![]() ![]() In the webinars, the “Pivottable pros” are able to provide examples as fast as theyĬan describe them. The calculation and formatting options are simply amazing. PivotTable does complex automated calculations using a “drag and drop and click” user interface. PivotTables prefer input data to be in table form. PowerQuery exports/saves data to table format. When youĮnter a formula in a Table, it automagically copies the formula to all of the rows in the table, including new rows as they are added to the table. In Structured References you use the column names to make the fomulas easier to interpret. Tables use “structured references” in preference to simple ROW COLUMN (A1) references. Tables take data in grid form and apply simple row/column formatting. The result to other people without them needing to have access to the original source data. This means that you can store 10s (even 100s) of millions of rows of data directly in an Excel workbook in a highly compressed and performing way. ![]() Power Pivot compresses the source data and stores it as a database within the Excel workbook. Well before you hit the 1 million row limit, Excel will start performing very poorly, particularly if you have lots of VLOOKUPs etc. ![]() Excel can “natively” only store 1 million rows of data. Then you could import, merge and perform analysis In a nutshell, it allows you to use multiple data sources. Relationships, and create complex (or simple) calculations, all in a high-performance environment, and all within the familiar experience of Excel. With Power Pivot you can work with VERY large data sets, build extensive PowerPivot is a data modeling technology that lets you create “data models”, which is “geek speak” for creating relationships between different input tables, and creating calculation columns. Power Pivot is all about analysing data using the familiar PivotTable tool every Excel user should know It will automagically apply the same manipulations PowerQuery records your changes so you can import new data later and Then it allows you to "clean" and format the data. PowerQuery (Get&Transform) is used to import data from more than 80 different data sources inside and outside of Excel. There are very vague mentions to “PowerPivot” and “Data Modelling” but MS rarely defines them For example one tool is called PowerQuery, except in 2016 when they called it “Get & Transform”, yes they returned to PowerQuery in 2019. Hint : with these “Power” tools, MS has been up to it’s usual games, changing names. ![]() Here are brief descriptions of the various "Power" tools. PowerBIĪt the very end of the wiki there are links to free download PDF ebooks about these features. PowerQuery (PowerPivot) > Tables > PivotTables > PivotCharts > Dashboards. Even as a novice level programmer in them, I am a HUGELY impressed by these tools and constantly try to learn new "tricks" using them. I've used them as a starting point to learn about these new Power features. If you are interested in seeing some demonstrations of these features and their automation, the following Wiki has links to several free Unfortunately these tools are rarely talked about, so they are effectively “hidden”. Since Office 2007, MS has introduced several "Power" tools that add a LOT of automation. Getting Started with “PowerQuery” / “Get & Transform” > Tables > PivotTables > PivotCharts > Dashboards. Here is a link to a wiki with more webinars and articles about these Power Tools *********** Excel "Power." Tools ****************Īctually, this next link if for a free Power "tools" webinar, approx 1hr long, that is running today through Wednesday PivotCharts, are built in to Excel, but PowerBI is "more" powerful, especially the charts. Those 3 features, PowerQuery, PivotTables, It combines PowerQuery, PivotTables, PivotCharts to create really advanced interactive charts. There is a kinda Addon call PowerBI, it is actually a free standalone download from MS. It is not just addons, it can be built in features that you aren't aware of or aren't aware of the full extent of their functionality. If you have any more specific questions on the various topics below, just ask. Give us a list of things you would like to do, and we'll see if we can identify a way of doing them in Office (not just Excel Most of us are not in marketing, so we don't actually know what you need. ![]()
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