Monthly Archives: August 2013

Access Devs For PowerPivot

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Biggus Dickus

I bet everyone who comes here can agree on one thing .. that DAX is not intuitive for the traditional Excel user/dev (?).  Well, I too I was fighting DAX, and then one day I took out my Excel brain … Continue reading →

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How You Can Change To Another Connection Type In PowerPivot

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Biggus Dickus

I have noticed that it has been noted in a couple of places that once you choose to connect to data in a particular type of data source (i.e. an Access ACCDB file or a SQL Server or MySQL database) … Continue reading →

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Building a Flexible and Efficient Client-Side PowerPivot Solution in Excel 2013

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Biggus Dickus

I considered doing this as multiple blog postings but then as I worked on I thought of how much I hate it when I see “To be continued ….” on the screen at the peak of a TV show … … Continue reading →

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PowerPivot in Excel 2013 Is A Break-Through For All Excel Users

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Biggus Dickus

FYI – I, Dick Moffat, have been building spreadsheets for others professionally for data analysis since 1985.  Seriously .  I started using by using VisiCal in 1983. The Data-Centric Spreadsheet For some strange reason when I first saw Lotus 1-2-3 I … Continue reading →

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