Ladies & gentleman, put on your helmets. This is going to be mind-blowingly awesome.
About a month ago, we announced our brand new contest – Visualize Excel Salary survey data here.
We received 66 outstanding entries for this. More than 40 entries are truly world-class with innovative visualizations, interactive graphs & kick-ass number crunching. It took me quite a while to organize all these entries, collect screenshots and review them.
So how do we make sense of all these?
Since doing justice all this variety and creativity in one post is difficult, I am doing to dedicate this whole week (30July to 3August) for our contest entries.- 30 July: All 66 contest entries with my comments
- 31 July, 1 & 2 August: Analysis of hand-picked entries. We will scrutinize the Excel techniques used in these entries, learn from them.
- 3 August: Voting for contest winners.
How to read this post?
This is a fairly large post. If you are reading this in email or news-reader, it may not look properly. Click here to read it on chandoo.org.- Each entry is shown in a box with the contestant’s name on top. Entries are shown in alphabetical order of contestant’s name.
- You can see a snapshot of the entry and more thumbnails below.
- The thumb-nails are click-able. So that you can enlarge and see the details.
- You can download the contest entry workbook, see & play with the files.
- You can read my comments at the bottom. If I liked a particular entry, I have put a small “Chandoo’s pick” icon too.
- At the very bottom of this page, I have put a list of resources to help you learn most of the techniques used by our participants.
Thank you
Thank you very much for all the participants in this contest. I have thoroughly enjoyed exploring your work & learned a lot from them. I am sure you had fun creating these too.So go ahead and enjoy the entries.
Interactive Dashboard by Aaditya Nanduri
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- Ability to view results in any currency
- Summaries of selected sub-set at bottom
- Box plots
- Dynamic charts
Interactive Dashboard by Akash Khandelwal
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- Dynamic charts (with filter)
- 5 types of analysis
Interactive Dashboard by Aldo Mencaraglia
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- Dynamic charts
- Indexed salary analysis by country & position
Dashboard by Allred Ben
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- Box plots
- Interesting colors & chart construction
- Multiple filters to select a sub-set of data
- Analysis of salary increase by years of experience (to see % hike with every year added)
- Comparison of survey data with Bureau of labor statistics data
Dashboard by Anchalee Phutest
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- Ability to select any of 6 analysis charts and view
- Word cloud from wordle.net
- World map with colors based on salary made
- Box plots
Dashboard by Andrew Plaut
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- Ability to select any sub-set of data based o region, hours worked etc.
- View results in numbers & charts
Interactive Dashboard by Anup Agarwal
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- Box plots
- Grouping of countries by G7, Developing, Developed etc.
- Multiple filters to select a sub-set of data
- Dynamic hyperlinks to show analysis on hover
- Regression analysis of salary vs. experience
- PPP indexing of salary possible or salary as a % per-capita GDP
Dashboard by Ben Jones
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- Very good colors and bright design
- Text observations & analysis
- Top / bottom 5 country names along with flags
- Slicers
- Interesting chart design with error bars to show standard deviation
Dashboard by Braisted, Matthew
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- Analysis of “How much are your excel skills worth?”
- Simple bar & XY charts to analyze spread of salary
- Estimated Change in Earnings for Each Additional Year of Experience (in $US)
Dashboard by Brant Spear
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- Interesting colors & chart construction
- Option to adjust salary by PPP
- Multiple filters to select type of analysis you want and which data to compare. (For example salary in India vs. All or Experience in Brazil vs. France)
- Closer look at any country, Job-type and salary combinations.
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Dashboard by Bryan Munch
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- Choropleth of salaries in all countries
- Salary by job type analysis
- Interesting layout
Interactive Dashboard by Bryan Waller
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- Dynamic charts
- Average vs. median salaries by region
- Box plots to compare any 2 roles
Dashboard by Cesarino Rua
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- Interactive browsing of data & filtering using Excel’s filters
- Summary of filtered data shown on top along with simple charts
Dashboard by Daniel Rosenberg
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- Interesting layout
- World-map with bubble chart
- Comprehensive analysis
- Interesting analysis on “Potential Salary” – salary possible with 8 hours of Excel work, given current number of hours as input.
