Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Using the DAX CALCULATE Function


This video will cover using the DAX function called CALCULATE. Think of this function as a powerful SUMIF or COUNTIF function or maybe a "CALCULATE-IF" function. It will bring back some measure based on some criteria. In Power Pivot, it's useful in creating filtered conditions that bring some additional benefits to analyzing data. This video covers creating a simple relationship between two table and how the CALCULATE function can be used

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Multiple Keywords Search with Power Query


If you wanted to search for some keyword(s) you could use Ctrl+F (and select Find All) to do this. If there was one value in the column entries, a lookup might work (like VLOOKUP) or using the merge feature in Power Query, but if you needed to lookup a word in a string of text in the cell, those lookup feature don't work that way. If you had many keywords or a list of them, this makes it even more challenging. Also if you wanted to give this to your stakeholders and provide some interactivity and hide the steps for them to do this without using VBA or show functions in your worksheet, think about using Power Query to do this.

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Using the One Character Excel Functions (T Function | N Function)



Did you know there a one character functions in Excel? There is on one alphabetical character in this function and there are two in all of Excel (for now). One is the T() function and the other is the N() function. By themselves they really don't provide too much use, but if you think creatively on how to use them, they both may have a use. See how...