How to create dynamic sparklines for latest 30 days

Sparklines are fun and very insightful. They are easy to create, easy to maintain and fit into any dashboard.

But there is one tiny problem with them. Usually we have a lot of data, but we don’t to visualize all of it. We just want to visualize latest 30 days trend or last 12 months trend or QTD or something similar. What then?

In this video, learn a powerful and very simple way to create dynamic sparklines using Excel.

Create dynamic sparklines in Excel – Video

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Download dynamic sparklines example workbook

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Sparklines = more power to your dashboards

I add sparklines to all my dashboards. They are elegant, space-saving and insightful. They are an integral part of my Excel School online class on Advanced Excel & Dashboard reporting. Sample this dashboard:

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How do you use sparklines?

Please share your favorite tips & implementations of sparklines in the comments section.

This post is part of our Awesome August Excel Festival.