Widgets ShowcasePress F9 to update widgets with random data!LIGHT COLOR SCHEMEDARK COLOR SCHEMEWidget Main TitleDaily Widget DemandWidget Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayActual Value52.7Minimum Value0.0Maximum Value100.0Widget Main TitleDaily Widget DemandWidget Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayActual Value36.047Total Value83.0Widget Main TitleDaily Widget DemandWidget Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayActual Value20.0Total Value83.0Widget Main TitleSales YTD (Target: $7.3m)Widget Unitsx millions USD$Actual Value3.1Scale22.8ScaleMin0.0Scale35.5Scale10.8ScaleMax7.3Widget Main TitleDaily Widget OutlookWidget Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayActual Value30.3%Minimum Value0%Maximum Value100%Widget Main TitleSales YTD (Target: $7.3m)ScaleMin0ScaleMax1000Q1 Target623Q1 Actual606Q2 Target756Q2 Actual752Q3 Target690Q3 Actual616Q4 Target898Q4 Actual925Widget Main TitleWeekly Sales vs TargetsLight #1 Value87Yellow to Red ValueLight #2 Value1290Light #3 Value62Green to Yellow ValueLight #4 Value6770Widget Main TitleDaily Widget ProductionSlice #1 ValueBlue Widgets3042Slice #2 ValueRed Widgets4993Slice #3 ValueGreen Widgets6974Widget Main TitleDaily Widget ProductionNote: The data for this widget can be found in theWidget Showcase Calcs page.Widget Main TitleMonthly Salary ExpenditureWidget Value754,483Previous Value753,315Widget Percent0.2%AgesMaleFemale0-20131620-30333330-40485140-50393950-60233360-7098Widget Main TitleStaff RetentionPercentage #178.1%Percentage #277.9%Percentage #376.5%adSelect a DestinationBrussels

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Widget Showcase CalcsMicrosoft Excel Dashboard Calculations PageCopy each of these blocks of code as many times as you need for each of your new widgetsA) Linear Dial WidgetValueDegsxyMin0.00.054.249.8Max100.0180.052.0-0.2Actual52.794.848.00.2Scale120.054.249.8Scale240.050.00.0Scale360.0Scale480.0Step #1: Link the yellow cells to your "My Configuration Page" cellsStep #2: Link Dial Widget to blue cells following this example.B) Circular Dial Widget Type #1ValuexyActual3636.047.0Max83Percent43%Step #1: Link the yellow cells to your "My Configuration Page" cellsStep #2: Link Dial Widget to blue cells following this example.C) Circular Dial Widget Type #2ValuexyActual2020.063.0Max83Percent24%Step #1: Link the yellow cells to your "My Configuration Page" cellsStep #2: Link Dial Widget to blue cells following this example.D) Non-Linear Dial WidgetValueDegsWhichxyMin0.0000.0Quarter?53.849.9Max7.300180.0352.0-0.2Actual3.0775.648.00.2Scale10.782New Angle53.849.9Scale22.80594.450.00.0Scale35.500Step #1: Link the yellow cells to your "My Configuration Page" cellsStep #2: Link Dial Widget to blue cells following this example.E) Thermometer WidgetValuexyMin0.00.030.3%30%Max1.0Actual0.3Scale10.2Scale20.4Scale30.6Scale40.8Step #1: Link yellow cells to "My Configuration Page"Step #2: Link Dashboard Widget to blue cells following this example.F) Equalizer WidgetValueMin0Max1000YellowRedGreenYellowRedQ1 Target6239900|||||||||00Q1 Actual6068800||||||||00Q2 Target756101000||||||||||00Q2 Actual752101000||||||||||00Q3 Target6909900|||||||||00Q3 Actual6169900|||||||||00Q4 Target898121020||||||||||||0Q4 Actual925131021|||||||||||||Step #1:Link the yellow cells to your "My Configuration Page" cellsStep #2: Link text boxes in Equalizer Widget to blue cells following the Widgets Showcase example.G) Traffic Light WidgetTargetRanges08790Yellow to Redl70Green to Yellow0TargetRanges01290Yellow to Red070Green to YellowlTargetRanges06290Yellow to Red070Green to YellowlTargetRanges06790Yellow to Red070Green to Yellowl1) Link yellow cells to your "My Configuration Page" cells2) Link the text boxes on Traffic Light Widget to blue cells.H) Pie Widget0TitlesBlue WidgetsRed WidgetsGreen