Interactive Dashboard by Dustin Corbin
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- Dynamic charts
- Good colors and layout
- Ability to compare any country / job type with world-wide averages
Interactive Dashboard by Ekaterina Batranets
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- Comprehensive analysis
- Dynamic charts
- Trend analysis of salary vs. experience
- Good chart for country analysis
- Slicers based selection
- Interesting layout
Interactive Dashboard by Ganesh Madhyastha
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- Dynamic chart
- Comprehensive analysis
- Text + charts
- Good use of form controls (scroll bar, combo box)
Dashboard by Guillermo Barreda
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- Slicers
- 3D Charts
Interactive Dashboard by Hariharan T S
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- Smart search tool to find you best paying countries & hourly rates
- Select up to 5 countries to compare
- Dynamic charts
Interactive Dashboard by Hilary Lomotey
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- Interesting layout and navigation sheet
- Dynamic charts & data filtering
- Multiple analysis sheets
Interactive Dashboard by Iva Kožar
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- Interesting layout & colors
- Dynamic charts & multiple filters
- Ability to view results in any currency
- Are you earning as much as you could – launches user form to get your details and compare it with data.
Dashboard by Jairaj Guhilot
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- Multiple selection and analysis
- In-cell charts
Dashboard by Jeanmarc Voyer
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- Good layout and colors
- Box plots
- Random facts from data (with ability to refresh)
- Top 5 countries by…
- Many selections to analyze data in several ways
- Comprehensive analysis
- Ability to scale salaries by PPP
- Compare one continent with another
Dashboard by Jingyi Wei
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- World-map with average salary data
- Select analysis type to see the chart
Dashboard by Joerg Decker
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- Interesting layout & colors
- Salary per hour analysis
- Slicers
- Interesting chart construction to show top 5 salary per hour per experience level.
- Box plots
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- Learn how to create interactive dashboards & reports using Excel
- Analyze data like a pro
- 32 hours of video training
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Interactive Dashboard by Joey Cherdarchuk
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- Excellent design & colors
- Dynamic charts (clickable cells with VBA)
- Analysis by continent
- Text + charts
- Clear layout
Dashboard by John Michaloudis
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- Interactive hyperlinks
- World-map with bubble chart
- Slicers
- Top & Bottom salary analysis
- Sparklines
Dashboard by Jonathan Ong
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- Multiple analysis
- Interactive world-map to show regional summaries
- Comparison of Excel salaries with average salary by country for all jobs
- See the results by random sub-set of data or search on your own
Interactive Dashboard by Jose Eduardo Chamon – Claro Matriz –
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- Analysis by country and top 10 positions
- Dynamic charts
- 3D charts
Interactive Dashboard by Juwin
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- Dynamic charts
- Compare multiple countries with one another
- Analysis by many criteria (Sal vs. Jobs, Jobs vs. Experience etc.)
Dashboard by Karine Gouveia Dibai – Mediphacos
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- Good layout and colors
- Clean design with lots of text, numbers and simple charts
Dashboard by Kostas
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- World-map with bubble chart
- Slicers
- Box plots
- Distribution of salaries (all vs. selected data thru slicers)
Dashboard by Krishnan A
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- Analysis in any currency
- Interesting insights from data
- Salaries indexed by PPP
Dashboard by Krishnaraj Alevoor
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- Supports both left & right hand users
- Interactive world-map to select a region
- Country vs. region analysis
Interactive Dashboard by Krishnasamy Mohan
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- Dynamic hyperlinks to show charts
- 3D Charts
Dashboard by Lubos Pribula
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- Very good colors and design
- Multiple selection options to analyze any sub-set of data
- Marking of data by “good reliability” so that you can make sense.
- Select role using clickable cells
- Good mix of numbers, text and charts
Dashboard by Luis E. Hernandez Nicasio
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- Slicers
- Analysis in any currency
- Good colors and layout
- Best paid jobs & countries
Interactive Dashboard by Luke Morris
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- Comparison of one continent with another
- Interesting & comprehensive charts
- Dynamic charts
Dashboard by Lukemoraga@Juno.Com
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- Box plots
- Dynamic charts
- Analysis in any currency
- Updation of charts with dynamic hyper-links
- Analysis by continent or position
Dashboard by Lynn Mar
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- Slicers
- Pivot charts
- Comprehensive analysis
Dashboard by Marko Markovic
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- Pivot charts
- Interesting colors & chart construction
- What-if kind of analysis
Dashboard by Michael Yager
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- Box plots
- Compare one country with another
- Interesting layout and colors
- Headline & text summary
- Analyze top 15 countries (by responses) or all
Interactive Dashboard by Mohd Mustafa
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- Analysis of total numbers (total salary by position etc.)
