Excel For Mac Quick Analysis Tool

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Quick Analysis helps you to visualize very quickly how you can display your data in a Chart, a Table, Conditional Formatting, Sparklines, …
But it is also possible to remove this option (end of the post).

Presentation

Notice the Quick Analysis Tool icon that is displayed at the bottom of the data. Roll over each option in the Quick Analysis gallery to see a preview. That is essentially how to get excel data analysis tool and to access it you need to navigate to the 'Data' tab and you will see a new box called 'Analysis' and within it the 'Data Analysis.

When you select a range of cells in Excel 2013, a small icon appears in the bottom right corner.

When you click on that icon, a new toolbar with five tools will be displayed.

  • Format
  • Charts
  • Totals
  • Tables
  • Sparklines

All these tools already exist in the previous versions of Excel, but not many users are aware of them. With Quick Analysis in Excel 2013, you just need to click on one of these options to preview how these tools can present your data.

Format

In this tab, you’ll find a preview of the most useful options of conditional formatting. Hover your mouse pointer over the icons, and you can see the suggested format in the original cells.

If you want to apply one of these formats, just click the icon in the tool bar.

Charts

Tool

When you use the Chart preview, it’s best to include the headers in the selection. Then, you can immediately preview the charts with the legends.


Totals

Excel can show different basic calculations like sum, count, or average. This tab is similar to the Σ icon in the Home tab.

Tables

This tab is similar to the Recommended Pivot Table. Here you can visualize some pivot table presentations that relate to the data you have selected.

Sparklines

Sparklines are mini-charts in a cell that can show you the trend of your data. You just have to select one of these options to preview the result to the right of your selected data.

Remove this option

if you want, you can remove the Quick Analysis tool by changing one option.

Quick Analysis Button In Excel

Mac

Excel 2016 Quick Analysis Button

Go to File > Options > General and unchecked the option “Show Quick Analysis options on selection”