Add Low-Overwhelm Context to Your Line Charts
The data you display in charts often takes on new meaning when you display it in the context of other data.
One way to add...
Add Some Style to Your Tables in Excel Reports
Excel tables in reports have always been difficult for me to format professionally. So every once in a while, I experiment with them.
The two...
Chart Recessions and Other Boolean Conditions in Excel
I doubt you’ve seen an Excel chart like this before. It shows multiple Boolean conditions that might affect the trend in the annual Rate...
Show Top and Bottom Results in a Chart-Table
The workbook that supports the following figure does a lot of work!
First, it uses Power Query to download the weekly unemployment claims and the...
How to Remove a Speed Bump From Your Excel Charts
Because managers need QUICK insight, we should remove as many speed bumps as possible from our reports and analyses.
The following figure with two Excel...
Dashboard-Like Excel Charts of International Consumer Confidence
The following Excel figure displays its charts in a dashboard-like format. At least, it's in a format that dashboards should use!
When you use simple...
Professional Quality Excel Chart Labels, Legends, and Colors
The following Excel chart shows that Excel really CAN generate professional-quality chart figures.
Here are some general strategies to consider…
1. Set up your data-plumbing correctly....
Excel Bar Charts with Economic Indicators
The Excel figure below shows three indicators of the US economy. Two show economic improvements and one doesn't.
The Excel Perspective
Using column charts rather than...
US National Financial Conditions Using Excel Panel Charts
I’ll explain the meaning of this chart figure shortly. But first, let’s look at it from an Excel perspective.
(Note: I’ve begun to use economic...
Chart of the New Economic Index that Tracks GDP Weekly
In April 2020, the Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED) added a measure that will be followed closely during the Covid-19 economic devastation and recovery....
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XLOOKUP vs VLOOKUP vs INDEX-MATCH vs SUMIFS
SUMIFS? Really?
Why is SUMIFS included among those lookup methods? I'll explain in a few minutes.
But first, let's look at the lookup methods shown in...
How to Report GL Account Groups in Excel
Believe it or not, this income statement is quite sophisticated. It's not nearly as simple-minded as it looks.
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