This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Excel can do a lot—formulas, pivot tables, charts, static one-pagers, and even interactive dashboards! In this article, you’ll see a few examples and how-to tips to get you started. YouTube Stats Are you brand new to Excel dashboards? This YouTube video’s about the […]
Re-Sorting Categories in Pivot Tables
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. By default, Excel will sort categories alphabetically or chronologically. But we can use the “brackety compass rose” to customize our pivot tables… which lets us customize our graphs. For example, with this technique, we can re-sort Agree, Disagree, Neutral, Strongly Agree, Strongly Disagree…. into Strongly […]
What are Helper Cells?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. What are Helper Cells, exactly? In this video, you’ll see 3 examples of these intermediate cells, which give you full editing control over your graphs, maps, and tables. What’s Inside 0:00 Intro 1:28 What are Helper Cells? Regular Table — Intermediate Table — […]
How to Make Online Courses
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. I just finished re-recording Dashboard Design! I’ve had 10,000+ students in my online courses since 2018, and I get a lot of questions about this process, like… How did you turn your keynote into a full-length online course? How did you turn your […]
Why do my Excel formulas say “RC?!” Help!!
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Do your formulas look weird? Maybe they say “RC[-1]” or some other jargon. The solution: Go to File Options Formulas Uncheck the “R1C1 reference style” box Here’s a video tutorial:
How to Make Interactive Dashboards in Excel: Colonoscopy Screening Example
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. My 3rd grader was not impressed. ;P What’s Inside 0:00 Intro 2:26 Behind the Scenes 3:12 Single Contiguous Dataset 3:50 Pivot Tables 4:15 Pivot Charts 4:24 Slicers 4:26 Helper Tables 5:35 Step-by-Step Demo
What is Data Storytelling?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. A quick demo for my kindergartener.
X-Axis Labeling Workarounds in Excel
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Behind-the-scenes Excel workarounds to label your x-axis juuust right.
20 Stress-Free Charts for Dashboards (That You Can Make in Spreadsheet Programs like Excel)
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Sure, you can add anything and everything to your dashboard. (Here’s a running list of all the great graphs you can make in Excel.) In this article, you’ll learn about 20 stress-free charts that we can make inside spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel. These visuals […]
Lonnng Bar Chart Labels: 5 Fixes to Avoid Diagonal and Cut-Off Wording in Excel
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. If you’ve got a column chart with lots of labels, chances are, the labels have gotten twisted diagonally, like this: Diagonal text takes longer to read than plain ol’ horizontal text, so we want to avoid it. In this lesson, you’ll learn 5 […]