INTRODUCTION
  • Introduction
  • Course Resources & Important Notes for New Students
  • What is a dashboard?
DASHBOARD DESIGN PRINCIPLES
  • Design Principles & Tips
  • Dashboard Creation Process
  • Color Tips & Layouts
  • Building an Effective Data Model
  • Useful Keyboard Shortcuts and Tips
  • Understanding the Dashboard Design Principles
DASHBOARD SOURCE DATA
  • Introduction
  • Importing External Data from Text File
  • Importing Data From Excel Spreadsheet
  • Importing Data from Microsoft Access
  • Loading Data with Power Query (Get & Transform)
DASHBOARD FUNCTION TOOLBOX
  • Relative and Absolute references in Formulas
  • Range Names in Formulas
  • INDEX and MATCH Functions
  • OFFSET Function
  • IF and NESTED IF Formulas
  • ROWS and COLUMNS Functions
  • Text Functions: LEFT, RIGHT, MID, LEN, TEXT, TRIM, LOWER, UPPER, PROPER, REPT
  • SMALL and LARGE Functions
  • VLOOKUP Function
  • SUMPRODUCT Function
  • SUMIFs, AVERAGEIFs and COUNTIFs Functions
  • CHOOSE Function
  • INT and MOD Functions
  • DASHBOARD FUNCTION QUIZ
CHARTING TECHNIQUES
  • Making the Right Chart
  • Introducing Excel Charts
  • Formatting Charts
  • Advanced Charting and Formatting Techniques
  • Camera Tool
  • How to graph Multiple Lines
  • Practicing Charting Techniques
BASIC DASHBOARDS COMPONENTS
  • Custom Number Formatting
  • In-Cell Charts (with REPT function)
  • Comparisons and Data Bars (with Conditional Formatting)
  • Representing trends with Icon Sets, Data Bars and Symbols
  • Symbols in Formulas & Charts
  • Build a Heat Map with Color-Scales
  • DEMO: Let’s make some Waffles!
  • Sparklines and Win/Loss Charts
  • DEMO: Create a Dashboard using Sparklines
  • DASHBOARDS COMPONENTS: SPARKLINES - MINI CHARTS
ADVANCED DASHBOARDS COMPONENTS
  • Emphasizing & Mark Significant Events
  • How to Make a Dynamic Chart with Drop-Down Lists and Filters
  • Creating side‐by‐side time comparisons (Panel Chart)
  • Rollover Method: Create a Rating System
  • TOP and BOTTOM Ranking Chart
USEFUL CHARTS FOR DASHBOARDS
  • Excel Infographics: Create a People Graph
  • Dot Plot Chart & Dumbbell Chart
  • Funnel Chart
  • Small Multiples
  • Bullet Graph
INTERACTIVE INTERFACE WITH FORM CONTROLS
  • Introduction
  • Combo Box
  • Option Buttons
  • Check Box
  • List Box
  • Scroll Bar
  • DEMO: Dynamic Heat Map using Scroll Bar
  • Scroll and Sort Table
DATA ANALYSIS WITH PIVOT TABLES & PIVOT CHARTS
  • Introducing Pivot Tables
  • Customizing Pivot Table Reports
  • Creating Useful Pivot‐Driven Views
  • Adding Interactivity with Pivot Slicers
  • Building Pivot Charts
  • How to use the GETPIVOTDATA function
  • MILESTONE PROJECT 1: Social Media Dashboard (Introduction)
  • ANSWER of MILESTONE PROJECT 1: Social Media Dashboard
  • PIVOT TABLES & CHARTS TECHNIQUES
BUSINESS SALES DASHBOARD
  • Prepare a Mock-Up of your Dashboard
  • Setup of Calculation Worksheet
  • Complex Lookup Calculations with SUMPRODUCT Function
  • Preparing Data for Bullet and Clustered Stacked Chart
  • Create Metrics with Sparklines & Conditional Formatting
  • Starting to Build your Dashboard
  • Dashboard-Final Touches
  • Create Beautiful Background and Design for our Sales Dashboard
KPI DASHBOARD
  • Preparation of the KPI Dashboard
  • Set Up a Sorting Procedure for KPI’s
  • Get The Data Sorted - Use of RANK, LARGE, CHOOSE, ROWS, INDEX & MATCH Formulas
  • Add Visualizations & In-Cell Charts
  • Final Touches
PIVOT / SLICER DASHBOARD
  • Introduction
  • Prepare the data