Using Excel’s Data Model feature, we’ll display the description field instead of the shelf code when grouping and analyzing the values without using VLOOKUP() or any other functions.

Using PowerPivot for Data Modeling. When you use PowerPivot, you can import millions of rows of data from various sources such as databases, spreadsheets, and online services.

Financial Modeling Using Excel & VBA. ... Group input and output data to make them easier to read, and use color-coding, descriptive titles, column and row names to identify model components.

In the pop-up that opens, select “Only Create Connection” and check “Add this data to the Data Model.” Wait for the data to be loaded. This can take a few minutes if you have a large amount of data.

This blog post is brought to you by Diego Oppenheimer a Program Manager on the Excel team. I am very happy to be writing this blog post today. Not just because I will be showing you another way Excel ...

I love Excel as an alternative to Power BI reports, especially now that Excel Online allows you to interact with browser-based Excel reports that use Power BI datasets or the Excel Data Model (aka ...

The advantage the Excel Data Model/Power Pivot has over Power BI for this type of what-if analysis is that you have the Excel worksheet available, which is not only a place to display your report but ...

Microsoft Office's Excel application allows users to store, model and manipulate data sets. Excel spreadsheets organize this data into worksheets, each with a number of rows and columns. Each row ...