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RE: Charts - Parts to a Whole

Hi Maya, To be fair to the pie, they're ok for 2 or 3 series that are significantly different in size since it'll be easy to compare the segments t...

10 years ago
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RE: How to represent trends in changing data overtime

Hi Marc, It sounds like you need to take these snapshots at regular intervals (daily, weekly, monthly, whatever frequency you want) and add that da...

10 years ago
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RE: Formula.Firewall: Query references other queries or steps, so it may not directly access a data source.

Hi Oleg, Ken Puls does a great job of explaining what's going on here and a solution in this post: Let me know if you get stuck. Mynda

10 years ago
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RE: Query: Pareto chart using combo chart option with underlying dynamic data.

Hi Anthony, Unfortunately this is a known bug with Pivot Charts 🙁 The workaround is to create a regular chart from your PivotTable. I wrote about...

10 years ago
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RE: Monthly Accounts to Annual Summary

Hi Meyanui, I suspect the reason you haven't had an answer to your question yet is because you haven't been clear in your requirements. You say "I ...

10 years ago
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RE: Is sumifs the best efficent way to sum these numbers

Hi Angela, When your data is laid out in the wrong format, as you already identified, there are often no simple solutions. The formula you're using...

10 years ago
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RE: Preparing Worksheet

Hi Bill, This thread has an explanation for "Preparing Worksheet": Which is backed up by a similar explanation on this thread: Hope that...

10 years ago
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RE: Best approach - while working through the programme

Hi Ciaran, I would watch the video through first. Then practice what you've just learnt using the workbooks to replicate the steps. You may need to...

10 years ago
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RE: 7.01 - Parameter Tables for Filtering

Hi Amanda, Please watch session 7.01 Parameters Tables for Filtering, and see if you can use that technique for your scenario. Note: since your ...

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RE: Option Buttons Keep Changing

Hi Shelley, If you're sure that when you add the new button it's not inside the group outline then it sounds like a bug. Are you able to share the ...

10 years ago
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RE: loan schedule

Hi Rathanak, You can use the PMT function for a loan schedule: Loans don't usually skip days since the money is still on loan on a weekend and ho...

10 years ago
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RE: DataFormat.Error: There were more columns

Hi Vanessa, I suspect the problem lies in the different file formats being merged. Please check that the line containing Csv.Document specifies the...

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RE: How to Extract the name before the first number

Hi Jose, In Power Query you can add a custom column and use this formula: =Text.Start( [Hotel], Text.PositionOfAny( [Hotel], {"1","2","3","4","5...

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RE: Calculated Field result in 0

Hi Bill, For future reference you can attach workbooks to the forum post. 1. Click the 'Attachments' button on the bottom left of where you type...

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RE: Gantt Chart and conditional formatting

Hi Bernie, Since you weren't clear how you wanted this vertical bar to look I've made some assumptions in the attached file, and below is a link to...

10 years ago
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