Q. You explained Excel’s Scenario Manager in your November 2024 Tech Q&A article and Goal Seek in your December 2024 Tech Q&A article. Can you please explain the final What-If Analysis tool: Data ...

Microsoft is overhauling Excel with the ability to support custom live data types. Excel users have been using Microsoft’s spreadsheet tool for decades to import, organize, and analyze data, but ...

In this overview, Leila Gharani explores how integrating Python into Excel redefines how you handle external data. From establishing live connections to datasets using Power Query to using Python ...

Slightly less than a year ago, Microsoft began outlining its plans to overhaul Office documents with live data, culled from the Web. On Monday, Microsoft made those plans reality, shipping PowerBI ...

Excel's PIVOTBY function allows you to group your figures without needing to recreate your data in a PivotTable. What's more, ...

The Pareto Principle, also known as the 80-20 rule, is a powerful concept that can transform your approach to data analysis. This principle states that roughly 80% of effects come from 20% of causes.

Data access happens in minutes instead of days, and all the challenges of data extracts go away. By using Excel’s GETPIVOTDATA and CUBE functions with a live data connection, analysts have a new, ...

People who heavily use Excel in collaborative environments will be pleased to know that Microsoft will soon allow Teams users to co-edit Excel files live when the file owner is sharing their screen.

Microsoft MSFT introduces Python support in Excel, enabling advanced data analysis, The Verge reports. The integration is accessible directly from the Excel ribbon, eliminating the need for ...