Summary
In summary, this chapter discussed the use of dashboards in Excel for communicating insights from your Data Model. Dashboards are a powerful tool for visualizing data and presenting insights in an easy-to-understand format. The chapter covered the basics of dashboards, including what they are and how they can be used. It also covered important factors to consider when laying out your dashboard and common dashboard elements.
Finally, it discussed how to make your dashboard interactive to engage your audience. It’s important to keep in mind that dashboards are only effective if they are well designed and easy to read and the audience and purpose of the dashboard are taken into account. In the next chapter, we will apply these elements to build the dashboard that will cap our learning in this book.