Dashboards for Excel - Jordan Goldmeier, Purnachandra Duggirala

Dashboards for Excel

Buch | Softcover
542 Seiten
2015 | 1st ed.
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4302-4944-3 (ISBN)
106,99 inkl. MwSt
This book takes a hands-on approach to developing dashboards, from instructing users on advanced Excel techniques to addressing dashboard pitfalls common in the real world. Dashboards for Excel is your key to creating informative, actionable, and interactive dashboards and decision support systems. Throughout the book, the reader is challenged to think about Excel and data analytics differently—that is, to think outside the cell. This book shows you how to create dashboards in Excel quickly and effectively.

In this book, you learn how to:


Apply data visualization principles for more effective dashboards
Employ dynamic charts and tables to create dashboards that are constantly up-to-date and providing fresh information
Use understated yet powerful formulas for Excel development
Apply advanced Excel techniques mixing formulas and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to create interactive dashboards
Create dynamic systems for decision support in your organization
Avoid common problems in Excel development and dashboard creation
Get started with the Excel data model, PowerPivot, and Power Query

Part I: All about Dashboards 1. Introduction to dashboard development 2. A Critical View of Information Visualization 3. The Principles of Visualization 4. Advanced Visualization Part II: Excel Dashboard Design Basics 5. Getting Started: Thinking Outside the Cell 6. Visual Basic for Applications for Excel, a Refresher 7. Avoiding pitfalls in Excel development Part III: Formulas, Controls, and Charts 8. The Components of a Dashboard 9. Introducing Formula Concepts 10. Applying Formula Concepts 11. Metrics: Context and Performance 12. Introduction to Controls 13. Project Management/Gantt Chart Dashboard 14. Project Management II: Adding Decision Support 15. Introduction to Dynamic Charts 16. Chart Minis Part IV: From user interface to presentation 17. Getting Input from Users 18. Storage Patterns for User Input 19. Building for Sensitivity Analysis 20. Perfecting the Presentation Part V: Advanced Dashboards with Databases 21. Introduction to Microsoft Business Intelligence 22. Data Model Capabilities of Excel 2013 23. Advanced Modeling with Slicers, Filters, and PivotTables 24. Power Query and other useful tools

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.9.2015
Zusatzinfo 633 Illustrations, black and white; XXVIII, 542 p. 633 illus.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Netzwerke
Informatik Office Programme Excel
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Software Entwicklung
Schlagworte Excel; Spezielle Anwendungsbereiche
ISBN-10 1-4302-4944-7 / 1430249447
ISBN-13 978-1-4302-4944-3 / 9781430249443
Zustand Neuware
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