Spreadsheets Tutorial : Sheets as a Business Intelligence platform
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G'day! I'm Raina, welcome to this course on data visualization with spreadsheets!
Data visualization has become the number one way to showcase the analyzed data. Rather than looking at a huge amount of data analyzed in a spreadsheet, it is much easier for an audience to understand visual representation of the data. This visual representation is called a dashboard.
So why use spreadsheets? Most computer users have had at least some dealings with spreadsheets, those in the corporate and commercial environment more so.
Because of its familiarity, flexibility, and the tools available to analyze data, spreadsheets are the most widely used Business Intelligence, or BI, tool in the world.
In a nutshell, BI is the strategies, methods, and technologies that a business uses to produce meaningful information, that can be used to enhance decision making. It's about providing a complete picture by analyzing and combining data.
BI helps in strategic decision making, measuring goals, increasing operational efficiency, optimizing business processes, and pinpointing business opportunities, through identifying problems, market trends, and new markets.
So, what specific data will help you make informed decisions? It could include sales, profits, target customers, market opportunities, competitors, costs, and more.
A dashboard is a perfect tool to display data in a visual way. It is an information management tool that will track and present your analyzed data according to the criteria you have specified.
Now that you know what Business Intelligence and data visualization are, you can look at creating a basic dashboard.
Before you begin though, think about what information you need.
What information are you trying to get across? Who is your audience? Ar
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