Working with my compatriots Ayad Shammout (@aashammout) and Peter Myers, we had found out that PowerPivot at times can be really insensitive…in terms of case that is. That is by default, the collation for PowerPivot is case-insensitive. For example, if you import the table below: Within the PowerPivot window, you’ll notice that the lower case [...]
Archive for June, 2010
PowerPivot, you are so insensitive! (case that is)
Posted in PowerPivot, tagged Excel, FAQ, Loading, workbook on June 18, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint
Posted in PowerPivot, tagged Book on June 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As you may already know from some of the tweets concerning #PowerPivot, the book Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint is now available at Amazon.com. The book’s authors are Sivakumar Harinath, Ron Pihlgren, and Denny Guang-Yeu Lee (i.e. myself). Siva and Ron are both long time (this is a good thing) testers with the Analysis [...]
Win a signed PowerPivot Architecture Technical Diagram at TechEd NA 2010
Posted in PowerPivot, tagged Design on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There are many reasons to go to TechEd North America 2010 in New Orleans this year. After all, it is THE event for developers and IT Professionals. And if you want to know more about PowerPivot, here’s yet another reason why you need to go. There will be a raffle to win a signed copy [...]

