Ebook Free Download | Excel Dashboards and Reports | Many Excel books do an adequate job of discussing the individual functions and tools that can be used to create an “Excel Report.” What they don’t offer is the most effective ways to present and report data. Offering a comprehensive review of a wide array of technical and analytical concepts, Excel Reports and Dashboards helps Excel users go from reporting data with simple tables full of dull numbers, to presenting key information through the use of high-impact, meaningful reports and dashboards that will wow management both visually and substantively. This book is an excellent resource for business analysts who are tasked with creating reports in Excel. The most eye-opening chapters are the ones on effective data modeling and creating interactive reporting without VBA. Within a few days, I've gone from 5 spreadsheets with 15 charts each, to one clean view with an interactive chart that can be dynamically changed using form controls. No VBA!
There are books out there specializing in dashboards. I was hoping for something like that with Excel in mind. I didn't even mind it rehashing basic Excel knowledge if it showed it in a dashboard-specific way. Instead, only 41 pages talk about dashboards, and much of that is beginner stuff. What is a dashboard? Creating a dashboard data model. Stripping unnecessary elements out of charts. For beginners, this is good stuff. For an advanced user, there are still some good bits. The map on page 22 showing the most important parts of the screen is informative, for instance. The "data model" section was excellent vindication that I had blundered into doing it the right way.
There are books out there specializing in dashboards. I was hoping for something like that with Excel in mind. I didn't even mind it rehashing basic Excel knowledge if it showed it in a dashboard-specific way. Instead, only 41 pages talk about dashboards, and much of that is beginner stuff. What is a dashboard? Creating a dashboard data model. Stripping unnecessary elements out of charts. For beginners, this is good stuff. For an advanced user, there are still some good bits. The map on page 22 showing the most important parts of the screen is informative, for instance. The "data model" section was excellent vindication that I had blundered into doing it the right way.
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