Do you know that Excel 2010 makes creation of dynamic dashboards very simple?
Yes, that is right. Using slicers feature, you can create dynamic excel dashboards from your data in very little time. Today we are going to learn a technique that will help you create a dashboard like below.
(Note: The technique works only Excel 2010 or above.)
[View the dashboard image in large size]
How to make a Dynamic Dashboard in Excel using Pivot Tables & Slicers
I made a short (12 min) video tutorial explaining the concept and construction of this dynamic dashboard. Watch it below.
[Watch the dynamic dashboard tutorial on YouTube]
If you are new to Pivot Tables,
Read this excellent pivot tables tutorial & watch the video on pivot tables.
Download Dynamic Dashboard Workbook:
Click here to download the Excel 2010 workbook. Remember, it works only in Excel 2010 or above.
Do you use Slicers? What is your experience like?
I have been using Excel 2010 for the last several months. I really like the new features – sparklines, slicers & pivot table enhancements. They give a lot of muscle for analyst in me.
What about you? How do you like the slicers feature in Excel 2010. How are you using them?
Get Dashboard Training from Chandoo.org
I have made an hour long video training explaining how to construct Excel Dashboards using a recent dashboard I made as an example. If you work on dashboards, this is a good program for you. Click here to learn more.
More Resources on Dashboards, Dynamic Charts & Pivot Tables
Visit these pages to learn more.
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Has anyone else had this problem?
Is there anyway to get the Grand Total to be broken out in the same fashion as the items above it? For instance, if you have in column 1, widget a, widget b, and have their sales by month in column 2, I'd like to see the grand total also be by month, for widget a & b combined.
I can't get anything other than a single line for the grand total, rather than the same format as the data above.
Widget A Month Sales
Jan 100
Feb 200
Widget B
Jan 150
Feb 250
Grand total - here I would also like to have Jan, Feb.
Jan 250
Feb 450