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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2025 10:34 am
Column Widths & Alignment: Adjust column widths to fit content without excessive wrapping. Align text (left), numbers (right), and dates (center/right) consistently.
Tools: Excel/Google Sheets formatting options, Conditional Formatting.
Amazing Factor: Your spreadsheet now looks professional, is easy to scan, and highlights key information visually.
Day 4: Insights & Summaries - The Storytelling Begins
Goal: Transform raw data into actionable summaries and initial insights.
Actions:
Create Pivot Tables (Your Best Friend): tool for summarizing large datasets.
Example: Drag Product Category to Rows, Total Revenue to Values. Instantly see top-performing categories.
Example: Drag Date to Rows (grouped by Month/Year), Number of Bugs to Values. See trends over time.
Build Simple Summary Tables: If Pivot Tables are overkill, create small tables using SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, brother cell phone list AVERAGEIFS to answer specific questions (e.g., "Total sales by region," "Number of high-priority bugs").
Calculate Key Metrics: Identify the 3-5 most important numbers (KPIs) from your data and display them prominently (e.g., Total Sales, Average Customer Rating, Number of Active Users).
Tools: Excel/Google Sheets Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, AVERAGEIFS.
Tools: Excel/Google Sheets formatting options, Conditional Formatting.
Amazing Factor: Your spreadsheet now looks professional, is easy to scan, and highlights key information visually.
Day 4: Insights & Summaries - The Storytelling Begins
Goal: Transform raw data into actionable summaries and initial insights.
Actions:
Create Pivot Tables (Your Best Friend): tool for summarizing large datasets.
Example: Drag Product Category to Rows, Total Revenue to Values. Instantly see top-performing categories.
Example: Drag Date to Rows (grouped by Month/Year), Number of Bugs to Values. See trends over time.
Build Simple Summary Tables: If Pivot Tables are overkill, create small tables using SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, brother cell phone list AVERAGEIFS to answer specific questions (e.g., "Total sales by region," "Number of high-priority bugs").
Calculate Key Metrics: Identify the 3-5 most important numbers (KPIs) from your data and display them prominently (e.g., Total Sales, Average Customer Rating, Number of Active Users).
Tools: Excel/Google Sheets Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, AVERAGEIFS.