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RE: get hourly data from database using ODBC

Hi Michael, Great to see you're giving Power Query a try. I recommend method 2 because this will be more efficient for Power Query. Once you hav...

8 years ago
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RE: Modification: Excel Search a Cell for a List of Words

Hi, Use the "SEARCH Not Case Sensitive Array Formula" and change the ROW reference to match the number of items in your 'List'. e.g. if you add one...

8 years ago
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RE: CALCULATE SAME PERIOD PREVIOUS YEAR - PART YEAR

Hi Alison, You can use PARALLELPERIOD or SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR for this. See file attached. Mynda

8 years ago
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RE: CALCULATE SAME PERIOD PREVIOUS YEAR - PART YEAR

Hi Alison, It may be something that you should use PARALLELPERIOD for, but without knowing the context I can't be sure. Please provide a screens...

8 years ago
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RE: Power Pivot / Pivot Tables Problem

You could try creating a Named Set as Velouria suggested.

8 years ago
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RE: Having trouble creating my first calculated column

Hi Mark, Just thought...you could create a 'Set' for your YTD figures as described in video 11.01 of the Power Pivot course. Mynda

8 years ago
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RE: Power Pivot / Pivot Tables Problem

Hi David, Yes, they're inevitable because you have the Month column in the column labels. Mynda

8 years ago
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RE: How to update folder and file names - e.g. change from 2018 in folder name to 2019

Hi Anne, I presume you have a new folder for the 2019 source files. In which case, make a copy of the Excel file containing the 2018 query. This wi...

8 years ago
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RE: Table doesnt expand to inclujde new data

Hi Georgie, Power Query is the only thing that can add data to the bottom of a Power Query table. If you want to add data then you add it to the so...

8 years ago
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RE: FORMAT Syntax - percent

Hi Alison, Try a custom format like so: =FORMAT(DIVIDE([# SUN's]-[# SUNS Prv Year],[# SUNS Prv Year],BLANK()),"0%")& " Decrease") Mynd...

8 years ago
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RE: Data Labels - only on one series

Hi Alison, Unfortunately not, sorry. Mynda

8 years ago
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RE: Having trouble creating my first calculated column

Hi Mark, AVERAGEX won't calculate a YTD value. If you look at the first image you can see the value for YTD Score is the same every month. Also, yo...

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RE: Dynamic calculated column based on excel cell reference

Hi Arun, Dynamic calculations like this are possible in both Power Query and Power Pivot. My concern is that you shouldn't be doing a calculation l...

8 years ago
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RE: Dynamic calculated column based on excel cell reference

Hi Arun, Thanks for clarifying and sharing your file. I'm a bit concerned because this data isn't in a tabular format i.e. you should have 3 column...

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