WidgetsValues3,0424,9936,974Values23,0424,9936,974Percents20.333.346.5Labels3,042 (20.3%)4,993 (33.3%)6,974 (46.5%)1) Link yellow cells to "My Configuration Page"2) Link the Pie Widget following this example.I) Trend WidgetDate1/1/122/1/123/1/124/1/125/1/126/1/127/1/128/1/129/1/1210/1/1211/1/1212/1/1213/1/1214/1/1215/1/1216/1/1217/1/1218/1/1219/1/1220/1/1221/1/1222/1/1223/1/1224/1/1225/1/1226/1/1227/1/1228/1/1229/1/1230/1/1231/1/121/2/122/2/123/2/124/2/125/2/126/2/127/2/128/2/129/2/1210/2/1211/2/1212/2/1213/2/1214/2/1215/2/1216/2/1217/2/1218/2/1219/2/1220/2/1221/2/1222/2/1223/2/1224/2/1225/2/1226/2/1227/2/1228/2/1229/2/121/3/122/3/123/3/124/3/12Value4.003.833.913.914.014.384.564.304.524.504.515.015.175.665.455.255.405.556.206.857.247.147.457.487.407.968.128.498.488.958.779.199.449.219.7910.0610.5910.5210.6010.7210.4610.5510.5710.5210.8810.7510.7110.4510.3610.8311.2211.6112.3012.5912.8313.4213.9314.0413.9614.6414.4114.3714.9815.16Step #1: Enter your trend data here as a date and value..Step #2: Link the XY Graph on the Trend Widget to the cells following the Widgets Showcase example.J) Up/Down WidgetValue754,483754,483$ 754,483Previous Value753,315Up / Down SymbolpStep #1: Link the yellow cells to your "My Configuration Page" cellsStep #2: Link your text boxes in your Dashboard Widget to the blue cells.K) Funnel WidgetAgesTotalMaleFemaleAgesMaleFemale0-202913160-20-131620-3066333320-30-333330-4099485130-40-485140-5078393940-50-393950-6056233350-60-233360-70179860-70-98344165179Step #1: Link the yellow cells to your "My Configuration Page" cellsStep #2: Link the Funnel Widget to the blue cells following the Widgets Showcase example.L) Dots WidgetActual178.1%Actual277.9%Actual376.5%050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll41lllll41lllll32lllll50lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll050lllll0Step #1: Link the yellow cells to your "My Configuration Page" cellsStep #2: Link your text boxes in your Dashboard Widget to the blue cells following the Widgets Showcase example.M) Map WidgetSelectionBrusselsDot8.660.8Circle8.660.8Temp Text15C / 59FUp/DownqMap Locations and Temperatures DatabasexyTemp CTemp FUp/DownAmsterdam862745pAthens26482272pBangkok118.1133188pBeijing11647.62272pBerlin1358.71458qBrasilia-47-152170qBrussels8.660.81559qBuenos Aires-48.5-43.52577pCairo35.836.52781pCanberra149-482883qCape Town22.6-372374qCopenhagen1266.61763qDublin-1.867.21356pIslamabad76.440.72374pJakarta117.8-62781pJerusalem41.638.92883pKampala37.302476pKathmandu96411865qKhartoum32152985qKinshasa22.9-42883qKuala Lumpur119.902781qLima-76.2-122476qLisbon-1.851.82476pLondon4.164.31458qLusaka34.3-152781pMadrid1.751.52272qMexico City-10032.22679pMinsk2758.41661pMoscow39.9681763pNairobi44.3-12781qNew Delhi85.241.62883qOslo15.872.31152qOttawa-62621559pParis8591967pPrague1460.91865qRome21.552.72679qSantiago-67.1-35.32883qSanto Domingo-76.729.62577qSeoul128.349.32374pSingapore115.84.62577pTehran54.9352883pTokyo136.149.32476qWashington, DC-67.453.81763pWellington162.1-58.82476q

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Widget ProductionBlue WidgetsRed WidgetsGreen Widgets3041.82803081474993.16578508876973.76041932993,042 (20.3%)4,993 (33.3%)6,974 (46.5%)y68.425193497751.859252428148.140747571968.42519349775046.481310702-0.73700773990.737007739946.4813107020llllllllllllllllWeekly Sales vs TargetsNYCAFLTX|||||||||01000Sales Volume(Target vs Actual)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Q1Q2Q3Q401000x millions USD$6236067567526906168989250.302751129330%Daily Widget Outlook30.3%0.00.82.85.57.3Q1Q2Q3Q4y53.798319513151.994220757648.005779242453.79831951315049.855518941-0.15193278050.151932780549.8555189410x millions USD$Sales YTD (Target: $7.3m)3.1x 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDaily Widget Demand19.971744871363.028255128724%x 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDaily Widget