Synopses & Reviews
Microsoft PowerPivot es un complemento gratuito para Excel de Microsoft que permite a los usuarios producir nuevos tipos de informes y análisis que simplemente eran imposibles antes, y este libro es el primero en abordar fórmulas DAX, la capacidad central de PowerPivot, desde la perspectiva de la audiencia de Excel. Escrito por el principal blogger a nivel mundial y practicante de la herramienta, los conceptos y el enfoque del libro se introducen de una manera paso a paso sencilla adaptada al estilo de aprendizaje de los usuarios de Excel en todas partes. Las técnicas que se presentan permiten a los usuarios producir, en horas o incluso minutos, resultados que anteriormente habrían tenido equipos enteros semanas o meses para producir e incluir lecciones sobre la diferencia entre las columnas y medidas calculadas, cómo fórmulas pueden ser reutilizadas a través de informes de totalmente diferentes formas , cómo combinar conjuntos disjuntos de datos en informes unificados, cómo hacer que ciertas columnas en un pivote se comporten como si el pivote estuviese filtrado mientras otras columnas no, y cómo crear cálculos de tiempo inteligentes en las tablas dinámicas como "Año a Año" y "Medias Móviles" si utilizan un calendario estándar, fiscal o un calendario personalizado. Las técnicas de "tipo-patrón" y las mejores prácticas contenidas en este libro se han desarrollado y perfeccionado a lo largo de dos años de entrenamiento en sitio con los usuarios de Excel de todo el mundo, y las lecciones clave de los seminarios que cuestan miles de dólares por día ya están disponibles dentro de las páginas de esta fácil de seguir guía.
Microsoft PowerPivot is a free add-on to Excel from Microsoft that allows users to produce new kinds of reports and analyses that were simply impossible before, and this book is the first to tackle DAX formulas, the core capability of PowerPivot, from the perspective of the Excel audience. Written by the worlds foremost PowerPivot blogger and practitioner, the books concepts and approach are introduced in a simple, step-by-step manner tailored to the learning style of Excel users everywhere. The techniques presented allow users to produce, in hours or even minutes, results that formerly would have taken entire teams weeks or months to produce and include lessons on the difference between calculated columns and measures, how formulas can be reused across reports of completely different shapes, how to merge disjointed sets of data into unified reports, how to make certain columns in a pivot behave as if the pivot were filtered while other columns do not, and how to create time-intelligent calculations in pivot tables such as “Year over Year” and “Moving Averages” whether they use a standard, fiscal, or a complete custom calendar. The “pattern-like” techniques and best practices contained in this book have been developed and refined over two years of onsite training with Excel users around the world, and the key lessons from those seminars costing thousands of dollars per day are now available to within the pages of this easy-to-follow guide.
Synopsis
Microsoft PowerPivot is a free add-on to Excel from Microsoft that allows users to produce new kinds of reports and analyses that were simply impossible before, and this book is the first to tackle DAX formulas, the core capability of PowerPivot, from the perspective of the Excel audience. Written by the worlds foremost PowerPivot blogger and practitioner, the books concepts and approach are introduced in a simple, step-by-step manner tailored to the learning style of Excel users everywhere. The techniques presented allow users to produce, in hours or even minutes, results that formerly would have taken entire teams weeks or months to produce and include lessons on the difference between calculated columns and measures, how formulas can be reused across reports of completely different shapes, how to merge disjointed sets of data into unified reports, how to make certain columns in a pivot behave as if the pivot were filtered while other columns do not, and how to create time-intelligent calculations in pivot tables such as “Year over Year” and “Moving Averages” whether they use a standard, fiscal, or a complete custom calendar. The “pattern-like” techniques and best practices contained in this book have been developed and refined over two years of onsite training with Excel users around the world, and the key lessons from those seminars costing thousands of dollars per day are now available to within the pages of this easy-to-follow guide.
Synopsis
Microsoft’s Power Pivot is an add-on to Excel that enables you to produce new kinds of reports and analyses that were simply impossible before. This book is the first to tackle DAX formulas, the core capability of Power Pivot, from the perspective of the Excel audience. Written by a leading Power Pivot educator (and former leader on the Power Pivot and Excel teams at Microsoft), the book’s concepts and approach are introduced in a simple, step-by-step manner tailored to the learning style of Excel users everywhere.
The techniques presented allow users to produce, in hours or even minutes, results that formerly would have taken entire teams weeks or months to produce. In this book you will learn how Power Pivot:
1) Gives you “portable” formulas that can be re-used across multiple different reports with a single click.
2) Removes the need to ever write a VLOOKUP formula again.
3) Allows you to add smart calculations to pivots, such as “Year over Year” and “Moving Averages” which auto-adjust as the pivot changes.
4) Effortlessly merges disjointed sets of data into unified insight.
As a bonus, Power Pivot and DAX formulas are both the heart AND brain of Microsoft’s “Power BI” system, giving us a long-needed bridge between the worlds of Excel and Business Intelligence – a bridge that any Excel PivotTable user can cross with the help of this easy-to-follow book. Your new career – and your organization’s future – starts within these pages
About the Author
A former Microsoft engineering leader, Rob Collie is an entrepreneur, author, and consultant who believes Excel is enjoying a renaissance in power and importance - a trend that provides massive opportunities for the millions of Excel practioners worldwide. His passion is empowering and the Excel Professional to seize those opportunities. When he's not training, consulting, or writing, Rob can be found in his laboratory, devising new tools and techniques for the Excel community. He also operates the world's leading PowerPivot website (PowerPivotPro.com) and occassionally sleeps.