Course Description
Interactive Dashboards with Excel is an online video course for data analysts, data wranglers, spreadsheet developers and managers looking to design work for decision makers. This course will teach you how to present data to leadership, so they can ask questions of the data and make decisions quickly. In addition, this course covers theoretical concepts like data visualization and how to build spreadsheets, so they’re always fast, transparent, feature-rich, and extensible. By the end of this course, you will feel confident knowing the best chart to use to present based on the data you have, and you’ll be able to turn around dashboards and charts more quickly than before. While the topics in this course may seem advanced, they’ll be presented to you in a friendly manner—and lessons are designed such that you’ll be able to apply the material immediately to your own work before finishing the course.
Click here for a downloadable PDF
Outline
Module 01 | Introduction to Interactive Dashboards with Excel
22m 21s total
Module 01A | Why Excel
07m 44s
Module 01B | Why Dashboards
05m 00s
Module 01C | VLOOKUP Series Selection Demo
09m 37s
Module 02 | Thinking Outside the Cell
31m 41s total
Module 02A | Introduction
06m 14s
Module 02B | Why Develop Differently
03m 29s
Module 02C | Inserting the Camera Tool
02m 48s
Module 02D | Using the Camera Tool
07m 15s
Module 02E | Development Principles
12m 35s
Module 03 | Working with Formulas
29m 48s total
Module 03A | Formula Editing Tips
11m 06s
Module 03B | Excel’s Calculation Engine
08m 26s
Module 03C | Writing Better Formulas
10m 16s
Module 04 | Lookup Functions
38m 14s total
Module 04A | Introduction
02m 30s
Module 04B | VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH
12m 30s
Module 04C | Array Formulas
21m 06s
Module 04D | Array Formulas Review
02m 08s
Module 05 | Excel Tables
23m 50s total
Module 05A | Introduction
03m 31s
Module 05B | Inserting an Excel Table
07m 43s
Module 05C | Working with Tables
06m 41s
Module 05D | Excel Table Chart
04m 12s
Module 05E | Excel Table Rules
02m 23s
Module 06 | Sorting and Decision Function with Excel Tables
45m 44s total
Module 06A | Sorting Functions
15m 57s
Module 06B | Filters and SUMPRODUCT
01m 34s
Module 06C | Filtering on Excel Tables
15m 26s
Module 06D | Aggregation with Excel Tables
11m 26s
Module 06E | Summary
02m 05s
Module 07 | Introduction to Form Controls
23m 10s total
Module 07A | Enabling the Developer
01m 35s
Module 07B | Excel Controls
13m 20s
Module 07C | Form Control Basics
08m 55s
Module 08 | Formula Driven Development
11m 47s total
Module 08A | Introduction
04m 53s
Module 08B | Information-Transformation-Presentation
06m 54s
Module 09 | Interactive Legends in Excel
25m 53s total
Module 09A | Setting Up the Interactive Legend
08m 23s
Module 09B | Perfecting the Interactive Legend
17m 30s
Module 10 | Interactive Chart Toggle
13m 55s total
Module 10A | Setup
06m 51s
Module 10B | Formatting
04m 33s
Module 10C | Maintenance
02m 31s
Module 11 | Interactive Dashboards
17m 46s total
Module 11A | Setup
13m 33s
Module 11B | Formatting
01m 41s
Module 11C | Maintenance
02m 32s
Module 12 | Primer on Data Visualizations
18m 15s total
Module 12A | Visual Perception
07m 49s
Module 12B | Gestalt Laws of Grouping
04m 26s
Module 12C | Preattentive Attributes
02m 28s
Module 12D | The Problem with Pie Charts
01m 35s
Module 12E | Data Vis vs Infographics
01m 57s
Module 13 | Expanding the Chart Library
10m 38s total
Module 13A | Dual Axis Banding
03m 41s
Module 13B | Area Chart Banding
04m 01s
Module 13C | Limit Charts
02m 56s
Module 14 | Bullet Charts in Excel
10m 29s total
Module 14A | Building the Chart
07m 10s
Module 14B | Horizontal Bullet Chart Trick
03m 19s
Module 15 | Infographics
19m 15s total
Module 15A | Introduction
01m 18s
Module 15B | Progress Meter
07m 38s
Module 15C | Donut Chart
05m 09s
Module 15D | Waffle Chart
05m 10s
Module 15E | Bringing it Together with the Camera
01m 52s
Module 16 | Summary
02m 27s total
Module 16A | Summary
02m 27s
Instructor
JORDAN GOLDMEIER
Data Science/Analytics Professional and Visualization Expert
Jordan is an internationally recognized data science/analytics professional and visualization expert, author, and speaker. He is the owner of Cambia Factor, a data consulting agency and the author of “Advanced Excel Essentials” (Apress 2014) and Dashboards for Excel (Apress 2015). He has consulted with and provided training for NATO, the Pentagon, and Financial Times, among others. His work has been cited by and quoted in the Associated Press, Bloomberg Businessweek, Dice News, and American Express OPEN Forum. He has also held the prestigious MVP award from Microsoft since 2013.
System Requirements
- Windows, 7, 8 or 10
- 1 GHz or faster CPU
- 1 GB of available RAM (recommended 2 GB)
- 5 GB of free hard drive space
- Microsoft Excel 2010 but Excel 2013 is preferred
What to Know Before Class
A basic understanding of working with Excel is recommended, but not mandatory.
