May 2013
Beginner to intermediate
432 pages
11h 26m
English
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Chapter 3: Using Excel Sparklines
In This Chapter
• Understanding the Excel 2013 Sparkline feature
• Adding sparklines to a worksheet
• Working with groups of sparklines
• Modifying your sparkline graphics
Sparklines were developed by visualization guru Edward Tufte. Tufte envisioned mini word-sized charts placed in and among the data that they represent. Sparklines enable you to see trends and patterns within your data at a glance using minimal space. Following the sparkline concept, Microsoft then implemented sparklines in Excel worksheets so that you can get visual context for data that doesn’t take up a lot of real estate on your dashboard.
This chapter introduces you to sparklines and demonstrates how you can use them to add visualizations to your dashboards and reports.
Sparklines are available only with Excel 2010 and Excel 2013. If you create a workbook that uses sparklines, and that workbook is opened using a previous version of Excel, the sparkline cells will be empty. If your organization is not fully using Excel 2010 or 2013, you may want to search for alternatives to the built-in Excel sparklines. There are many third-party add-ons that bring sparkline features to earlier versions of Excel. Some of these products support additional sparkline types, and most have many additional customization options. Search the web for sparklines excel, and you’ll find several add-ons ...
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