Category: Self-Service Data Tools
You may recall in my last post, COMMISSION CALCULATIONS IN POWERPIVOT, we got to the point where we could dynamically calculate the sales value and attributable commission rate that should be applied based on time, value and team parameters, reading from a Rates table.
Written by Kristi Cantor on May 15, 2012
Firstly, I have to be clear that I’m not presenting a “one-size-fits-all” approach to sales commission calculations here.
Written by Kristi Cantor on May 9, 2012
Another Question from the Mr. Excel Forums Got a question on the forums the other day. It took some extra twists and turns but the simplest version of the question is worth covering here: how do I perform a weighted average?
Written by Kristi Cantor on May 1, 2012
UPDATE: I am no longer working at Pivotstream and do not endorse their services. All links are removed from this article but feel free to look them up if you are interested.
Written by Kristi Cantor on April 26, 2012
You can run into this error via a number of different routes, but one way or another, your computer ran out of memory while PowerPivot was trying to do something.
Written by Kristi Cantor on April 24, 2012
Guest post by David Churchward [Twitter] Having hit the P&L and Cash Flow in previous posts, it seems only reasonable to move on to Balance Sheet aspects. The die-hard “non-accountant” Excel […]
Written by Kristi Cantor on April 17, 2012
Tonight I was looking at one of my recent posts, the one about “fuzzy” time relationships in calculated columns, and I discovered that I had used the EARLIER() function in places that I did not need to.
Written by Kristi Cantor on March 8, 2012
It’s been awhile since I’ve talked about Macros (also known as VBA). I think it’s overdue. Macros are nothing short of amazing. We couldn’t live without them at Pivotstream
Written by Kristi Cantor on March 6, 2012
Busy week here at the MVP Summit in Redmond. As usual, I can’t tell you anything I have learned this week – it’s strictly under NDA.
Written by Kristi Cantor on March 1, 2012
The Streak is Broken… and a new streak begins. Well it was a full six-month run of posting every Tuesday and Thursday, Cal Ripken-like consistency. Then last week it ended.
Written by Kristi Cantor on February 26, 2012
Almost exactly six months ago, after being a long time reader of this blog, I emailed Rob and asked him a question regarding something that I just couldn’t get my head around in DAX – Banding!
Written by Kristi Cantor on February 21, 2012
Folks I just can’t resist a quick followup on the Rat Sniffing Project. I… just… can’t. Plus I am absolutely worn down and don’t have the energy tonight for anything that isn’t inherently entertaining.
Written by Kristi Cantor on February 16, 2012