- Dynamic charts
- Usage of form controls
Dashboard by Nathan Gehman
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- Very good colors
- Box plots
- Salary vs. years of experience (with quartile spread to get a sense)
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- Learn how to create interactive dashboards & reports using Excel
- Develop your own macros & VBA code
- 50+ hours of video training
- Learn at your own pace
- Click here to know more
Dashboard by Neculae Valeriu
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- 3D charts
- Conditional formatting with pivots
Interactive Dashboard by Nicholas R. Moné
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- Dynamic charts
- Good colors and layout
- Key observations in text on top
- Ability to show top 10, top 5 or top n values
- Built in help (interactive)
Interactive Dashboard by Nitin Bindal
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- Interactive pivoting of data
- Dynamic display of chart based on clicked cell
- Key observations in text
- Interesting design
Interactive Dashboard by Oscar T
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- Comprehensive analysis
- Dynamic charts
- Multiple selection of filters
- Key messages on top
- 3D charts
Dashboard by Peter Damian
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- User forms and notes
- Scenario analysis (set conditions to see how people are paid)
- Clickable world-map with interactive analysis of Top 15 countries
- Data form to browse and query data
Interactive Dashboard by Peter Van Klinken
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- Slicers & form controls for dynamic selection
- Comprehensive analysis
- Good colors and layout
- Good mix of text, data and charts
- Clickable world-map
- Search your average worth
- Built-in help
Dashboard by Philippe Brillault
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- Select a business question to see the charts
- Lots of analysis (like cost of living index derived from survey data)
- Analysis & commentary based on selected chart
Dashboard by Prakash Singh Gusain
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- Pivot tables + conditional formatting
- Colorful design
- Slicers
Interactive Dashboard by Rajendra Joshi
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- Dynamic charts
- Text observations & analysis
- Pie chart
Dashboard by Rajinikanth
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- Dynamic display of selected country’s map
- Dynamic charts & multiple filters
- Charts & numbers
- 3D charts
Interactive Dashboard by Ramzan Shaikh
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- Dynamic charts
- Ability to compare one country with another
- Ability to view any data point
Interactive Dashboard by Richard Stebles
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- Form controls to enable dynamic selection of data
- Number of big-macs you can buy with the salary
- Ability to compare countries in any region and see how they fit in with world-wide numbers
- Good colors and layout
Interactive Dashboard by Saurabh Sharma
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- Dynamic charts thru pivot tables
- 3D Charts
Dashboard by Sergey
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- Slicers for selection
- Box plots
- Good colors and layout
- Ability to zoom in to any chart
- Good documentation of the workbook & techniques used
- Comprehensive analysis
Interactive Dashboard by Shyeo
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- Dynamic charts
- Comprehensive analysis
Dashboard by Stilwill, Kelly
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- Ability to analyze by any currency
- Multiple selection options to analyze anything.
- World map with XY chart
- Sparklines
Interactive Dashboard by Susan Christine Mcmanus
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- Dynamic charts
- Pivot charts
Dashboard by Umang Merwana
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- PPP adjusted salary analysis
- Slicers
- Word cloud of job titles
- Good simple colors
Interactive Dashboard by Vishwanath M.C
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- Dynamic charts
- Key messages on top
- Box plots
Interactive Dashboard by Yogesh Gupta
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- Dynamic charts and multiple selections
- Clickable cells (with VBA)
- Ability to view results in any currency
Interactive Dashboard by Prince Goyal
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- Dynamic charts
- A view of all data that meets given condition
Interactive Dashboard by Vinita Varier
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- Dynamic charts
- Word cloud from wordle.net
- Average vs. total salary earned by all people in a country
Become Awesome in Excel & VBA – Create dashboards like these…
My comments:
- Learn how to create interactive dashboards & reports using Excel
- Develop your own macros & VBA code
- 50+ hours of video training
- Learn at your own pace
- Click here to know more
Tutorials & Examples to Make Excel Dashboards
- Excel Dashboards – Resources, Tutorials and Downloads
- KPI Dashboards using Excel – 6 part tutorial
- Using Picture Links in Excel
- Adding interactivity using Hyperlinks
- Adding interactivity using click-able cells
- Showing one chart analysis from many – Analytical charts in Excel
- Using Check-boxes to show – hide data in charts
- Using Slicers to make dynamic dashboards
- More on interactive charts and dashboards
How do you like these dashboards?
I found quite a few of these really impressive. But I want to hear from you.What entries you liked most? Go ahead and share your views.
