Syllabus/Module 7/7.1 Data Analysis
Module 7 • Data Analysis

Stop Fighting With Excel

You don't need to know VLOOKUP. You just need to know how to ask.

To use Gemini for working with spreadsheets and CSVs, you can upload data files directly and instruct Gemini to perform tasks like cleaning messy data (removing duplicates, formatting entries), extracting specific insights by asking questions in natural language (e.g., 'Which product category had the highest growth?'), and generating complex Excel or Google Sheets formulas without needing to remember syntax.

The Problem

Messy data. Duplicates. Wrong formats.
Usually, you spend hours fixing this manually.

John Doe, 555-1234, 2024-01-01
JOHN DOE, (555) 123-4444, Jan 1st
Jane Smith, ,, 2024/02/02

The Fix

Upload the CSV to Gemini and say:

"Clean this data."
Gemini Data Analyst Simulation
Sales_Data_Q3.csv
Read-Only
⚠️ Raw Data (Messy)
Name
Date
Amount
John Doe
JOHN DOE (Dup)
Jane Smith
NULL

📊 The "Talk to Data" Prompt

"I am uploading a sales report.

1. Clean it: Remove duplicates and fix date formats.
2. Analyze: Which product category has the highest growth month-over-month?
3. Visualize: Create a bar chart showing sales by region."