K2’s Excel Charting and Visualizations
Computer Software and Applications
4 CPE Credits
Major Topics
- Understanding the best types of visualizations to use in specific situations
- Creating compelling visualizations using Excel
- Adding interactivity to your Excel-based visualizations
Learning Objectives
- Identify the types of visualizations that you should use to communicate specific messages
- List the steps to creating compelling visualizations in Excel and other Microsoft Office applications
- Identify options for creating interactive visualizations
- Utilize Sparklines and Conditional Formatting to enhance visualizations in Excel
- Identify options for linking Excel-based data and visualizations into Word and PowerPoint
Description
Charts and graphs are nothing new. However, many professionals struggle with building compelling visualizations. If that statement describes you, participate in this session to improve your skills in creating Excel charts and other visualizations. As a result, you will create visualizations to enhance your communication skills.
This session is much more than just a seminar on fundamental charts. Instead, in this session, you will learn how to create advanced charts that are interactive, dynamic, and aesthetically pleasing – three qualities that will help to ensure that your readers and audience will understand the data you are presenting. This seminar is a must if you want to improve your communication skills.
Compliance Information
Overview
Charts and graphs are nothing new. However, many professionals struggle with building compelling visualizations. If that statement describes you, participate in this session to improve your skills in creating Excel charts and other visualizations. As a result, you will create visualizations to enhance your communication skills.
This session is much more than just a seminar on fundamental charts. Instead, in this session, you will learn how to create advanced charts that are interactive, dynamic, and aesthetically pleasing – three qualities that will help to ensure that your readers and audience will understand the data you are presenting. This seminar is a must if you want to improve your communication skills.
Course Details
- Getting started with Power BI
- Creating effective visualizations in Power BI
- Publishing Power BI reports to dashboards
- Optimizing dashboards for viewing on mobile devices
- List the basic steps necessary to generate a Power BI report
- Distinguish between Power BI reports and dashboards
- Identify the necessary steps to link data into Power BI
- List the steps necessary to create a Power BI report
- Specify the steps necessary to convert a Power BI report to a dashboard
- Generate user-defined calculations in Power BI
Intended Audience — Business professionals seeking to improve financial and operational reporting by using Power BI
Advanced Preparation — None
Field of Study — Computer Software and Applications
Credits — 2 Credits
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Published Date – January 1, 2025
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