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Excel Dashboards & Reports For Dummies, 4th Edition
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Excel Dashboards & Reports For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Michael Alexander
April 2022
Beginner to intermediate
384 pages
9h 47m
English
For Dummies
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Index

Symbols

  • #SPILL! error, 51–52
  • $ (dollar) symbol, 20
  • * (asterisk) wildcard, 63
  • ? (question mark) wildcard, 64
  • @ symbol (implicit intersection operator), 54
  • ~ (tilde) wildcard, 64
  • + (plus) operator, 60–61
  • © (copyright symbol), 173

A

  • Above Average conditional formatting scenario, 158
  • accuracy, dashboards, 344
  • agile release cycle, Microsoft, 2
  • area charts, 189
  • Arial font, 128
  • Array argument
    • FILTER function, 58
    • SORT function, 55
    • SORTBY function, 56
    • UNIQUE function, 57
  • array formulas
    • dynamic arrays, 51, 52
    • FREQUENCY function, 224–225
    • legacy arrays, 51
    • limitations of, 321
    • spill range, 50
  • aspect ratio, 145, 336–337
  • Assign Macro dialog box, 266
  • asterisk (*) wildcard, 63
  • at-a-glance views, 11
  • Average function, 80
  • axis scaling, sparklines, 148

B

  • background, limiting use of, 18, 340, 342
  • bar charts, 194–195
    • in-cell, 212
    • pie charts vs., 333–334
  • Below Average conditional formatting scenario, 158
  • Between conditional formatting scenario, 155
  • BI (business intelligence), 1
  • bins, histogram, 221–228
  • borders
  • Bottom 10 % conditional formatting scenario, 158
  • Bottom 10 Items conditional formatting scenario, 158
  • bucketing data, 221–228. See also histograms
  • bullet graphs
    • adding data to, 239–240
    • creating, 236–239
    • displaying performance against target, 235–243
    • formatting, 241–243
    • horizontal, 241–243
    • overview, 235
    • qualitative bands, 241
  • business cycles (seasonality), 207
  • business intelligence ...
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