PowerPivot for the Data Analyst

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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
• Analyse 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.