Learn Pivot Tables ~By Example~ - Updated for 2019! With this practical and to-the-point guide on Pivot Tables and basic Dashboards, you'll develop the skills to build and modify reports with step-by-step examples and screenshots including how to: Organize and summarize data Format & filter Pivot Table results Create Pivot Charts Display averages & percentages Group data into predefined ranges Use Slicers, Timelines, and Sparklines Rank results Apply calculated fields Use Power Query to create and combine Pivot Table reports from imported files And more! In addition to the above, you will also learn how to create, format, and update a basic Dashboard using Pivot Table data: Incorporate Pivot Charts, Sparklines, and performance symbols into your reporting Refresh and protect your Pivot Table data A great resource for: Business Analysts Data Analysts Financial Analysts Administrative and Support staff Imagine the time you'll save by not having to search the internet or help files to learn the most practical ways of using one of Microsoft® Excel's® best features!

Learn how to create Pivot Tables quickly and easily with this step-by-step guide! This book contains several basic, intermediate, and advanced Pivot Table examples with screenshots demonstrating how to: Organize and summarize data Format results Insert Pivot Charts Display averages & percentages Group data into predefined ranges Rank results Insert calculated fields In addition to the above, you will also learn how to create and update a basic Dashboard using Pivot Table data. Imagine the time you'll save by not having to search the internet or help files to learn the most practical ways of using one of Microsoft(r) Excel's(r) best features. A great resource for: Business Analysts Data Analysts Financial Analysts Administrative and Support staff

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Renowned Excel experts Bill Jelen (MrExcel) and Michael Alexander help you crunch data from any source with Excel 2019 pivot tables. Use Excel 2019 pivot tables and pivot charts to produce powerful, dynamic reports in minutes instead of hours, to take control of your data and your business. Even if you’ve never created a pivot table before, this book will help you leverage all their remarkable flexibility and analytical power–including valuable improvements in Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365. Drawing on more than 45 combined years of Excel experience, Bill Jelen and Michael Alexander offer practical “recipes” for solving real business problems, help you avoid common mistakes, and present tips and tricks you’ll find nowhere else. By reading this book, you will: • Master easy, powerful ways to create, customize, change, and control pivot tables • Control all future pivot tables using new pivot table defaults • Transform huge data sets into clear summary reports • Instantly highlight your most profitable customers, products, or regions • Use Power Query to quickly import, clean, shape, and analyze disparate data sources • Build geographical pivot tables with 3D Map • Construct and share state-of-the-art dynamic dashboards • Revamp analyses on the fly by dragging and dropping fields • Build dynamic self-service reporting systems • Share your pivot tables with colleagues • Create data mashups using the full Power Pivot capabilities of Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365 • Automate pivot tables with macros and VBA • Save time by adapting reports with GetPivotData • Discover today’s most useful pivot table tips and shortcuts

A guide to PowerPivot and Power Query no data cruncher should be without! Want to familiarize yourself with the rich set of Microsoft Excel tools and reporting capabilities available from PowerPivot and Power Query? Look no further! Excel PowerPivot & Power Query For Dummies shows you how this powerful new set of tools can be leveraged to more effectively source and incorporate 'big data' Business Intelligence and Dashboard reports. You'll discover how PowerPivot and Power Query not only allow you to save time and simplify your processes, but also enable you to substantially enhance your data analysis and reporting capabilities. Gone are the days of relatively small amounts of data—today's data environment demands more from business analysts than ever before. Now, with the help of this friendly, hands-on guide, you'll learn to use PowerPivot and Power Query to expand your skill-set from the one-dimensional spreadsheet to new territories, like relational databases, data integration, and multi-dimensional reporting. Demonstrates how Power Query is used to discover, connect to, and import your data Shows you how to use PowerPivot to model data once it's been imported Offers guidance on using these tools to make analyzing data easier Written by a Microsoft MVP in the lighthearted, fun style you've come to expect from the For Dummies brand If you spend your days analyzing data, Excel PowerPivot & Power Query For Dummies will get you up and running with the rich set of Excel tools and reporting capabilities that will make your life—and work—easier.

Microsoft’s revolutionary Power Pivot is a tool that allows users to create and transform data into reports and dashboards in new and much more powerful ways using the most-used analytical tool in the world: Excel. This book, written by a member of Microsoft’s Power Pivot team, provides a practical step by step guide on creating a financial dashboard. The book covers in detail how to combine and shape the relevant data, build the dashboard in Excel, providing layout and design tips and tricks, prepare the model to work with fiscal dates, and show values used in many financial reports, including year-to-date, variance-to-target, percentage-of-total, and running totals reports. Accessibly written, this book offers readers a practical, real-world scenario and can be used as a day-to-day reference. Though the guide focuses on Power Pivot for Excel 2010, a chapter that discusses Power View—compatible with Excel 2013— and Power BI is also included.

Learn VLOOKUP formulas quickly and easily with this step-by-step guide! This comprehensive book offers easy to follow examples with screenshots demonstrating how to use the VLOOKUP formula. The book is organized into 3 step-by-step sections, allowing you to grow your knowledge of the VLOOKUP formula at your own pace: VLOOKUP Basics: What the VLOOKUP formula does The parts of a VLOOKUP formula Detailed examples on how to use the VLOOKUP formula Taking the VLOOKUP Formula to the Next Level: Incorporating the IFERROR functionality into your VLOOKUP formula How to apply the VLOOKUP formula across multiple tabs How to apply the VLOOKUP formula across multiple workbooks In addition to the above, you will also learn how to troubleshoot and resolve common VLOOKUP errors, saving you hours of frustration! Reasons why you may be getting the #N/A error message Reasons why you may be getting the #REF error message Reasons why your VLOOKUP formula was working, but now you're getting the wrong values And more... Imagine the time you'll save, by not having to search the internet or help files to learn the most practical ways of using one of Microsoft(r) Excel's(r) best features.