Publication date : 07/25/2024

Course : Python, automate your file processing

Overcome the limits of Excel, CSV files with Python

Practical course - 3d - 21h00 - Ref. PYB
Price : 1940 CHF E.T.

Python, automate your file processing

Overcome the limits of Excel, CSV files with Python



You've mastered Excel and its limitations, and you want to extract data, filter it, rework it and present it in an attractive way. Python makes it possible. Without being a developer, this course will help you learn the basics so you can set up automatic tasks to make your work easier.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. PYB
  3d - 21h00
1940 CHF E.T.




You've mastered Excel and its limitations, and you want to extract data, filter it, rework it and present it in an attractive way. Python makes it possible. Without being a developer, this course will help you learn the basics so you can set up automatic tasks to make your work easier.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Python basics
Excel/CSV/SQL data manipulation with Python
Visualizing data with Python

Intended audience
Controllers, project managers, accountants, finance managers, HR managers and anyone who has mastered Excel macros and wants to develop results automatically.

Prerequisites
Excel practice. Know how to program with Excel macros or know algorithmics.

Practical details
Exercise
Numerous guided exercises ensure rapid learning.
Teaching methods
Active teaching. Demonstrations by the trainer help participants get to grips with the subject.

Course schedule

1
Program principles

  • What is a program?
  • Writing a program: syntax and instructions.
  • What is a function, a bookshop? Its role, its use.
  • Introduction to the Python language and its ecosystem.
Exercise
Write and run your first Python program.

2
Language fundamentals and Python

  • What is a variable?
  • Variable types: integers, reals, strings...
  • Declaration, definition and initialization of a variable.
  • The different operators.
  • Control structures (loops, tests).
  • Advanced data structures (tuples, lists, dictionaries).
  • The most useful functions.
Exercise
Various exercises to familiarize you with syntax: variable manipulation, operator manipulation, selection and loops.

3
Python and data processing

  • Using a Python distribution.
  • Libraries for starting a data analysis project.
  • Use Jupyter notebooks to explore your data.
  • Import and export data from various sources (text, CSV, JSON, Excel, etc.).
  • Manipulate data with Pandas (search, transformation, simple calculations).
Exercise
Read an Excel file, select rows, search and calculate, save results in another file format. Data aggregation, pivots and joins.

4
Data visualization with Python

  • Draw curves, histograms and other graphs.
  • Visualize your data on an interactive map with Folium.
  • Interactive graphics with panel.
Exercise
Write Python scripts to implement various graphics.


Customer reviews
4,1 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
SIMON C.
12/11/25
3 / 5

I found that for a course entitled 'Python, automate your file processing' we spent a lot of time on basic functions and little time on manipulating data from files. There is therefore a certain amount of redundancy between this course and 'Discover algorithms with Python'. One approach to improvement would be to give indicative times per element within the training programme.
FLORENCE H.
12/11/25
5 / 5

Very good pace and method for integrating the basic principles of data manipulation with Python.
MAHFOUD B.
12/11/25
5 / 5

Very good presenter.



Dates and locations

Dernières places
Date garantie en présentiel ou à distance
Session garantie
From 25 to 27 March 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 1 to 3 June 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 16 to 18 September 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 2 to 4 December 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration

REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 25 Mar., 1 June, 16 Sep., 2 Dec.