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Data Visualization – a real world example
In the following example we work through a real world example of a data visualization. We’ve chosen an example that involves Operations data – this is fairly non-domain specific so hopefully it can...
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Something on the Horizon
We had an interesting scenario while helping a customer extend an existing Excel dashboard. We had recently performed some work to solve some performance and design issues they had with their existing...
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Breakout and Propagate – Oldies but Goodies
We’ve been on-site with various customers in the last few months, it’s always good to see how the product is being used, and we value customer feedback, which often feeds into our development cycle....
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Bandlines in XLCubed
In early January this year Stephen Few introduced the concept of Bandlines. He identified a useful extension to Sparklines, making use of shaded or coloured horizontal bands to provide more information...
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Some Excel BI myths debunked #2: Inflexible Charting
#2: Inflexible Charting Continuing our discussion of common criticisms of Excel focused BI, let’s take a look at charting. “Excel charts are static, inflexible and you need to start from scratch if you...
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Some Excel BI myths debunked: #3 – limited dashboards
#3: Limited and difficult to Maintain Dashboards Third on our list of common criticisms of Excel focused BI, is the limitations of Excel Dashboards. “Excel dashboards are ugly, limited, and...
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Some Excel BI myths debunked – #6: Excel based BI can’t handle report sharing...
Here we continue our theme on the myths which get propagated about Excel based BI. The next argument is that Excel BI cannot handle widespread report sharing and distribution. Base case we actually...
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The Missing Link in Excel BI
When viewing a high level summary report or dashboard, users often want to delve into more detail on a specific area. In some cases that may be a drill down, in many others it may be to a different...
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Icon-based Navigation and Filtering in XLCubed
Version 9 introduced an embedded icon library and XL3PictureLink, which together make the creation of icon-led navigation and filtering simple. XL3PictureLink provides the same parameterised navigation...
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Charting the Premier League Transfer Window
This summer English Premier league clubs spent more than ever before on player transfers, a staggering £1.47bn in total. Some spent a lot more than others, and while PSG are making the Financial Fair...
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