Getting Great Results with Excel Pivot Tables, Powerquery and Powerpivot - (Tech Today) by Thomas Fragale (Paperback)
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- Get more out of your data with step-by-step tutorials for the Excel features you need to know Excel is still the most popular tool for organizing and analyzing data, and today's professionals are expected to have a high degree of fluency with it.
- About the Author: THOMAS FRAGALE has four decades of professional experience in computing.
- 304 Pages
- Computers + Internet, Programming
- Series Name: Tech Today
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Book Synopsis
Get more out of your data with step-by-step tutorials for the Excel features you need to know
Excel is still the most popular tool for organizing and analyzing data, and today's professionals are expected to have a high degree of fluency with it. Complex Excel tools like Pivot Tables, PowerQuery, and PowerPivot can help you manage and report on data the way you need to. Getting Great Results with Excel Pivot Tables, PowerQuery and PowerPivot offers a fresh look at how these tools can help you. Author and Microsoft Certified Trainer Thomas Fragale breaks down the topics into easy-to-use steps and screenshots, so you'll be able to put your advanced Excel skills into practice right away.
Using Pivot Tables, PowerQuery, and PowerPivot, you can import, sort, transform, summarize, and present your data, all without having to be a programmer. This book takes the technical jargon out of using these features, so you can do your job more efficiently, bring value to your teams, and advance your career. The plain-English instructions inside will help anyone learn to get quick, meaningful results from your data, without having a degree in computing.
- Get easy-to-understand walkthroughs for analyzing data and creating dashboards in Microsoft Excel
- Learn how to organize data in Excel and use advanced features to find patterns and insights
- Summarize any kind of data faster and easier, leaving you more time for other tasks
- Turn raw numbers into new knowledge, reports, and charts that tell coworkers and customers what they need to know
This book is great for anybody who has tons of raw data and needs to make sense of it. Managers, salespeople, finance professionals, marketers--along with anyone else who works with large amounts of data--will love this quick and easy guide to Pivot Tables, PowerQuery, and PowerPivot.
From the Back Cover
A simple guide to powerful Excel techniques, from a certified expert trainer
How do we make sense of the overwhelming amount of data we have to deal with daily? How do we sort it, filter it, and summarize it into those reports that our bosses want by the end of the day? Microsoft Excel has the answer--great tools to help you organize and report on data the way you need to. This book shows you how to use them.
Pivot Tables, PowerQuery, and PowerPivot can do a lot to make your life easier--and to extract value and meaning from data. This book will help you get great results from your raw data using the latest versions of Excel. You'll also get access to the sample data used in the book, so you can practice right away. Microsoft Certified Trainer Thomas Fragale teaches you how to clean up, prepare, analyze, and summarize data in Excel.
Whether you have no technical background or are a seasoned professional, Getting Great Results with Excel Pivot Tables, PowerQuery and PowerPivot will have you making great reports from your data in no time!
About the Author
THOMAS FRAGALE has four decades of professional experience in computing. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, a Microsoft Certified Office Master, and a Microsoft Certified Expert in Word and Excel. He has trained over 50,000 people in online webinars, public seminars, and on-site training. Fragale's passion is helping people get the most out of their computers. He has also taught at Fordham University.