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How do I get reports and a dashboard from my sheet?

Updated October 12, 2026

The short answer

To get reports and a dashboard from your sheet, first pick three to five questions you want answered every week, make sure the columns that answer them are clean and consistent, then show each question as a number card or a simple chart with a date filter. In Excel you use pivot tables; in a system the dashboard updates by itself with every new entry.

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Start with the question, not the chart

A good dashboard answers specific questions: how much did we sell this week? Which orders are late? Which item is about to run out? If you do not know what decision a number leads to, leave it off. Five clear cards are more useful than twenty charts nobody looks at.

Reports worth starting with

  • Total sales or orders by day, week and month.
  • The overdue list: what has not been delivered or paid yet.
  • Best and weakest: items, branches or employees.
  • This period compared with the one before it.
  • Alerts: low stock or an approaching date.

The steps

  1. 1
    Make date and category columns consistent

    A report by month or branch fails when the same branch is spelled two ways.

  2. 2
    Choose the display

    A big number for a total, a line for a trend over time, bars to compare items.

  3. 3
    Add filters

    Period, branch and employee are usually enough.

  4. 4
    Decide who sees what

    The owner sees profit; an employee sees only their own numbers.

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