Demand36.045243950446.9547560496368343%0.020.040.060.080.0100.0y54.202992293551.992921415748.007078584354.20299229355049.8230353931-0.16811969170.168119691749.82303539310x 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDaily Widget 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Example Dashboard CalculationsTHANK YOU FOR DOWNLOADING THE EXCEL DASHBOARD WIDGETS SPREADSHEET1. This is the free version of the www.ExcelDashboardWidgets.com dashboard template.2. If you intend to use any part of this template for commercial uses you must purchase a single user license here.3. Unlock the cells on this page and enter your data below by first registering here and receiving an activation code.4. Please feel free to give your feedback or wishlist for improvement on our user's forum here.Microsoft Excel Dashboard Configuration PanelEnter Registered Email Address HereLink to an external spreadsheet or directly enter data for each of your dashboard widgets here..O1st Dashboard Dial Configuration2nd Dashboard Dial Configuration1st Dashboard Themometer ConfigurationDial Main TitleDaily Widget DemandDial Main TitleDaily Widget ProductionDial Main TitleDaily Widget OutlookDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayActual Value9.0Actual Value22.0Actual Value86.0%Minimum Value0.0Minimum Value0.0Minimum Value0.0Maximum Value10.0Maximum Value50.0Maximum Value100.03rd Dashboard Dial Configuration4th Dashboard Dial Configuration2nd Dashboard Themometer ConfigurationDial Main TitleDaily Widget DemandDial Main TitleDaily Widget ProductionDial Main TitleDaily Widget OutlookDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayActual Value8.0Actual Value34.0Actual Value74.1%Minimum Value0.0Minimum Value0.0Minimum Value0.0Maximum Value10.0Maximum Value50.0Maximum Value100.05th Dashboard Dial Configuration6th Dashboard Dial Configuration3rd Dashboard Themometer ConfigurationDial Main TitleDaily Widget DemandDial Main TitleDaily Widget ProductionDial Main TitleDaily Widget OutlookDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayActual Value7.7Actual Value7.8Actual Value23.6%Minimum Value0.0Minimum Value0.0Minimum Value0.0Maximum Value10.0Maximum Value50.0Maximum Value100.07th Dashboard Dial Configuration8th Dashboard Dial Configuration4th Dashboard Themometer ConfigurationDial Main TitleDaily Widget DemandDial Main TitleDaily Widget ProductionDial Main TitleDaily Widget OutlookDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayDial Unitsx 1,000,000 Widgets / DayActual Value9.0Actual Value39.9Actual Value99.7%Minimum Value0.0Minimum Value0.0Minimum Value0.0Maximum Value10.0Maximum Value50.0Maximum Value100.0

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How to Design a DashboardMicrosoft Excel Dashboard Calculations Page1st Dial Calculations2nd Dial Calculations1st Thermometer CalculationsValueDegsxyValueDegsxyValuexyMin0.00.046.549.9Min0.00.027.444.6Min0.00.058.5%59%Max10.0180.052.00.1Max50.0180.051.80.9Max0.0Actual4.886.048.0-0.1Actual17.563.248.2-0.9Actual0.1Scale12.046.549.9Scale110.027.444.6Scale10.0Scale24.050.00.0Scale220.050.00.0Scale20.0Scale36.0Scale330.0Scale30.0Scale48.0Scale440.0Scale40.03rd Dial Calculations4th Dial Calculations2nd Thermometer CalculationsValueDegsxyValueDegsxyValuexyMin0.00.02.014.0Min0.00.074.443.7Min0.00.04.1%4%Max10.0180.050.61.9Max50.0180.051.7-1.0Max100.0Actual0.916.349.4-1.9Actual33.1119.248.31.0Actual0.7Scale12.02.014.0Scale110.074.443.7Scale10.0Scale24.050.00.0Scale220.050.00.0Scale20.0Scale36.0Scale330.0Scale30.0Scale48.0Scale440.0Scale40.05th Dial Calculations6th Dial Calculations3rd Thermometer CalculationsValueDegsxyValueDegsxyValuexyMin0.00.026.143.9Min0.00.072.544.7Min0.00.015.5%15%Max10.0180.051.81.0Max50.0180.051.8-0.9Max100.0Actual3.461.548.2-1.0Actual32.4116.748.20.9Actual0.2Scale12.026.143.9Scale110.072.544.7Scale10.0Scale24.050.00.0Scale220.050.00.0Scale20.0Scale36.0Scale330.0Scale30.0Scale48.0Scale440.0Scale40.07th