Overview

Use Microsoft’s free PowerPivot add-in for Excel 2010 to analyse immense amounts of data from any source, perform state-of-the-art business analysis far more easily, and make better decisions in less time! Simple, step-by-step instructions walk you through installing PowerPivot, importing data, using PivotTables with PowerPivot, using super-powerful DAX functions and measures, reporting to print or SharePoint, and a whole lot more. Whatever your Excel data analysis experience, this book will help you use PowerPivot to get the right answers, right now—without IT’s help! Import and integrate data from spreadsheets, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, text files, Atom data feeds, and other sources Analyse multiple tables together, without complicated VLOOKUPs Format, sort, and filter data in the PowerPivot window Add calculated columns using new DAX functions Create powerful reports from PowerPivot data–and format them so executives instantly get your point Discover PivotTable tricks that work even better in PowerPivot Control multiple PivotTable elements on one worksheet, with one set of Excel 2010 Slicers Use DAX Measures to quickly perform tasks that were difficult or impossible with Calculated Fields Compare today’s sales to yesterday’s–or to sales from the parallel period last fiscal year. Use Named Sets to prepare asymmetric reports, show actuals for past months and plan for future months.

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Author:   Bill Jelen
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Que Corporation,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.528kg
ISBN:  

9780789743152

ISBN 10:   0789743159
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   24 June 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Downloading and Installing PowerPivot 2 The Promise of PowerPivot 3 Why Wouldn't I Build Every Future Pivot Table in PowerPivot? 4 Getting Your Data into PowerPivot 5 Creating and Managing Relationships 6 Using Data Sheet View 7 Building Pivot Tables 8 Cool Tricks Native to Pivot Tables 9 Cool Tricks New with PowerPivot 10 Using DAX for Aggregate Functions 11 Using DAX for Date Magic 12 Named Sets, GetPivotData, and Cube Formulas 13 Final Formatting: Making the Report Not Look Like Excel 14 Upgrading to PowerPivot Server Appendix A: More Resources

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Bill Jelen , Excel MVP and the host of MrExcel.com, has been using spreadsheets since 1985, and he launched the MrExcel.com website in 1998. Bill was a regular guest on Call for Help with Leo Laporte and has produced more than 1,200 episodes of his daily video podcast, Learn Excel from MrExcel. He is the author of 30 books about Microsoft Excel and writes the monthly Excel column for Strategic Finance magazine. You will most frequently find Bill taking his show on the road, doing half-day Power Excel seminars wherever he can find a room full of accountants or Excellers. Before founding MrExcel.com, Jelen spent 12 years in the trenches working as a financial analyst for finance, marketing, accounting, and operations departments of a $500 million public company. He lives near Akron, Ohio, with his wife, Mary, Ellen and his sons, Josh and Zeke.

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