Practical PowerPivot & DAX Formulas for Excel 2010

by Tennick, Art

• ISBN13: 9780071746854
• ISBN10: 0071746854
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Extract actionable BI using Excel 2010 PowerPivot and DAX languageFeaturing 200 ready-to-use DAX queries,Practical PowerPivot & DAX Queries for Excel 2010shows Office and Excel power users how to take advantage of DAX (Data Analysis Expressions)the new standard language for extracting BI within Excel. An entire section shows how to create tables, pivot tables, and PowerPivot tables in Excel. You can then progress to writing DAX queries and formulas to harness the power of BI.This solutions-based guide contains more than 200 DAX queries that can be immediately applied across a wide variety of BI-related problems. It begins with fundamental principles and simple queries and rapidly progresses to complex and sophisticated queries. The book is structured as follows: Query:Introduction and description of query and its use Syntax:Complete DAX syntax Result:Screen shot showing the data returned in an Excel 2010 pivot table Analysis:Analysis of the results and tips for customizationPractical PowerPivot & DAX Queries for Excel 2010 Includes 200+ ready-to-use, easily customizable DAX queries, all available for download Features a practical and hands-on approach with a minimum of difficult concepts and theory Explains how to visualize actionable BI Helps to dramatically improve analysis and decision-making skillsComplete coverage of Excel 2010 PowerPivot and DAX PowerPivot Fundamentals; Instant Business Intelligence; PowerPivot: Overview; PowerPivot: Details; DAX: Overview - Calculated Columns and Measures; Visualization - Manipulating Pivot Tables and Charts; DAX Formulas - Extending PowerPivot; Fundamental Functions; Aggregate Functions; Date and Time Functions; Date and Time Intelligence Functions; Text Functions; Math Functions; After You Finish; How to Write SQL Queries for PowerPivot; How to Write MDX Queries for PowerPivot; How to Write DMX Queries for PowerPivot - Using SSAS Data Mining Data

Author Biography

Art Tennick has worked in relational database design and SQL queries for more than 20 years and multidimensional database design, cubes, and DMX and MDX queries for 10 years. He has worked with several major corporations to implement BI solutions using Microsoft SQL Server, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, and Excel 2010. Art is the author of several books and hundreds of articles for computer magazines in the U.S., UK, and Ireland. His web site is www.MrCube.net.

Table of Contents

Part I: PowerPivot; Chapter 1. PowerPivot: Quick Start; Chapter 2. PowerPivot: Overview; Chapter 3. PowerPivot: In-Depth; Chapter 4. DAX: Overview; Chapter 5. Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts: Overview; Part II: DAX; Chapter 6. Fundamental Functions: Filter, Logical, and Miscellaneous Functions; Chapter 7. Aggregate Functions: Statistical Functions and SUM()/SUMX() Functions; Chapter 8. Date & Time Functions 1/2: Basic Functions; Chapter 9. Date & Time Functions 2/2: Time Intelligence Functions; Chapter 10. Text Functions; Chapter 11. Math & Trig Functions; Part III: PowerPivot and DAX Applied; Chapter 12. A Few Ideas: PowerPivot and DAX Solutions; Part IV: Appendixes: Queries for PowerPivot; Appendix A. SQL Queries for PowerPivot; Appendix B. MDX Queries for PowerPivot; Appendix C. DMX Queries for PowerPivot; Index