Practical guides for getting more from your spreadsheets.
Learn how to analyse, check, compare and visualise Excel and CSV data — then try the same workflow directly in Data Studio.
A practical workflow for moving from a spreadsheet to useful insights without manually building every chart.
Read guide →DATA QUALITYHow to Check Excel Data QualityFind missing values, duplicates, inconsistent data, outliers and other common quality issues before analysis.
Read guide →DASHBOARDSHow to Create a Dashboard From ExcelTurn spreadsheet data into KPIs, trends and category views using an automatic dashboard workflow.
Read guide →COMPARISONHow to Compare Two Excel FilesIdentify added, removed and changed records and understand how important metrics moved between versions.
Read guide →Use the techniques on common business datasets.
Once you understand the analysis workflow, see how it applies to sales, inventory, finance and operations data.
Analyse revenue, products, regions, trends and forecasts.
Explore →02Inventory AnalysisReview stock, movement, categories and recurring periods.
Explore →03Financial AnalysisExplore costs, revenue, comparisons and scenarios.
Explore →04Operations AnalysisFind operational patterns, outliers and performance signals.
Explore →Try the workflow with your own file.
The guides explain the approach. Data Studio lets you apply it immediately to your own Excel or CSV dataset.