Excel Tips


Add a Calendar Table »

April 19, 2023

As your Power BI skills advance, you may start writing DAX formulas that rely on time intelligence. These functions work better when you have a calendar table in the data model.


Prepare Your Excel Data for Power BI »

April 17, 2023

Power BI can import Excel files, but the data should either be stored in a named range or as a Table.


Enable Drill-Down Mode »

April 12, 2023

The Power BI team must love using tiny subtle icons, because Power BI is full of them. In the top right of a chart, this icon turns on Drill-down mode.


Click in one Chart to Filter Other Charts »

April 10, 2023

When you are viewing a report, clicking a column in one chart will cause all of the other charts to be filtered to that item.


Use Q&A to Investigate Your Data »

April 7, 2023

I don’t know what to look for in the sample data.


First Power BI Step: Get a Free Account for Power BI »

April 5, 2023

How do I get started with Power BI?



January Actuals and February Plan »

March 31, 2023

If you take your regular Excel data through Power Pivot, the data becomes an OLAP pivot table, and therefore you can use named sets.


Convert Power Pivot to Formulas »

March 30, 2023

I talked about all the bad side-effects of having Power Pivot use OLAP pivot tables. Here is one advantage that you can take advantage of because it is an OLAP table.