Topic: Excel
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You can connect an Excel workbook to a Power BI model in two ways: Using the Analyze in Excel action in powerbi.com Using the Connect to Data action in the ribbon of Power BI publisher for Excel In both cases,… Read more
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In many workshops and sessions about PowerPivot the most frequently asked question has always been: how can I automate the PowerPivot Data Refresh in Excel? I talked about that a few weeks ago. Read more
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Year-To-Date and Difference-Over-Previos-Year (or Year-Over-Year Growth) are among the most required features of any user. Some OLAP client (like ProClarity) offers features that try to solve this problem client-side, but I don’t like this approach given that you might have… Read more
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Microsoft recently released the Analyze in Excel feature, which allows you to connect an Excel pivot table to a data model published on Power BI. I think/hope that Microsoft will enhance this feature to extend its current limits. For example, it does Read more
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Today I observed an issue on a notebook where Excel 2016 was installed and then removed, going back to Excel 2013. After this operation, workbooks having a Power Pivot data model were working correctly by navigating data in PivotTables, but any operation Read more
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I recently write a small article on SQLBI to describe how to create a DAX measure that search for items that have all the items selected in a slicer, instead of any of them. For example, you might want to create a measure that display how many customers Read more
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The August 2015 update of Power BI Desktop added two important features for existing Excel and Analysis Services users: Import Excel Power BI artifacts (Data Model, Queries, Power View) into a new Power BI Desktop file Live Analysis Services Connections Read more
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Thanks to Darren Gosbell we have DAX Studio 2.2. In this new release: Tracing (query plans and server timings) available for Power Pivot Basic implementation of Intellisense Connect to Multidimensional SSAS servers Support for multiple Power BI Desginer Read more
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If you have a PowerPivot workbook created with Excel 2010, in order to navigate and/or update the data model with Excel 2013 you need to upgrade the workbook. Read more
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An interesting experience with Office Click-to-Run is that trusting it to install updates the night before a conference where you are a speaker. I’m writing this blog post while Alberto Ferrari is delivering its part of the preconference training day Read more