Table of Contents
Part I: All about Dashboards
1. Introduction to dashboard development
2. A Critical View of Information Visualization
3. The Principles of Visualization
4. Advanced Visualization
Part II: Excel Dashboard Design Basics
5. Getting Started: Thinking Outside the Cell
6. Visual Basic for Applications for Excel, a Refresher
7. Avoiding pitfalls in Excel development
Part III: Formulas, Controls, and Charts
8. The Components of a Dashboard
9. Introducing Formula Concepts
10. Applying Formula Concepts
11. Metrics: Context and Performance
12. Introduction to Controls
13. Project Management/Gantt Chart Dashboard
14. Project Management II: Adding Decision Support
15. Introduction to Dynamic Charts
16. Chart Minis
Part IV: From user interface to presentation
17. Getting Input from Users
18. Storage Patterns for User Input
19. Building for Sensitivity Analysis
20. Perfecting the Presentation
Part V: Advanced Dashboards with Databases
21. Introduction to Microsoft Business Intelligence
22. Data Model Capabilities of Excel 2013
23. Advanced Modeling with Slicers, Filters, and PivotTables
24. Power Query and other useful tools