3 Steps To Visualize Analytics In Excel

March 5th, 2015

3 STEPS TO VISUALIZE ANALYTICS IN EXCEL

Timothy Gillman

Analytics Strategist – Portent Inc.

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WHO I AM

• EXCEL WIZARD

• SPECIALIZE IN

BUILDING DATA TOOLS

• MOHAWK


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I WORK HERE IN

SEATTLE


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DO YOU USE DATA?

DO YOU SEND OUT

REPORTS?


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GOAL:

THEY DON’T HAVE TO

ASK YOU QUESTIONS


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DATA!!!

PLEASE

HELP

ME

WHY

AHHHH


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1 - GET THE DATA

2 - ORGANIZE IT

3 - VISUALIZE IT

BONUS – HIGH END STUFF!!!


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ME YOU? COOL!


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PLATFORM 1

ADOBE ANALYTICS

AKA: OMNITURE


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PRESENT YOUR DATA!

WHO TEAM MEMBER

WHAT TOP 10 BLOG POSTS

TIME JANUARY

METRIC UNIQUE VISITORS


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GET THE DATA


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CLICK VIEW ALL REPORTS


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GO TO THE

PAGES REPORT


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FILTER FOR

“BLOG”


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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

(EVEN FOR DATA NERDS)

CUSTOMIZATION:

RAW DATA > PLATFORM

DATA


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CLICK

DOWNLOAD


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CLICK CSV


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ORGANIZE THE DATA


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Page Unique Visitors

sports 5531

cooking 3520

romance 2049

architecture 1986

travel 1877

origami 1845

tv 1493

gaming 1488

theatre 1474

fitness 1275

literature 1215

astronomy 1207

law 1106

music 1027

community 1021

sales 1015

parenting 935

nature 919

politics 874

movies 784

marketing 715

transportation 713

THE BASICS


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OMNITURE

DIMENSIONS


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OMNITURE

DIMENSIONS

METRICS


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OMNITURE

DIMENSIONS

METRICS

EXCEL

CATEGORIES

DATA SERIES

=

=


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sports

cooking

romance

architecture

travel

origami

tv

gaming

theatre

fitness

literature

astronomy

law

music

community

sales

parenting

nature

politics

movies

I MADE THESE UP


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METRICS

OMNITUREsports

cooking

romance

architecture

travel

origami

tv

gaming

theatre

fitness

literature

astronomy

law

music

community

sales

parenting

nature

politics

movies

DIMENSIONS


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DATA SERIES

EXCELsports

cooking

romance

architecture

travel

origami

tv

gaming

theatre

fitness

literature

astronomy

law

music

community

sales

parenting

nature

politics

movies

CATEGORIES


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VISUALIZE THE DATA


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CLICK TABLES


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PICK A STYLE


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sports 5531

cooking 3520

romance 2049

architecture 1986

travel 1877

origami 1845

tv 1493

gaming 1488

theatre 1474

fitness 1275

literature 1215

astronomy 1207

law 1106

music 1027

commnity 1021

sales 1015

parenting 935

nature 919

politics 874

HIGHLIGHT


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CLICK ON CHARTS


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PICK A STYLE


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PICK A CHART


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0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

Unique Visitors

Unique Visitors


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EDWARD TUFTE

EXPERT ON DATA

VISUALIZATION


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TUFTE’S RULE

MINIMIZE THE RATIO OF INK

TO DATA

COLUMNS = DATA

EVERYTHING ELSE = INK


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0

1000

2000

3000

4000

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6000

Blog Post Unique Visitors - January


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VISUAL OPTIONS


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5531

3520

2049 1986 1877 18451493 1488 1474 1275



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REMEMBER THE PROCESS!


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GOT THE DATA


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sports 5531

cooking 3520

romance 2049

architecture 1986

travel 1877

origami 1845

tv 1493

gaming 1488

theatre 1474

fitness 1275

literature 1215

astronomy 1207

law 1106

music 1027

commnity 1021

sales 1015

parenting 935

nature 919

politics 874

ORGANIZED IT


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2000

3000

4000

5000

6000


VISUALIZED IT


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PLATFORM 2

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

AKA: GA


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PRESENT YOUR DATA!

WHO CEO

WHAT ALL CHANNELS

TIME Q4 OF 2014

METRICS SESSIONS

GOAL CONV. RATE


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GET THE DATA


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SEARCH FOR

CHANNELS


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THE BASICS…WITH

OTHER STUFF


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DOWNLOAD THE CSV


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ORGANIZE THE DATA


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GA

DIMENSIONS

METRICS

EXCEL

CATEGORIES

DATA SERIES

=

=


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HIGHLIGHT THE DATA


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CLICK DATA TO ACCESS

PIVOT TABLES


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CLICK PIVOT TABLE

SELECT MANUAL OPTION


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DIMENSION

=

ROW LABEL


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DIMENSION

=

ROW LABEL


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METRICS

=

VALUES


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METRICS

=

VALUES


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Row Labels Total Sessions Goal Conv. Rate

Direct 88584 0.04%

Email 976 0.31%

Organic Search 155848 0.05%

Paid Search 32477 0.01%

Referral 36428 0.15%

Social 17076 0.02%

PIVOT TABLE!


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60000

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100000

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180000

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Total Sessions

Goal Conversion Rate

VISUALIZE…

UH OH!


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180000


Total Sessions


WHERE’S THE

GREEN?!?!


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CLICK FORMAT


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SELECT 2ND

DATA SERIES


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CLICK FORMAT

SELECTION


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SELECT

SECONDARY AXIS


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Total Sessions


ALMOST THERE…


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PICK ANOTHER

CHART STYLE


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Sessions & Conversion Rate by Channel - Q4 2014

Total Sessions



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Paid Search Referral Social

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Total Sessions


AXIS TITLES


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REMEMBER THE PROCESS!


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GOT THE DATA


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Row Labels Total Sessions Goal Conv. Rate

Direct 88584 0.04%

Email 976 0.31%

Organic Search 155848 0.05%

Paid Search 32477 0.01%

Referral 36428 0.15%

Social 17076 0.02%

ORGANIZED IT


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Search

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ate

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sion

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Total Sessions


VISUALIZED IT


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1 - GET THE DATA

2 - ORGANIZE IT

3 - VISUALIZE IT


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3 Steps To Visualize Analytics In Excel