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Excel Advanced Data Visualization

This course will teach you how to transform raw data into stunning, interactive charts and innovative graph types using advanced visualization techniques, empowering you to captivate audiences and present data with clarity, creativity, and impact.

Ben Howard - Pluralsight course - Excel Advanced Data Visualization
by Ben Howard

What you'll learn

Organizations today face challenges such as data overload, unclear insights, and delayed decision-making. Excel charts and graphs help overcome these issues by transforming complex data into clear, visual formats. This makes it easier to identify trends, compare performance, and communicate insights effectively, leading to faster and more informed decisions.

In this course, Excel Advanced Data Visualization, you’ll learn to create and use charts in order to summarize and visualize data, allowing you to find trends and data anomalies.

First, you’ll explore different categories of data and visualization best practices.

Next, you’ll discover how to use basic charts to show common themes, such as “Show me sales by year”, or “Show the total number of customers”.

Finally, you’ll learn how to evaluate and use more advanced visualizations, allowing you to present more complex data or convey multifaceted analysis.

When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Excel advanced data visualization needed to provide insightful analysis of your data.

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About the author

Ben Howard - Pluralsight course - Excel Advanced Data Visualization
Ben Howard

Ben is a Power BI & Data Specialist with a healthy interest in Microsoft Project with over 30 years of customer and implementation experience. He has been a Microsoft MVP for 13 years, is a frequent speaker at several European conferences, and blogs and creates videos on a semi-regular basis.

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