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Microsoft Excel Inside Out (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365)
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Microsoft Excel Inside Out (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365)

by Paul McFedries, Bill Jelen
December 2021
Intermediate to advanced
848 pages
21h 22m
English
Microsoft Press
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Chapter 17

Mashing up data with Power Pivot

Joining multiple tables using the Data Model

Unlocking hidden features with the Data Model

Overcoming limitations of the Data Model

The Power Pivot add-in debuted in Excel 2010. The add-in allowed you to:

  • Load 100 million records in an Excel workbook

  • Join data from Sheet1 and Sheet2 in a single workbook

  • Create new calculated fields using a formula language called DAX

  • Use time intelligence functions to handle fiscal years not ending in December

Power Pivot was not developed by the Excel team. It was developed by the SQL Server Analysis Services team. In Excel 2010, the add-in was free and mostly separate from Excel. It proved so popular that the Excel team slowly began incorporating Power Pivot ...

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