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1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
PowerPivot is an amazing new add-in for Excel 2013 that allows business intelligence pros to process large amounts data. Although it is simple to use in a demo environment, analysts are likely to run into real-life scenarios that are difficult to solve. This guide, dedicated solely to the PowerPivot tool, provides techniques and solutions to real-world problems, including showing the Top N customers by using slicer filters, comparing budget to actuals, drilling across data instead of through data, and joining data from two different sources in a single analysis. |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Dedications; A Note on Hyperlinks; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Dashboard Tricks and Visualization Techniques; Adding a "Last Refreshed Date" Readout; Normalizing Your Measures to First/Average/Max Values for Charts; Bubbling Up Exceptions with "Sarah Problem"; Ranks and Exceptions That Bubble Up to Subtotals; Chapter 2: Slicers: The Gateway to Interactivity; "Initializing" Slicers That Contain Too Many Values to Scroll; Wingdings and Other Symbolic Fonts in Slicers; Using Macros to Change Slicer Fonts |
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A Simple Trick for Combatting "Stale" SlicersUser-Friendly Report Sorting with Slicers; Adding State Alpha Sorting to the Sort-by-Slicer Trick; Conditional Formatting Controlled via Slicers; Catching Slicer Selections in a Formula; Chapter 3: Conquering Common Calculated Column Conundrums; An Excel Pro's Primer on Calculated Columns; Subtotaling Calc Columns and the EARLIER() Function; Referencing the Previous Row and Similar Calcs; Referencing Rows "Within Range" of the Current Row; Totaling Data Table Values in Lookup Tables; CONTAINSX: Finding Matching Values in Two Tables |
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CONTAINSX Revisited: What Is the Match?Common Calendar Conundrums; Custom Calendar Conundrums; Chapter 4: Modeling and Portable Formulas; Integrating Data of Different "Grains"; A Mystifying and Awesome Solution for the Many-to-Many Problem; Calculating Same-Store Sales in Power Pivot; Same-Store Sales Continued: Using Store Open/Close Dates; Campaign Analysis: Seasonally Adjusted Measures; A/B Campaign Analysis with Start and End Date Slicers; Customers and Website Visitors: Percentage Who Return; Calculating Average Customer Age; Moving Averages, Sums, etc |
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Moving Averages Controlled by a SlicerChapter 5: Power Query; Combining Multiple Worksheets or Workbooks into a Single Power Pivot Table; Using Power Query to Merge CSV Files; Using Power Query to "Unpivot" a Table; Using Power Query to Create a Lookup Table from a Data Table; Creating a Calendar Table: Advanced Usage of Power Query; Chapter 6: Power View; How to Use Power View; Chapter 7: Power Map; Thank you; Index; More from Holy Macro! Books |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Microsoft PowerPivot (Computer file)
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Microsoft PowerPivot (Computer file) |
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Microsoft Excel (Computer file)
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Microsoft Excel (Computer file) |
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Microsoft Excel (Computer file) |
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Electronic spreadsheets -- Computer programs.
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Electronic spreadsheets -- Computer programs. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Jelen, Bill.
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Power Pivot alchemy |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Collie, Rob. PowerPivot alchemy. Uniontown, Ohio : Holy Macro!, ©2014 9781615470211 (OCoLC)855200242 |
| ISBN |
9781615472147 (electronic book) |
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1615472142 (electronic book) |
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9781615473373 (electronic book) |
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1615473378 (electronic book) |
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9781615470211 |
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