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RE: What is Power Pivot used for? What is Power Pivot?

Hi Troy, If the website data is in a HTML table, as opposed to JavaScript, I would connect from Power Query to the web and get the data and clean i...

10 years ago
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RE: Error details: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Hi Troy, That's an odd error. I couldn't find a lot of info on the net where others had had the same error either. Since Power Query is working ...

10 years ago
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RE: Parts to a Whole Chart based on PivotTable

Ah, sorry I missed point 4. You either have to add a Slicer for the year as well, or you can create a yyyy-mm Slicer using this technique: Let me...

10 years ago
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RE: New fields not appearing on PivotTable Field List, even after Refreshing

Hi Gabriela, Glad it's working now, although you shouldn't have to close the file completely for the field to appear. Maybe your PC just needs a re...

10 years ago
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RE: 4.17 Unpivot

Hi Moavu, Please attach a file with your attempt so I can see where things might be going wrong. Mynda

10 years ago
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RE: Parts to a Whole Chart based on PivotTable

Hi Tobias, I'm afraid you have hit the limitation of the Pivot Chart. Pivot Charts only display what's in the PivotTable and as a result the abilit...

10 years ago
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RE: Vertical Axis Question

Sure is, Bob. It's called a ghost series (well that's what I call it anyway) and I cover it in session 4.19 of the Dashboard course. Let me know if...

10 years ago
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RE: New fields not appearing on PivotTable Field List, even after Refreshing

Hi Gabriela, That sounds odd. Can you please send me your file so I can do some testing on my Excel 2010. Thanks, Mynda

10 years ago
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RE: Dates Table gives me dates up to yesterday and not today

Hi Moavu, I refreshed the query in your file attached and also got yesterday's date. That is by design because today isn't over yet. To change t...

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RE: Burndown charts?

Glad you liked the chart. Yes, the total column only makes sense for the labour expenses. You can have it in this table, but it means the auto-popu...

10 years ago
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RE: Filter Data from Table

Hi John, Sounds like the perfect job for a PivotTable. Let me know if you get stuck putting it together. Mynda

10 years ago
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RE: Excel 2013 v. Excel 2016 & Excel Expert

Hi Jennifer, I already replied to your email on this same topic but I'll reply here for the benefit of others too. Excel 2013 and Excel 2016 are...

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RE: Secondary Axis Charts - Which Series on Which Axis?

Great idea, Col. I prefer to separate the data into their own charts to make it quicker to read, but that doesn't always help with comparisons. ...

10 years ago
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RE: What is Power Pivot used for? What is Power Pivot?

Hi Troy, I think you've got a pretty good idea of what Power Pivot does. Another way to look at it is to think of it as a blend between Access; bec...

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RE: Burndown charts?

Hi Troy, I love your frog anaolgy 🙂 In the attached file you'll see on sheet 'Tabular' that I've consolidated your data into one table. You'll...

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