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Published inFeb 2024
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Michael Olafusi
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Michael Olafusi

Michael Olafusi is a 9x Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and a business intelligence consultant. He is the lead consultant and founder of MHS Analytics Inc. in Canada and UrBizEdge Limited. He has been consulting for clients across North America, Europe, and Africa on data analysis, business intelligence, and financial modeling for the past 10 years. Outside of his consulting business, he is a member of Rotary and the Southern Cruisers Riding Club (SCRC) Chapter 373. He is a proud member of the Canadian Red Cross friendly calls volunteer team. He is also a faculty member at WorldQuant University, USA.
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Building the HR manpower dashboard

We will pick up from where we left off in the previous chapter when we built the data model, like the one in the following screenshot:

Figure 11.1 – An overview of the HR dashboard data model

Figure 11.1 – An overview of the HR dashboard data model

We are going to build an HR manpower dashboard that will look like the one in the following screenshot:

Figure 11.2 – An overview of a snapshot of the dashboard to be built

Figure 11.2 – An overview of a snapshot of the dashboard to be built

To build this dashboard, we will use the following components in Excel:

  • A PivotTable to generate the interactive tables
  • A PivotChart to create two column charts in the dashboard
  • Insert a picture to add the company logo
  • Shapes and icons to create single-value cards at the top of the dashboard

By the time we have finished building the dashboard, you will get to experience the power that having a proper data model puts in your hands, building beautiful interactive dashboards without using complex...

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Michael Olafusi

Michael Olafusi is a 9x Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and a business intelligence consultant. He is the lead consultant and founder of MHS Analytics Inc. in Canada and UrBizEdge Limited. He has been consulting for clients across North America, Europe, and Africa on data analysis, business intelligence, and financial modeling for the past 10 years. Outside of his consulting business, he is a member of Rotary and the Southern Cruisers Riding Club (SCRC) Chapter 373. He is a proud member of the Canadian Red Cross friendly calls volunteer team. He is also a faculty member at WorldQuant University, USA.
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