Comments on: Create a #PowerPivot report filtered by the Top X Users by <Logic> (Part 3 of 3) http://dennyglee.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/ Ramblings of a data dork: from BI and Big Data to Travel and Food Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:42:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cube Formulas and NamedSets Running Commentary « PowerPivot Twins! http://dennyglee.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-137 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:57:30 +0000 http://dennyglee.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-137 [...] Create a #PowerPivot report filtered by the Top X Users by <Logic> (Part 3 of 3) [...]

]]> By: Pivots, Cube Formulas, Named Sets … Oh my! « Denny Lee http://dennyglee.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-132 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:44:28 +0000 http://dennyglee.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-132 [...] but it doesn’t look like you can filter them by slicers. Meanwhile, the technique I showed in Create a #PowerPivot report filtered by the Top X Users by <Logic> (Part 3 of 3), you will notice that you can filter by [...]

]]> By: dennyglee http://dennyglee.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-128 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:48:21 +0000 http://dennyglee.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-128 Thanks a bunch Colin! By the way, look out for Rob’s next few posts on the topic as he is definitely the Excel expert and may have a better way to do this, eh?!

]]> By: Colin Banfield http://dennyglee.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-127 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:34:48 +0000 http://dennyglee.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-127 Hi Denny, great stuff. Every time I think of an analysis using linked tables, I’m exasperated when I remember that in a server deployment scenario, typical PowerPivot data consumers won’t be using the add-in, and so won’t be able to use this type of solution (gimme remote linking :) ). A common situation that I encounter in constructing dashboards is retrieving the last 12 months activity for the current top ten (customers, products, regions etc.). The last 12 months activity is plotted in a small chart (in Excel 2010 we can use a sparkline).

I’m glad that you’ve gone through this 3-part exercise, because the scenario you describe is not uncommon in the real world. Moreover, the exercise provides food for thought for the next version of PowerPivot/SQL Server.

The idea of creating a linked table against a PivotTable is intriguing. Now that Excel PivotTables have a “Repeat All Item Labels” option, the linked table idea makes even more sense.

]]> By: Create a #PowerPivot report filtered by the Top X Users by (Part 3 of 3) « PowerPivot Twins! http://dennyglee.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-125 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:09:06 +0000 http://dennyglee.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-125 [...] Read more … Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)“PowerPivot Twins” is itself a double-take! [...]

]]> By: Create a #PowerPivot report filtered by the Top X Users by <Logic> (Part 2 of 3) « Denny Lee http://dennyglee.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-122 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:01:00 +0000 http://dennyglee.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/create-a-powerpivot-report-filtered-by-the-top-x-users-by-logic-part-3-of-3/#comment-122 [...] the next blog posting Create a #PowerPivot report filtered by the Top X Users by <Logic> (Part 3 of 3), I’ll go over how to setup the Top 10 named set so it is dynamic in nature so that way you can [...]

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