Bike Sales Dashboard in Excel: A Simple Morning Story That Turned Into a Full Project

Some days begin quietly. I wake up, switch on a familiar 90’s playlist, and A. R. Rahman instantly fills the room with that calm confidence only his music brings. “Subah ka muh meetha nahi, data se bhee ho sakta hai,” as people say in a joking tone.

That particular morning, while listening to one of his classics, I found myself drifting toward an old habit: learning something new. YouTube once again played the role of a reliable teacher. A guided Excel project appeared in my recommendations, and I clicked on it almost absent-mindedly.

What started as casual watching slowly turned into a deep dive. The project revolved around Bike Sales Data, and the more I watched, the more I felt that itch to apply it hands-on.

Table of Contents

1. How the Project Started

2. Cleaning the Bike Sales Data

3. Logic Building with Nested IF

4. Designing the Dashboard

5. Final Thoughts

How the Project Started

YouTube walkthroughs often get skipped, but this one pulled me in. It reminded me how powerful Excel becomes when data is structured correctly. The guided project set the stage, and I followed along with my own twists and improvements.

There is an old Hindi saying: kaam wahi, tareeka naya, meaning the task may be the same, but the method can be your own. That simple idea shaped the rest of the work.

Cleaning the Bike Sales Data

Before creating anything meaningful, the raw file had to be cleaned. Empty cells, inconsistent labels, noisy characters—classic issues every analyst deals with. I started fixing them one by one.

This part always feels like sweeping the floor before you paint a room. It looks ordinary, but it defines how good the final dashboard becomes.

Logic Building with Nested IF

The next challenge was creating new columns using conditions. The tutorial used nested IF statements, and I refined the logic to suit the dataset.

Conditional fields like age groups, income brackets, and customer types helped the data tell a clearer story. The beauty of Excel is that when logic clicks, everything else follows naturally.

Designing the Dashboard

After the groundwork, the visual part began. I experimented with layout, charts, color balance, and how clean the page should feel while still carrying complete insights.

The final dashboard you see below is shaped by all those steps—small decisions, careful formatting, and a mindset that every chart should answer a real question.

Do you like this design? It’s always interesting to see how people interpret the same data differently.

Final Thoughts

This little morning project reminded me why learning never gets old. Whether the spark comes from a Rahman track or a YouTube recommendation, what matters is that it pushes you to create something meaningful.

Bike Sales sounds like a simple topic, but it teaches essential skills—data cleaning, logical thinking, visual storytelling, and structured dashboards. These are the same skills that shape strong analysts and help people grow in real-world work.