Indeed, you can use Excel to create heat maps for pretty much anything, from displaying your sports team's on-field strengths to showing how climate change is impacting temperatures over time.

Dynamic dropdowns make Excel smarter by improving data accuracy and user-friendliness. They also adapt to changes in your data, making your worksheets more flexible.

Figure B How to use the UNIQUE () function in Excel If you’re using Microsoft 365 or one of the 2019 standalone versions of Excel, you can quickly create a dynamic list using the UNIQUE () function.