The key to success with Excel pivot tables is having good source data. I’ve written many articles with pivot table data source tips, and this list will help you find the information that you need. Some of the articles are on my Contextures website, and others are on my Pivot Table blog.
Excel Roundup 20150511
In this week’s roundup, choose a file format, get an Excel book sampler, fix dates, and build an add-in.
If you read or wrote any other interesting Excel articles recently, or have upcoming Excel events, please let me know. Thanks!
Pivot Table Running Total Percent
At the beginning of every month, I download the previous month’s statistics for my web site, to see which pages and files were the most popular. After the data is imported to Excel, I use pivot tables to get a quick overview of the activity.
If a page is getting lots of hits, I might add a new section to it, to make the content even better. And, seeing which sample files get downloaded most frequently gives me ideas for creating new examples.
I’m sure you do something similar for your month end, to see how things are going. And the raw statistics are interesting, but with a pivot table (or 12), you can dig even deeper into the results.
Excel Roundup 20150504
In this week’s roundup, look for formula inconsistencies, save time with keyboard shortcuts, use online Power BI and many more tips.
If you read or wrote any other interesting Excel articles recently, or have upcoming Excel events, please let me know. Thanks!
Excel Table Doesn’t Expand For New Data
This week, while working on a client’s Excel project, I ran into some trouble with Excel tables, while adding new data. Instead of expanding to include the rows, the table just ignored them.
Fortunately, the problem is easy to fix, if you know how, and if you have the patience to do lots of clicking.
Excel Roundup 20150427
In this week’s roundup, make VLOOKUP faster, use keyboard shortcuts, run macros when Excel is closed, and many more tips.
If you read or wrote any other interesting Excel articles recently, or have upcoming Excel events, please let me know. Thanks!
Upcoming Free Online Events for Excel Fans
There are a few upcoming Excel-related events that you might be interested in. These are online sessions, and all of them are free.
- 1-hour webinar on building Excel dashboards
- video course covering Excel 2013 fundamentals
- online conference, with a wide variety of Microsoft-related topics, including Excel
You can read the details below, and watch for the availability dates and deadlines.
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Excel Roundup 20150420
IN this week’s roundup, you’ll learn about arrays and array formulas, see how to speed up macros, and many more tips.
If you read or wrote any other interesting Excel articles recently, or have upcoming Excel events, please let me know. Thanks!
Round Numbers With Excel Formatting
Did you know that Excel limits the number of numbers that appear in a cell, in General format? I discovered that limitation this week, while updating my page on rounding functions in Excel.
Have you run into this limit? It was something that I hadn’t noticed before, and there doesn’t seem to be any setting to adjust this.
Excel Roundup 20150413
This week, attend a free dashboard webinar, find data with VLOOKUP, create a funnel chart, and many more tips.
If you read or wrote any other interesting Excel articles recently, or have upcoming Excel events, please let me know. Thanks!