Learn Excel Power Pivot: Tutorial 5 - Date Functions

📊 About This Tutorial
Welcome to our continuing series on Excel Power Pivot! In this tutorial, we will dive into using functions within Power Pivot formulas, allowing you to perform advanced data analysis with ease. We'll explore how to extract specific information from your data, such as year, month, and weekday, and how to utilize these new fields in your analysis.
🔍 What You'll Learn:
In this tutorial, you will learn:
-How to use Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) functions in Power Pivot.
-Methods to extract specific date information, such as year, month, and weekday from your data.
-How to create new calculated fields using DAX functions.
-Techniques for incorporating these new fields into your pivot tables and pivot charts for enhanced data analysis.
-How to sort and organize your data effectively within Power Pivot.
🚀 Tutorial Highlights:
-DAX Functions: Discover how to use common DAX functions like YEAR, MONTH, and WEEKDAY to extract and utilize date information.
-Creating Calculated Fields: Learn how to add new calculated fields in Power Pivot to enrich your data analysis.
-Using Slicers: See how to use slicers in your pivot tables to filter data by newly created fields such as year and month.
-Formatting and Sorting: Understand how to format and sort your data correctly for better visualization and analysis.
-Dynamic Updates: Explore how Power Pivot automatically updates your data in pivot tables without the need for manual refreshes.
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👨‍ Instructor: Ian
Ian brings his expertise in analytics to show you how you can easily simplify your data analysis tasks, making your reports both informative and easy to understand.
📝 Please Note:
Ensure you have the appropriate licensing from Microsoft to use Excel Power Pivot. This tutorial is suitable for users of the desktop version of Excel that has Power Pivot included on Windows.
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