Chapter 1. Staying in Control

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Making the spreadsheet more readable with colors
  • Making the spreadsheet more readable with comments
  • Making the spreadsheet more readable with borders
  • Using Named Ranges
  • Selecting all worksheet cells with one click
  • Copying the format of one cell to another cell or range
  • Debugging the spreadsheet
  • Navigating between worksheets
  • Grouping canvas components

Introduction

During the development of a typical Dashboard Design dashboard, the number of components on the canvas increases steadily and the exact type of used components may change over time. Also, several interactions between components are added and maybe one or more connections with external data sources are created. All those canvas components ...

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