Creating the IPL dashboard in Excel allowed me to gain and enhance several critical skills:
Data Cleaning and Preparation: Mastered techniques for identifying and correcting errors, removing duplicates, handling missing values, and standardizing data formats to ensure data integrity.
Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts: Developed proficiency in using Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts to summarize and visualize large datasets dynamically.
Dynamic Dashboard Design: Learned to create interactive and real-time updating dashboards using slicers and dynamic ranges.
Top 10 Analysis: Gained the ability to perform top 10 analyses to identify key trends and insights within the dataset.
Dashboard Layout and Design: Improved skills in designing user-friendly and intuitive dashboard layouts for clear and effective information presentation.
KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Design: Acquired the capability to design KPIs that provide quick and actionable insights into critical business metrics.
Use of Shapes and Icons: Enhanced visual communication by incorporating shapes and icons to emphasize key data points.
Calculated Fields: Learned to create and use calculated fields to derive new metrics and insights from existing data.
Advanced Excel Formulae: Mastered advanced Excel formulae such as VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, and array formulas for complex calculations and data manipulations.
Chart Design and Formatting: Developed skills in designing and formatting charts for maximum clarity, professionalism, and visual appeal.
These skills collectively enabled the creation of a powerful and insightful IPL dashboard, demonstrating advanced data analysis and visualization capabilities in Excel.