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Beginning Microsoft Power BI: A Practical Guide to Self-Service Data Analytics

Name: Beginning Microsoft Power BI: A Practical Guide to Self-Service Data Analytics
Author: Dan Clark
ISBN: 9781484256206

by Dan Clark

February 2020

Beginner

417 pages

8h 4m

English

Apress

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D. ClarkBeginning Microsoft Power BIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5620-6_11

11. Data Analysis with Pivot Tables and Charts

Dan Clark¹

(1)

Camp Hill, PA, USA

Once you have the data model created in Power Pivot, you need to create an interface for users to interact with the data model and perform data analysis using the model. Excel is a feature-rich environment for creating dashboards using pivot tables and pivot charts. Furthermore, it is very easy to share Excel files with colleagues or host the Excel workbook on SharePoint for increased performance and security. This chapter covers the basics of building an interface for analyzing the data contained in a Power Pivot model using pivot tables and pivot charts in Excel.

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