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Excel Dashboards and Reports For Dummies, 2nd Edition

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ISBN: 978-1-118-84224-9

March 2014

336 pages

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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, 2nd Edition is the business analysis tool you need to transform your raw data into a powerful and effective presentation that is accessible to everyone.

About the Author

Michael Alexander is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) and author of several books on Microsoft Access and Excel. He has more than 15 years’ experience consulting and developing Office solutions and has been named a Microsoft MVP for his ongoing contributions to the Excel community.