Edit 16 May 2015: I now know the exact cause and cure for this problem. See this post here PhilC at PowerPivotForum.com.au asked me for advice on the best way to use Power Query with Power Pivot. If you have come to this post via Google, it is probably because […]
Well Power Pivot Forum has been live for 8 months now and has over 100 users, more than 400 posts and many thousands of page views. The Power Pivot forum continues to grow as new users are finding the need for help with their DAX problem. Recently one of the […]
I have been meaning to write this post for a long time – today is the day! The answer to the question “What is Power Pivot?“. You may also have landed here by searching for “Use this workbook’s Data Model”. Often the first time people discover Power Pivot is when […]
Great news for Power Pivot for Excel users – DAX Studio has had an update over night and version 2.0 is now available. For those of you that don’t know DAX studio, it is an ADDIN that you install for Excel 2010 or 2013. It connects to the Power Pivot […]
Edit 10 Dec 2015: This blog post was written to solve a problem with SQL Server import drivers, however the process of addressing the issue should also work (in reverse) for people that are running 32 bit Office and want to install 64 bit Power BI Desktop. If this is […]
There are a number of different ways that you can refresh PowerPivot workbooks automatically on a schedule. The main ones I know of are: Using Power BI Using SharePoint Auto Refresh Using some sort of custom built desktop automation tool The problem with Power BI and SharePoint The problem with […]
One thing I find when working with my customers and meeting PowerPivot users is that a lot of people want to know how to access PowerPivot when they are mobile. Most frequently people want to access PowerPivot reports on iPad, however in many cases just presenting data for PC users […]
This is a very interesting question “How much does a BI Project cost?”, and one that many people want the answer to. The standard response from IT is “how long is a piece of string?”, and that is a valid response in many senses. ie how would you know how […]
In this session, Matt Masson and Tess Palmer do a great job of showing everyone the depth and power of the Power Query M language that is the backbone of Power Query – it makes my list. Clearly they didn’t expect too many people in the audience to be able […]
Microsoft has announced a new version of Power Query on the MSDN blog this week. There is a full decscription of the new features available at the following link, however I have provided a summary of the key features I am looking forward to. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/archive/2014/05/06/new-updates-for-power-query.aspx Features and Benefits New Feature […]
Yesterday I read this post called “Why Excel is costing you millions” by Gayle Ryan. I have never seen a more misleading and ill informed post about Excel, and I was motivated to provide a response to this article here. Ryan starts out by talking about static reporting, and how […]
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