June 22, 2016
Power Pivot does VLOOKUP
If you use Excel PivotTables then you’re probably familiar with the need to consolidate data from multiple tables into a
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If you use Excel PivotTables then you’re probably familiar with the need to consolidate data from multiple tables into a
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Since VLOOKUP is one of the most popular Excel functions it makes sense that one of the first things you
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One of the most common questions I get is, what’s the difference between Power Query and Power Pivot and when
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For many people when they think of a chart that shows parts to a whole, a pie chart is the
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Using interactive Excel charts in your dashboards and reports allows the user to pick and choose what they want to
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At first glance the CHOOSE function isn’t very exciting and typically you have to team it up with other functions
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Excel MROUND function is perfect for rounding numbers to the nearest multiple. For example, last week Brenda said she was
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In Excel 2007 Microsoft thought they’d get clever and impose nested row labels in our PivotTables: If you’re a PivotTable
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If you put a field in the values area of a PivotTable and it defaults to COUNT as opposed to
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A common task in Excel is to compare two lists to identify which items are duplicates, different or missing from
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There comes a time in many Excel users’ careers where we start to write incredibly complex Excel formulas to summarise
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I get the fanfare around infographics. They’re used to make information more appealing, grab attention, awaken interest, lessen boredom and
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I use Dynamic Text Labels all the time, whether it’s in a Dashboard report or chart title, and even to
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In this tutorial we're going to reformat Excel reports with Power Query. Why? Because external systems can create some pretty
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When you know what Power Query is capable of you’ll want to get your hands on it immediately. It’s available
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There are 3 ways you can transpose data in Excel (not including VBA). Download the workbook and follow along Enter
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Excel Multi-cell array formulas are a single formula which returns multiple values and is entered into multiple cells. Hence ‘multi’
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You'll typically find the ROW(S) or COLUMN(S) functions nested inside other functions because they make formulas more efficient to write.
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Slicers are a great tool for incorporating interactivity into your reports but we don’t always want to analyse our data
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In an ideal world our data will be in one table so we can easily analyse it in a PivotTable
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Around this time last Year I created an Advent Calendar in Excel: To Count Up or To Count Down? Now,
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Updated 16 May 2023 Note: This does not apply to Power Pivot aka Data Model PivotTables. When you create a
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I bet there's been the odd time you've said to yourself "wouldn't it be nice if Excel had..." Or maybe
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Unfortunately there’s no built in way to calculate the median in a PivotTable. The approach is different depending on whether
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A recurring task in my previous life as an accountant was to analyse actual vs budget figures. However the figures
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That’s a rubbish title, I know. I couldn’t think of a succinct way to describe what I’m about to show
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The AGGREGATE Function is the Swiss Army Knife of functions; it’s so versatile it can replace these 19 Excel functions
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With Office 2016 officially launching on September 22, 2015 I thought I’d give you a sneak peek at a few
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“Funny” days versus funny “Days” Guest post by Roger Govier, Microsoft Excel MVP Do you ever have “Funny” days? You
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Excel’s Flash Fill tool is so cool that you’ll be looking for reasons to use it! Introduced in Excel 2013
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