To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-- Last week, I stopped by Alon Halevy's office to learn how to visualize large data sets onto a map. Halevy, who heads the Data Group at Google Research, walked me through the ...

In today's rapid and sometimes chaotic industrial environments, tracking assets in real time is essential to optimize operations, maximize efficiency and reduce cost. Real-time location systems (RTLS) ...

What do you think of when you see the words "Microsoft Excel?" For many, it's "cells," "numbers," and "formulas." However, there's much more to the program than that! You can also create stunning 3D ...

CartoDB, an online map maker and business intelligence startup, wants to make it easy for anyone to communicate information with a map. Today the startup is unleashing a new feature, One-Click Mapping ...