Come, Look at This Cell: Turn a Messy CSV Into a Clean Weekly Sales Pulse
Manual reporting is not just boring; it is dangerous. We tour the cells of a messy export to build a 'Set and Forget' cleaning machine in Excel.
Sofia Vector
The Visual Investigator Barcelona
Market Analyst who treats data visualization as a lie-detector test. She prefers a messy CSV over a polite PowerPoint, but her true superpower is turning that mess into a chart that makes the problem obvious. A disciple of Edward Tufte and Gestalt theory, she writes here to teach you how to see the patterns your competitors miss—usually using nothing more than Excel and a keen eye.
Note: “Sofia Vector” is a pseudonym. We use pseudonyms so we can write honestly about real work without naming clients, employers, or teams.
The Average Is a Polite Fiction: Why We Must Tour the Tails
Why your 'Average Deal Size' metric is masking a cash flow crisis, and how to use histograms to find the truth hiding in the extremes.