Speaker(s):  Josh Fennessy  Julie Koesmarno 

Duration: 60 minutes

Track: Data Analytics and Visualization

Boring static reports are no longer acceptable in today's business culture. Analytics should be highly visual, interactive, and tell a meaningful story. The latest version of Microsoft Excel is designed to perform those duties and more, supporting narrative reporting that goes far beyond the tabular format and eliminates the need for comments.
Learn how to craft narrative-style reporting in this unique session, which guides you through several design scenarios that business analysts commonly face. You'll learn Excel reporting techniques that will enable you to build highly visual and interactive reports without the need for heavy infrastructure requirements. Using the session’s eight essential tips, you’ll be able to equip report consumers to make well-informed decisions using data, not commentary. After this demo-filled session, you’ll feel like an information novelist.