I don't use PIVOT tables anymore... I use this other thing instead!

That is right! I no longer use Pivot Tables in Excel. I am now using Power Pivot. In this video, let me show you what Power Pivot is and how to use it with Excel. Plus, you get to meet Chan2 again 😂
⏱ VIDEO TOPICS:
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0:00 - What is Power Pivot and how to create one in Excel?
1:12 - Why use Power Pivot instead of regular Pivot Tables?
3:25 - Practical example of Power Pivot & DAX
📺 LEARN MORE ABOUT POWER PIVOT & DAX:
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Beginner to PRO DAX Lesson with 20+ examples - • Learn Power Pivot & DA...
How to write measures in Excel (another example) - • Advanced Pivot Tables ...
My Power Pivot playlist - • DAX & Power Pivot Tips...
Advanced Pivot Table tips & tricks playlist - • Analyze data quickly w...
👩‍💻 LEARN MORE ABOUT REGULAR PIVOT TABLES:
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Introduction to Pivot Tables - Complete Tutorial - chandoo.org/wp/excel-pivot-ta...
Introduction to Pivot Tables with 8 examples - • How to use Pivot Table...
Pivot Table mistakes you shouldn't make - • DON'T Make These 5 Piv...
6 Pivot Table Tricks to Impress Everyone - • 6 Massively time savin...
Creating Pivot Tables when you have lots of data - • How to make pivot tabl...
How to use Slicers in Excel - • How to use Excel Slice...
📁 SAMPLE FILE:
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Here is an Excel workbook with data for you to practice Power Pivot concepts - chandoo.org/wp/wp-content/upl...
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I made a pivot with average sales per day.
It was a mean report 😂
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#pivottables #excel

[@wirechair]

I used to use your forum/ website about 10 years ago to learn a lot about excel. It is amazing how the internet allow you to also come to youtube and do these further explainers and with a little sketch! Thanks for all your work and for being around all this time!

[@peggymahabir6108]

I appreciate the way you bring across the content as if you are having a conversation, it made what could have been a complex thing to explain quite easy to understand. Thank you!

[@Daithai96]

Always loved your website when I was working in IT - great to see you on KZbin as well - you got me so many brownie-points with your dashboard tutorials. You are in my Hall of Fame of Excel heroes.

[@chandoo_]

Wow.. so good to hear that :)

[@Daithai96]

@@chandoo_ Well, I did not expect a reply! Just wanted to let you know what a great job you're doing, please keep it up - tutorial/example sites like yours are invaluable to so many people

[@stevendipietro2928]

This is the best explanation I’ve seen, especially around the mapping. Great job.

[@senpai.5517]

Chandoo, awesome content, as usual. I like the way you have presented it and it was nice meeting Chan2! Good team work.👏

[@ArunRajTutorials]

Love that you keep it original. Great video. Would help a lot of finance folks.

[@eldarikus]

Not only did I hit the Like button, but I also subscribed, such is the power of POWERPIVOTS!!!!!! and your awesome humorous video style. Good job bro! Well done! You are, in fact, awesome!

[@akashgautam1909]

Basically, it acts as an SQL query with join applied 😁

[@eleghari]

And this data should have been in MSAccess in the first place...

[@muralisub6534]

Why do we require 20+ years to have related tables

[@benndii]

I have been working so much with Power Bi and M over the last few months that I nearly forgot about the excel basics. DAX in Power Pivot? I did not know about that but it gets a really BIG thumbs up from me. Thanks for showing.

[@chandoo_]

Great to hear!

[@manabsingha8153]

I like the sense of humour in you videos. This gives me a boost to see your videos more and more. Keep it up my Excel Master :)

[@chandoo_]

Happy to hear that!

[@firstname4337]

distinct count has been so useful -- makes things so much easier

[@amraouigroup]

Hi Chandoo, this is to thank you for the amazing, entertaining, and most importantly, instructive videos about Excel. You've truly succeeded in turning a dull technical subject into a funny and informative one, thanks to your talented humor and your smart and interactive scripts. Be brave and keep up the good work. All the best, my friend 😊👍🏻

[@anandchawda7061]

Hi Chandoo, very helpful…good to see your creative and funny side together!

