PowerPivot for the Data Analyst: Microsoft Excel 2010, Portable Documents

by Bill Jelen

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ANALYZE HUGE AMOUNTS OF BUSINESS DATA FASTER, MORE EASILY, AND MORE ACCURATELY!

 

Use Microsoft’s free PowerPivot add-in for Excel 2010 to analyze immense amounts of data from any source, perform state-of-the-art business analysis far more easily, and make better decisions in less time!

 

Simple, step-by-step instructions walk you through installing PowerPivot, importing data, using PivotTables with PowerPivot, using super-powerful DAX functions and measures, reporting to print or SharePoint, and a whole lot more.

 

Whatever your Excel data analysis experience, this book will help you use PowerPivot to get the right answers, right now—without IT’s help!



Import and integrate data from spreadsheets, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, text files, Atom data feeds, and other sources
Analyze multiple tables together, without complicated VLOOKUPs
Format, sort, and filter data in the PowerPivot window
Add calculated columns using new DAX functions
Create powerful reports from PowerPivot data—and format them so executives instantly get your point
Discover PivotTable tricks that work even better in PowerPivot
Control multiple PivotTable elements on one worksheet, with one set of Excel 2010 Slicers
Use DAX Measures to quickly perform tasks that were difficult or impossible with Calculated Fields
Compare today’s sales to yesterday’s–or to sales from the parallel period last fiscal year.
Use Named Sets to prepare asymmetric reports, show actuals for past months and plan for future months.
  • ISBN10 0132168200
  • ISBN13 9780132168205
  • Publish Date 3 June 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Pearson Education Limited
  • Imprint Addison Wesley
  • Format eBook
  • Language English