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8 Excel PivotTable mistakes that end up giving you wrong numbers

Many of these errors start long before you click "Insert." ...
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Two new Excel functions replaced every pivot table I used to build

Excel formulas are getting scary good.
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What we were doing before the pivot

This time, I don't have much time, so instead of a technical hack, I'll share a personal story. What I want to say is,“If you try things without prejudice, your world might change.”That is all. That ...
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Using Excel’s GROUPBY function as a PivotTable alternative

Q. Are there any alternatives to traditional PivotTables in Excel? A. The first thing that comes to mind is the function GROUPBY. The primary purpose of GROUPBY is to make data analysis easier by ...
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“Excel Summary Tables” created with COUNTIFS and SUMIFS—Flexible analysis with a single formula copy [Excel Know-how]

Differences between COUNTIF, COUNTIFS, etc. Use COUNTIF / COUNTIFS to "count the number of items," and SUMIF / SUMIFS to "sum up amounts, etc." The basic rule is to use the "IF" family for a single ...
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TMDL View And Power BI Developer Productivity: An Example Using The Detail Rows Definition Property

For me the biggest new feature in the January 2025 release of Power BI Desktop is the new TMDL View; many other people like Marco are excited about it too. For more advanced Power BI developers (and ...
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Calculating Pivot tables

ExcelPivotTable.Calculate(refresh) Calculates the pivot table. Parameter 0 - if true the cache will be refreshed before calculating. If false the existing cache will be used. If no cache exists the ...