Chart analytics

Right below the menu with visualization tools there is a set of three icons that allows us to enter one of the three menus that will be shown at the bottom of this panel. They are called Fields, Formats, and Analytics. First shows all the fields that affect appearance of a visual, second has options for its formatting and the third contains functionalities by which we can improve the chart: trend line, constant, minimum, maximum, average and forecast …

Forecast sheet

Forecast Sheet is an option used to calculate trends using specific forecasting functions. This is the Excel 2016 novelty. Based on the data provided for the appropriate time period, future values are forecasted and the lower and upper confidence interval is calculated. The calculated values are shown in the table along with a graph showing trends in data movement.