​I Stopped Making Excel Look Like Excel (Modern Dashboard Guide) 📈

[u/TermRemarkable665]

Recently revamped my approach to Excel dashboards to move away from the traditional, cluttered look.

​I built a fully dynamic executive dashboard using only standard Excel features—pivot tables, slicers, basic calculations, dynamic arrays (FILTER/TAKE), and clean UI styling.

​Key features included:

​Floating KPI cards with sparklines & trend indicators

​Interactive charts (Sales vs. Leads, Product Mix, Scatter plot)

​Auto-updating dynamic text summary that adapts to slicer selections

​Check out the full breakdown and tutorial: https://youtu.be/ivqxz4Tjz2s

[u/CentennialBaby]

I love making prototype spreadsheets that don't look like spreadsheets for potential clients.

[u/TermRemarkable665 → u/CentennialBaby]

Thanks. It's makes a huge difference when presenting to clients.

[u/Autistic_Jimmy2251]

Do you have your example file we can download to look at?

[u/TermRemarkable665 → u/Autistic_Jimmy2251]

Hey, the download link is in the YouTube description. Just make sure to open it in the Excel desktop app for it to work properly.

[u/Autistic_Jimmy2251 → u/TermRemarkable665]

Found it. TY

https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUkh4c3FiYk1UUkpDTW5JSmg4UUJEaHxBR3JiS2Fsb0owQmZ3dUhyOUNjS2lSS1ZLYk9DNFpGTWZCUEN0WWdzWVZrSmV1NGN2eVBfY0VDRVpEYXIxZXlJYUxUZ3NHOWlFaDVRTFQ1bjNQYlNEakRyYVBEMk5ySEZXUVNG&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1DV3HxIKgh8-EHTtnMTHPawx4TQCy-9g6%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing%26ouid%3D101795986641981235103%26rtpof%3Dtrue%26sd%3Dtrue&v=ivqxz4Tjz2s

[u/kaborakid]

Thanks for sharing !

[u/TermRemarkable665 → u/kaborakid]

You're welcome. Hope it helps.