[@ebred76]

This is great information and related to a project I want to do to track pieces at work. This is just what I need to track them with data across different table information that I have. Thank you

[@amaan-the-analyst]

Thanks Chandoo bro! Always learning something valuable from your videos.

[@GeertDelmulle]

I use both types all the time. One thing I miss in PP is the grouping feature in the rows from std. pvt tables. Building that into PP requires a ‘more advanced’ knowledge of DAX. BTW: DAX as a formula language is quite cryptic IMO, or as Alberto F. puts is: DAX is simple but it’s not easy. Still, the added power of PP is undeniable.

[@chandoo_]

Thanks for that. Yes, we are not able to "Group" with Power Pivot tables. I show a trick to get grouping in this video 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXuVZKZ3fN6tqrs

[@GeertDelmulle]

@@chandoo_ Thanks for that referenced video. :-) The thing is: it is not generic enough: I use/need the grouping for creating histograms, which in std. Pivot tables is easy to do,… and to reconfigure on the spot. (Nowadays you can also use dynamic arrays for this, as well.) And I mean: for more than ‘just’ dates. In order to do this dynamically (variable bin size) you need to use more advanced DAX functions (…) If you have a way of doing that (and a video to show it), I’d be happy to watch it. :-)

[@chandoo_]

I understand. My preferred method is to use Power Query and create "conditional column" with arbitrary bucket boundaries. If you have Power BI, you can natively group values just like we did in Excel.

[@chrism9037]

Great video Chandoo. I am also using Power Pivot a lot more, though I still use regular pivot tables for simple analysis.

[@chandoo_]

Glad to hear that Chris. :)

[@franksims2037]

I love his videos! He is a lot of fun and very informative! 🙂

[@mandata143]

Didn't know Excel has this kind of power. Your content is 💯.

[@faridqanet4709]

That is awesome! Your teaching skill is on another level.

[@nelzpelaez8517]

This is amazing! Easy to learn and easy to follow plus the antics. lol.

[@abhinav10x]

awesome! I have little query for creating pivot table is their need "data in range" format or can be create in table format, as previously described data should be in range format, please advise

[@h1tm4st3r5]

wonderfull man. Loved your video, you make everything looks easy!!! Congrats!!!

[@michaeldruce4536]

Thanks Chandoo. I’ve always checked the add to data table box but wondered where or what it did

[@silenceofharmony]

:) Besides providing very useful information,I have a lot of fun while watching your videos.

[@Ed-zd2qb]

Had to click the like button for that, toing toing sound and expression... 😂😂😂

[@lorenakademar5267]

Woow...great short and well explained video! thank you

[@TheRacoon001]

Thank you for sharing and making the video! very informative and helpful.

[@blanchebayla]

Your videos are always amazing Chandoo. Thanks for sharing!

[@chandoo_]

Glad you like them!

[@power-reconcile]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@katemedina7123]

This is what I'm looking for before. Thank you for sharing this!

[@Cricketer-007]

Love it. Thank you, Chandoo. You the best!!

[@user12345654]

1:11 Even Superman looks like a normal dude until he puts on the underpants on top. Amazing quote ! 🤣 👍

[@dheerajpatel5906]

Amazing information Chandoo. Helping me a lot with my daily activities. Thank you for the information!!!❤

[@pjelbro3492]

Really good. Love the presentation style as well. Thank you

[@broderp]

This explained a lot. Thank you!

[@coram6248]

You are the funniest excel instructor!

[@prabhathkota107]

Beautifully explained in simple terms... learned something new, kudos ❤

[@chandoo_]

Glad to hear that

[@dhrumil5811]

Excellent . I always learn something from you. 👏🏻

[@user-kq3tc5tu1c]

Dooh! I really enjoyed clicking on the "Like" button. (Insert Chandoo's eyebrow movements!). Great job on this content. Cheers!😎

[@galacticfunk42]

"Even Superman looks like a normal dude until he puts the underpants on top". You are wise beyond your years 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidingham2216]

Excellent video and a great presentation style. Thanks for sharing

[@davidsonmayck6937]

Thank you! You just helped me solve a huge challenge I had.

