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CHAPTER 13 WORKING WITH LESS-THAN-OPTIMAL DATA

In this chapter

The Digitization of Data 316

Fixing Problematic Spreadsheets 318

Dealing with Improperly Structured Data 331

Closing Thoughts 334

We all want dashboards to be stunning. The “wow” factor frequently overshadows the process of preparing underlying numbers for use with dashboard visualization. But a dashboard based on less-than-optimal data can suffer from a number of problems. Consider the following:

In some cases, data is incomplete.

You might at some point need to deftly disclose ...

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