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Module 7 – Final Project: Sales Dashboard

Module 7 – Final Project: Sales Dashboard

Welcome to Module 7 – Final Project of the Excel Basic International Course. This is the final step of your learning journey, where you will apply everything you have learned across the previous six modules to build a complete, professional Sales Dashboard.

This module simulates a real business scenario and will help you develop practical skills used in companies worldwide. You will work with real data, apply formulas, create visualizations, and design a clean and functional dashboard ready for presentation.

What You Will Build

By the end of this module, you will have created a fully functional Sales Dashboard that includes:

  • A clean and structured data table
  • Essential formulas and calculated fields
  • Professional conditional formatting
  • Multiple charts (column, line, pie)
  • A clear KPI summary section
  • A polished dashboard layout ready for reporting

This project is designed to be practical, realistic, and aligned with international standards such as ICDL, MOS, and corporate Excel onboarding programs.

Skills You Will Apply

This module brings together all the essential skills learned throughout the course:

This module is designed to consolidate your learning and give you a real, portfolio‑ready project.

How the Final Project Is Structured

The Final Project is divided into five parts, each focusing on a specific phase of building the dashboard:

  1. Part 1 – Preparing the Dataset
  2. Part 2 – Building the Calculations Layer
  3. Part 3 – Creating Visualizations
  4. Part 4 – Building the Dashboard Layout
  5. Part 5 – Final Review and Export

Each part includes detailed instructions, examples, and exercises to help you build the dashboard step by step, even if you are a complete beginner.

Before You Start

Make sure you are comfortable with the following topics:

  • Entering and formatting data
  • Using formulas and functions
  • Working with tables
  • Creating charts
  • Applying conditional formatting
  • Navigating Excel efficiently

If needed, revisit any lesson using the internal links above.

Start the Final Project

Begin with the first part: Final Project – Part 1: Preparing the Dataset

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