Datasheet

What about Excel? Could you fit all this information on an Excel spreadsheet?

Sure, but as you can see in Figure 1-5, this data in an Excel spreadsheet is

somehow not as compelling.

Figure 1-5:

Showing the

same data

in an Excel

spreadsheet

is not as

effective.

Figure 1-4:

Select a

Sales Rep

from the list

to see the

metrics

for that

Sales Rep.

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