Dial Calculations8th Dial Calculations4th Thermometer CalculationsValueDegsxyValueDegsxyValuexyMin0.00.027.544.6Min0.00.014.535.2Min0.00.070.6%71%Max10.0180.051.80.9Max50.0180.051.41.4Max100.0Actual3.563.248.2-0.9Actual12.444.848.6-1.4Actual1.0Scale12.027.544.6Scale110.014.535.2Scale10.0Scale24.050.00.0Scale220.050.00.0Scale20.0Scale36.0Scale330.0Scale30.0Scale48.0Scale440.0Scale40.0Key Code CalculationsName:Enter Registered Email Address HereKeyCode:0AuthCode:27F83EBAltCode:17CB1FDCorrect?0Multiplier: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

Customizing ColorsHow to Design an Excel Based Dashboard Using the Dashboard Widgets SpreadsheetWe recommend that before you jump straight into designing your dashboard in Excel you take a bit of time thinking about what information you want to show and how you want to show it. The following steps should help you prepare your Excel dashboard1. Make a list of the key metrics you want to show on your dashboard. Remember the key dashboarding principle of eloquence through simplicity. Try where possible to group the metrics into thematic areas. For example a Human Resources dashboard might show the following metrics..Recruitment MetricsWorkforce MetricsRetention Metrics Number of open positions Workforce breakdown by age Voluntary turnover rate Average cost per recruitment Workforce breakdown by sex Involuntary turnover rate Average days per recruitment Workforce breakdown by grade Average length of service Workforce breakdown by department2. Decide the most meaningful increment of time each of the dashboard metrics will display (current, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly quarterly or annually). You may want to design your dashboard to give you an instantaneous snapshot of the current situation. You may want to update your dashboard once a month for the monthly management meeting. You may even decide to display and compare the same metric over different time increments (for example the current number of open positions compared to the trend over the last year).3. Decide which dashboard widgets you want to use to display each of your metrics. The following widgets are available (feel free to let us know if you would like us to design more). Try to stick to three or four styles per dashboard.- Linear Dial Widget- Non-Linear Dial Widget- Thermometer Widget- Equalizer Widget- Traffic Light Widget- Pie Widget- Trend Widget- Up/Down Widget- Funnel Widget- Dots Widget4. Choose a layout for you widgets. Generally it is good practice that a dashboard should fit on a single landscape screen or single printed sheet of paper (either landscape, portrait). Users should not have to scroll, turn pages, drill-down or recalculate to find the necessary information. The following are example layouts that fit onto a single A4 sheet of paper.5. Sketch your dashboard out on paper. It is significantly easier to first design a dashboard on paper than to build it straight in Excel.5. Now its time to create your dashboard in Excel. Open up a new Excel Dashboard Widgets spreadsheet and set up three new tabs as follows..Tab #1 rename as My DashboardTab #2 rename as My Configuration PageTab #3 rename as My Calculations Page6. Copy and paste the widgets you want to use from the Excel Dashboard Widgets Widgets Showcase Tab onto Tab #1 and arrange them into your required dashboard layout. It is good practice to group the widgets into thematic areas and put the most important metrics on the upper left hand side. Use the cell lines to help you line the widgets up neatly.7. Copy and paste the configuration tables from the Widgets Showcase onto Tab #2 and arrange them in a similar layout to the dashboard layout.8. Copy and paste the relevant widget calculations tables from the Widget Showcase Calcs tab into Tab #3.9. Now comes the difficult part you need to link these three tabs together in exactly the same way as the widgets are linked together on the Widgets Showcase. More information on duplicating widgets can be found here..http://www.exceldashboardwidgets.