Excel
2007
Dashboards
and
Reports
For
Dummies
In
this
book,
I
show
you
how
to
leverage
Excel
functionality
to
build
and
manage
better
reporting
mechanisms.
Each
chapter
in
this
book
provides
a
comprehensive
review
of
the
technical
and
analytical
concepts
that
help
you
create
better
components
that
can
be
used
for
both
dashboards
and
reports.
After
reading
this
book,
you
will
be
able
to:
*
Analyze
large
amounts
of
data
and
report
their
data
in a
meaningful
way
*
Get
better
visibility
into
data
from
different
perspectives
*
Quickly
slice
data
into
various
views
on
the
fly
*
Automate
redundant
reporting
and
analyses
*
Create
eye-catching
visualizations
*
Create
impressive
dashboards
and
What-If
analyses
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Chapter 1: Getting in the Dashboard State of Mind
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Chapter 2: Building a Super Model
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Chapter 3: The Pivotal Pivot Table
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Chapter 4: Excel Charts for the Uninitiated
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Chapter 5: The New World of Conditional Formatting
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Chapter 6: The Art of Dynamic Labeling
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Chapter 7: Components that Show Trending
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Chapter 8: Components that Group and Bucket Data
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Chapter 9: Components that Display Performance against a Target
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Chapter 10: Macro Charged Reporting
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Chapter 11: Giving Users an Interactive Interface
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Chapter 12: Using External Data in your Dashboards and Reports
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Chapter 13: Sharing Your Work with the Outside World
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Chapter 14: Ten Chart Design Principles
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Chapter 15: Ten Questions to Ask Before Distributing Your Dashboard