This chapter explores **automation** in Excel, a crucial tool for simplifying **repetitive tasks** and improving the efficiency of data processing. 

Automation allows you to concentrate on analysis rather than the intricacies of **report preparation**. 

You'll learn how to utilize basic Excel feature called **macro**, to develop standardized, automated reports.

# Task

After creating and styling some charts in the previous chapter, try to **capture the styling of one chart using a macro and then apply it to another chart** to make them similar.

Remember, Excel **tracks the starting point** when you begin recording a macro. If you want the macro to **affect a selected chart**, start recording with the chart already selected. Here are the steps:

1. **Select the chart** you want to style.
2. **Begin recording** the macro.
3. **Apply the desired styles** to the chart.
4. **Stop recording** the macro.

To apply the macro **to another chart**, follow these steps:

1. **Select the chart** you want to style.
2. **Run the macro**.

These steps ensure that the macro **can be applied to any chart**. 

Conversely, if you **include selecting the chart** as part of the macro, it will always **attempt to apply the styling to the same chart** every time you run it.

> **Note**
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> Be careful when recording a macro. **Each action you do** while recording will be repeated while runing, so make sure **only the correct steps will be saved into you macro**.

Place the steps in the correct order to apply the macro to the same object each time you run it:
1. Begin recording the macro.
2. Stop recording the macro.
3. Selecting the object.
4. Apply changes to the object.

Data Analysis with Excel provides a practical guide to mastering the most essential data management, manipulation, and analysis techniques using Microsoft Excel. You'll gain proficiency in Excel's powerful capabilities, progressing through data analysis methods, and creating dynamic visualizations and interactive dashboards. By the end, you'll learn to automate reporting and apply advanced analytics, equipping you to make informed, data-driven decisions efficiently.

Learn how to import, clean, and transform data with advanced Excel functions to prepare datasets for in-depth analysis. Master techniques to navigate complex data with lookup functions.

Delve into the core of Excel's analytical power by mastering conditional analyses, statistical functions, and PivotTables. This section teaches you how to extract meaningful insights from large datasets using a variety of analytical tools.

Gain the skills to create statistical charts to build interactive dashboards that communicate data visually. Learn to automate repetitive tasks and generate reports efficiently, enhancing productivity and data interaction.

It covers correlation analysis to determine relationships between variables using Pearson’s correlation coefficient, linear regression to explore variable relationships, the addition of trendlines for pattern analysis in forecasting, and the use of t-tests and z-tests in hypothesis testing to evaluate statistical significance.

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