PowerPivot for the Data Analyst: Microsoft

Introduction

In This Introduction

“There’s Row 20 Million” 2

“The PivotTable Field List Has Fields from Both Tables” 2

There Could Be Five Titles for This Book 4

Who Are Those Other People in the Room? 5

How This Book Is Organized 7

Conventions Used in This Book 7

I am a PowerPivot FanBoy.

I remember the exact moment that this happened. Once a year, Microsoft invites all of their MVPs to Redmond, Washington, for the MVP Summit. The event consists of two days of executive keynotes and two useful days spent with the project managers of your individual technology. I always go to the MVP Summit, looking forward to spending time with the Excel project managers. During those two days, you go from meeting to meeting on the Redmond campus, hearing ...