[@sergioancaojr]

Awesome content.. very useful for us basic users of excel.. keep it coming dude. I love your humble approach on technical issues with 2 personality acting! I like the superman analogy..😂😂😂

[@chandoo_]

Thank you :)

[@AlabasterClay]

Awesome video. You're a great teacher. Thanks!

[@namy1557]

Beautifully explained with some interesting video creativity, Learning while enjoying watching videos is great fun.. Keep it up Chandoo.. 😇✌🏻

[@dkypa]

You are the only guy made learn excel made like watching cartoons.

[@agapheputrasusilo741]

What a life saver, thanks Chandoo !

[@FranFerioli]

Power Pivot and Power Query are very powerful indeed. My complaint is that it's a lot of clicking and submenus. Almost immediately you get into DAX (for Power Pivot) and M language (for Power Query). Alternatively, you can use Python to clean your data, calculate what you need and write an excel file for plotting and sharing. At the end it's a matter of personal preference, but I find Python applicable to a wider set of problems although it does not fully substitute excel (for me at least).

[@shadowlynxv6082]

Wait. Can you stick Python into Power Pivot. And if so, 1:06 is it better than Dax or M?

[@FranFerioli]

@@shadowlynxv6082 I don't think so and it is not what I meant. I use Python to format the data and write a table/excel file. It is then very easy to import clean data with power query in an excel file I use for visualisation (copy-paste also works for relative small sets). The problem with power query/pivot is that it becomes exponentially more difficult if you have to manipulate data.

[@shadowlynxv6082]

@@FranFerioli oh. I see.

[@cpajulio]

This is a great video. Love the humor too.

[@danielnichols3594]

I still use Power Pivot every day even though I've moved on to Power BI. Measure portability and the advantage of DAX measures over calculated fields/calculated items in standard Pivot Tables are key selling points of Modern Excel, aka Power Pivot. And Power Query gives you reusability of data transformations so you spend less time manipulating data & more time analyzing your operations.

[@chandoo_]

AWESOME points... With "Analyze in Excel" you can build your models in Power BI and still have them available in Excel for reporting.

[@indrajaravi6945]

Why did you move to Power BI?

[@alfredtomiamubiaya3330]

Always awesome Chandoo. Thanks for awesome video always.

[@raimundojs9547]

Awesome! Indeed a game changer in Excel! Thanks for sharing.

[@aymanalqroos9116]

So you're still using pivot tables 😂

[@beesettigopikrishna6161]

Thanks Chandoo Sir for sharing such awsome and cool excel tricks.

[@chrishorn9372]

Thanks. Learn't something new about Pivot tables. Much appreciated.

[@chandoo_]

You are welcome. Thanks for the super ❤

[@orrorin9430]

5:45 I agree everything else but HR department has most tickets 😂

[@bondniko]

It is so nice to talk to a smart person...

[@soumyajeetmitra6958]

Wow! great learning from you!

[@patrickcardon1643]

First time someone managed to stuff underpants into power pivot tables ... super!

[@SAPMentors]

Very Nice. Interesting informative and yet fun to watch video. Great content man..

[@abhilashn2993]

As usual Chandoo is back with wonderful video. Really missing "I saw my Boss" videos 😀...

[@deniseherud]

this is mind blowing--thank you!!! i just inherited another role at my company, and the person who designed one of the spreadsheets i'll be using, wasn't a power user...this info is going to be lifesaving for me❤ Is there a limit to the number of columns i can use with power pivot??? i have a dozen or so that i'll be working with on a supercharged coverage file.

[@culpritdesign]

Good stuff! Teaching the folks about data modeling and measures. You are doing amazing work for the people.

[@chandoo_]

Thank you for the lovely words :)

[@DharshaniRajendran]

Your videos are mind blowing like always.. I have a doubt.. can we extract data from web which is in bar chart form?

[@crueltyinpoetry]

Was not expecting « Even superman looks like a normal dude until he puts some underpants on top » as an argument for a new excel feature 😂

[@mohammadparvezkhan2914]

That effects around like button...was awesome...

