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Years ago, I read that Prof. William S. Cleveland had suggested that data could be smoothed by calculating a centered trendline through adjacent data—a...
Interactive Excel Reporting
Several years ago, a reader asked me to help him with an Excel-reporting challenge that might sound familiar.
His challenge, he said, was that he...
How to Smooth Monthly Trends with Centered Moving Averages
I recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal about the expected increase of electric vehicles in the US. That made me wonder...
How to Structure Your Report Workbook
In Weekly & Monthly Top-Ten Activity Reports I introduced two Excel dashboard reports created by Chris Helfrecht. In this post, I’ll describe a critical aspect of...
Introducing Excel-Friendly Databases
The most productive way to flow data to your Excel reports and analyses is to use Excel formulas to flow data from an Excel-Friendly...
The Excel-Friendly Database Strategy
Here's the key to slashing both your Excel errors and the time it takes you to create and update your Excel reports...
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Getting Radical with Excel
It's time to think about Excel in a radical new way—when we use it to work with business or economic data.
It's time, in fact,...
Five Ways to Make Your Excel Reports Incredibly Popular
Years ago, I was the young CFO of a small company that was purchased by a Fortune-200 company. Within days of the sale, I...
How to Set Up a Square-Format U.S. Map in Excel
For several years, the Wall Street Journal has occasionally used a square-format US map like the following image. But when I noticed a recent...
Five Best Practices in Your Excel Reporting Strategies
Most Excel reports, forecasts, and analyses I've seen in my career could serve as excellent examples of what NOT to do in Excel.
These reports...
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Getting Radical with Excel
It's time to think about Excel in a radical new way—when we use it to work with business or economic data.
It's time, in fact,...
How Fast Is Too Fast?
(Originally published in Inc Magazine.)
What typically tops the list of worries of the chief executive officers of fast growing companies? Financing that growth, according...
How to Smooth Data by Using the TREND Function
Years ago, I read that Prof. William S. Cleveland had suggested that data could be smoothed by calculating a centered trendline through adjacent data—a...
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