without being affected by fraud, censorship, or
third-party interference. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll
explore how blockchain solutions can be implemented in applications
such as IoT apps, in addition to its use in currencies. The
Learning Path will also highlight how you can increase blockchain
scalability and even discusses the future scope of this fascinating
and powerful technology. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll
be equipped with the skills you need to tackle pain points
encountered in the blockchain life cycle and confidently design and
deploy decentralized applications. This Learning Path includes
content from the following Packt products: Mastering Blockchain -
Second Edition by Imran Bashir Building Blockchain Projects by
Narayan Prusty What you will learn Understand why decentralized
applications are important Discover the mechanisms behind bitcoin
and alternative cryptocurrencies Master how cryptography is used to
secure data with the help of examples Maintain, monitor, and manage
your blockchain solutions Create Ethereum wallets Explore research
topics and the future scope of blockchain technology Who this book
is forThis Learning Path is designed for blockchain developers who
want to build decentralized applications and smart contracts from
scratch using Hyperledger. Basic familiarity with any programming
language will be useful to get started with this Learning Path.
This CRM masterclass gives you a proven approach to modern customer
relationship management Key Features Proven techniques to architect
CRM systems that perform well, that are built on time and on
budget, and that deliver value for many years Combines technical
knowledge and business experience to provide a powerful guide to
CRM implementation Covers modern CRM opportunities and challenges
including machine learning, cloud hosting, and GDPR compliance Book
DescriptionCRM systems have delivered huge value to organizations.
This book shares proven and cutting-edge techniques to increase the
power of CRM even further. In The Art of CRM, Max Fatouretchi
shares his decades of experience building successful CRM systems
that make a real difference to business performance. Through clear
processes, actionable advice, and informative case studies, The Art
of CRM teaches you to design successful CRM systems for your
clients. Fatouretchi, founder of Academy4CRM institute, draws on
his experience over 20 years and 200 CRM implementations worldwide.
Bringing CRM bang up to date, The Art of CRM shows how to add AI
and machine learning, ensure compliance with GDPR, and choose
between on-premise, cloud, and hybrid hosting solutions. If you're
looking for an expert guide to real-world CRM implementations, this
book is for you. What you will learn Deliver CRM systems that are
on time, on budget, and bring lasting value to organizations Build
CRM that excels at operations, analytics, and collaboration Gather
requirements effectively: identify key pain points, objectives, and
functional requirements Develop customer insight through 360-degree
client view and client profiling Turn customer requirements into a
CRM design spec Architect your CRM platform Bring machine learning
and artificial intelligence into your CRM system Ensure compliance
with GDPR and other critical regulations Choose between on-premise,
cloud, and hybrid hosting solutions Who this book is forCRM
practitioners who want to update their work with new, proven
techniques and approaches
Build and deploy scalable applications on the Salesforce Lightning
Platform using the latest features of Spring '19 Key Features An
end-to end-guide with practice tests to help you achieve the
Salesforce Platform Developer certification Design data models,
user interfaces, and business logic for your custom applications
Understand the complete development life cycle from designing to
testing Book DescriptionSalesforce Lightning Platform, used to
build enterprise apps, is being increasingly adopted by admins,
business analysts, consultants, architects, and especially
developers. With this Salesforce certification, you'll be able to
enhance your development skills and become a valuable member of
your organization. This certification guide is designed to be
completely aligned with the official exam study guide for the
latest Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I release and
includes updates from Spring '19. Starting with Salesforce
fundamentals and performing data modeling and management, you'll
progress to automating logic and processes and working on user
interfaces with Salesforce components. Finally, you'll learn how to
work with testing frameworks, perform debugging, and deploy
metadata, and get to grips with useful tips and tricks. Each
chapter concludes with sample questions that are commonly found in
the exam, and the book wraps up with mock tests to help you prepare
for the DEV501 certification exam. By the end of the book, you'll
be ready to take the exam and earn your Salesforce Certified
Platform Developer I certification. What you will learn Solve
sample questions and mock tests and work with exam patterns Gain an
understanding of declarative Salesforce tools such as Process
Builder, flows, and many more Code in Salesforce using the
Developer Console and IDEs Grasp the basics of object-oriented
programming Write Apex classes, Visualforce pages, and Apex test
classes with easy-to-follow steps Explore the different deployment
tools that you can use to push metadata to different environments
Build custom declarative apps and programs on Force.com platforms
Who this book is forThe Salesforce Platform Developer I
Certification Guide is for you if you want to learn how to develop
and deploy business logic and user interfaces using the
capabilities of the Lightning Platform. No prior knowledge of Apex
programming is required.
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