Excel Dashboards and Reports For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Create dynamic dashboards and put your data on display with For Dummies

No matter what business you’re in, reports have become a staple of the workplace, but what good is a report if no reads it, or even worse, understands it? This all new edition of Excel Dashboards & Reports For Dummies is here to help you make meaning of all your data and turn it into clear and actionable visualizations. Fully updated for the latest business intelligence and spreadsheet tools in Excel 2013, this book shows you how to analyze large amounts of data, quickly slice data into various views on the fly, automate redundant reporting, create eye-catching visualizations, and more.

• Helps you move beyond reporting data with simple tables, rows, and columns to designing high-impact reports, dashboards, and visuals
• Walks you through a wide array of technical and analytical concepts to give you the background you need to select the right tool for interpreting and displaying data
• Covers how to build a chart, work with pivot tables, group and bucket your data, represent trends, create What-If analyses, and increase the value of your reports

Excel Dashboards & Reports For Dummies, 2^nd Edition is the business analysis tool you need to transform your raw data into a powerful and effective presentation that is accessible to everyone.

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started with Excel Dashboards and Reports
Chapter 1: Getting in the Dashboard State of Mind
Chapter 2: Building a Super Model

Part II: Building Basic Dashboard Components
Chapter 3: Dressing Up Your Data Tables
Chapter 4: Sparking Inspiration with Sparklines
Chapter 5: Formatting Your Way to Visualizations
Chapter 6: The Pivotal Pivot Table

Part III: Building Advanced Dashboard Components
Chapter 7: Charts That Show Trending
Chapter 8: Grouping and Bucketing Data
Chapter 9: Displaying Performance against a Target

Part IV: Advanced Reporting Techniques
Chapter 10: Macro-Charged Dashboarding
Chapter 11: Giving Users an Interactive Interface
Chapter 12: Adding Interactivity with Pivot Slicers

Part V: Working with the Outside World
Chapter 13: Using External Data for Your Dashboards and Reports
Chapter 14: Sharing Your Workbook with the Outside World

Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 15: Ten Chart Design Principles
Chapter 16: Ten Questions to Ask Before Distributing Your Dashboard