[@moutazeldeib9481]

Amazing Chandoo and thank you very much for all your valuable information

[@brijeshshah574]

Thanks for sharing such amazing knowledge 🙌🙏😇

[@RFVisionary]

👍🏻 Very interesting hint. Funny made clip! 😊

[@chinyerenwigwe5166]

I know I discovered gold the first day I subscribed to your channel!!!

[@kossiviaglee2997]

I needed this. Now i know the difference between a simple pivot table and a Power Pivot table. Thanks!

[@chandoo_]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Catsaresupergreat]

Thanks heaps, your videos are "Really"&"GREAT"!

[@chandoo_]

Thank you for the love and super :)

[@shindepratibha31]

Thanks for the amazing video. Is there a way to refresh pivot tables on the protected sheet?

[@mdrinkwater]

Hi Chandoo. Is there a way to easily identify missing data after you make a connection? For example, if a number of employees do not exist in the department table?

[@hamzahsayap8844]

Greatest explanation❤

[@lamiv1]

Hi Chandoo, is there any reason why am not able to view other table under All in the pivot table fields section?

[@wonderboywrites]

Thank you, you're an inspiration for us. Couldn't help but notice Chandoo's teeth are like normal distribution plot 😁

[@chandoo_]

❤

[@DarkoVlajkovic]

I use both, depends on the need for the analysis, size of database, number of databases etc :)

[@xxxxxfirefoxxxxx]

wow you earned my subscribe. Very very useful, I'll be using this for work

[@fireman194]

That was pretty cool. Liked and now a subscriber

[@shivangpant9639]

Really great explanation ♥️

[@lizzetechavira3934]

Hi! Thank you for your videos, they are really good. One question, I use Power Pivots to get distinct count, the only problem I see is that you cannot modify your source data with PP, is there a way to do it? Thanks!

[@JohnMatthew1]

Brilliant, thank you for this, helps a lot.

[@nadidecifci4533]

Awesome 👏 👏👏please do more videos about power pivot 🙌

[@TopShelfTheology]

Never seen one of your videos, this was *very* entertaining, especially for an Excel tutorial haha, Great job!

[@chandoo_]

Glad you liked it!

[@PalaniSV]

The twins ave a mesmerizing effect, they made me hit the like button!

[@chandoo_]

They thank you :)

[@jasonswami9275]

Love his training 😂

[@brianspiller9075]

There are more differences than just adding to the data model. There are a few use cases that favor Regular Pivot tables. This is not to say PowerPivot in Excel is not worthwhile. PowerPivot is a new essential for Excel Analyst and introduces the knowledge to PowerBI.

[@neerajkapoor1050]

Have started power pivots and results are amazing

[@chandoo_]

Great to hear!

[@AneleLengoasa-oq5gm]

"Even Superman looks like a normal dude until he puts on the underpants on top"😂😂

[@SK-di6ti]

Thank you for sharing knowledge.

[@patrickwheeler1979]

Thanks for putting this together.

[@harshitdhupia]

Respect to you Chandoo !! ❤❤ following you since 2007!!

[@chandoo_]

Wow.. Thank you so much for being with all these years 😍

[@ashokkelkar4648]

Sir, pls make video about using "field items & sets" under power pivot set up. I m already using combination of Power query, Power pivot, Dax for financial analysis to check variance from LY to CY and ach% against AOP

[@chandoo_]

I don't use that feature. I suggest using CUBE formulas instead if you want a custom layout for your pivots.

[@mrejohn6344]

Wow this channel is improving. Now he adding extras in his videos. Hope it wasn't too expensive.

[@yourdataispublic]

lmao the analogy at 1:23

[@michaelr3578]

Came for the excellent advice on Power Pivot tables. Left with the bonus of the best joke of the week: "Even Superman looks like a normal dude until he puts the underpants on!" 🤣😂

[@bandaralqahtani4356]

Chandoo Thank you for providing me with so much new information

[@chandoo_]

It's my pleasure

[@GaboCh2000]

Funny and educational. Good job.