Organizations have a tremendous amount of data at their disposal to help them develop strategic plans and make informed business decisions. Helping people make sense of that data quickly and easily, however, can be a challenging proposition. In this course, you will examine how to use built-in Excel tools and create custom Excel-based dashboards to turn data into a valuable organizational asset.

As you work through this course, you will get hands-on practice implementing a variety of functions and techniques to develop Excel-based analytical tools. By applying intelligent design principles, you will build dashboards that clearly guide user input and provide results dynamically, giving users the ability to specify the data they want to see and providing output in a flexible format. You will implement strategies to create dashboards that can effectively handle many types of data and offer an informative and user-friendly interface with a combination of numeric and graphic outputs. By the end of this course, you will have acquired an assortment of tools, practices, and techniques you can utilize to grow your portfolio of dashboard development skills.

You are required to have completed the following course or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Making Data Usable