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6510. You may like to configure your own color scheme. More information on duplicating widgets can be found here..http://www.exceldashboardwidgets.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=67If any of this doesnt make sense post a message in the forum and we would be delighted to help you with your dashboard project.Grab a coffee, take a deep breath and good luck with your dashboard.DashboardWidgets

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HOW TO CUSTOMIZE THE STYLE AND COLORS OF THE WIDGETSThe shapes used to make up the dashboard widgets can be easily customized using the standard Excel commands for Excel shapes.Here is an step-by-step guide of how to reverse the colors and customize the colored markers used in the dials..Step #1Right-click the curved edge of the dashboard widget you want to customize and select group followed by ungroup.You should now see lots of small boxes showing the sub-components that make up the widget.Step #2Here comes the tricky part the components are arranged as layers on top of each other (the circle is on top of the dial needle, which is on top of the colored dial markers, which are on top of the backgrounds). To edit the colored dial markers we need to move the needle one layer backwards. To do this, click the needle once then right-click the rectangular edge and choose send to back followed by send backward.Step #3Now you'll find that the five colored dial markers are grouped together so well need to ungroup them to change their colors. To do this right-click on the group and choose group followed by ungroup. You should now see five small boxes representing the sub-components of the colored scale.Step #4To format any of these individual colored blocks, right-click and select format shape. This will give you the normal Excel suite of customization options including fill colors, transparencies, reflections, gradients, 3d bevels, etc. etc.To reverse the scale, the simplest method is not to change the colors directly (as they are custom shades using RGB numbers) but to use the format painter to copy the formats from one dial to another dial. To do this, ungroup the components in two separate widgets that are side-by-side (following the steps 1-3 above). Next, select one of the scale marker blocks with the desired color. Then click the format painter (in the home section of the top ribbon). Youll notice the mouse arrow has changed into a small paintbrush. Then paint this format onto the target dial marker. You should end up with something like this with the second dial reversed.Step #5You now finally need to reverse steps 1-4 to tidy up your work...5a) Right-click on one of the colored markers and select group followed by group in the second menu - to group the markers together into a single component.5b) Send the markers back one layer (to bring the dial needle forward) by right-clicking and selecting send to back followed by send backwards.5c) Finally right-click the curved edge of the dashboard widget and re-group all of the sub-components into a single component (this makes it easier to move the dial around as a single widget).I hope this makes sense and as always, please feel free to ask for clarification on our website forum if you need help.Good luck with your Excel Dashboard project.ExcelDashboard WidgetsUPDATE - THERE IS A CLEARER TUTORIAL EXPLAINING HOW TO CHANGE COLOURS ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE HEREhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JA9VMOl3UQ

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