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Data Set Random Sales Numbers: RANDBETWEEN or NORM.INV Function? Excel Short 68

Download Excel File: https://excelisfun.net/files/ExcelShort68.xlsx

Learn how to randomize numbers with a normal distribution using NORM.INV function or use the RANDBETWEEN or RANDARRAY functions to randomize numbers across a uniform distribution.

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The AI Revolution: How Automation, APIs, & No-Code Tools Are Changing Everything with Brian Julius

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This conversation explores the transformative power of AI-driven tools in development, data analytics, and automation, highlighting how new technologies are reshaping workflows and unlocking new opportunities. Sam and Brian discuss the rise of API-driven models, which are making analytics and software development more accessible than ever, allowing users to build applications, automate processes, and analyze data—all with natural language inputs. They challenge the fear-driven narrative that AI will replace jobs, instead arguing that AI is democratizing technology, making software development faster, easier, and more cost-effective while also creating more opportunities in tech, automation, and entrepreneurship.

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PIVOTBY & LAMBDA Functions to Covert Bad Data Into Proper Table, When There Are Duplicates. EMT 1877

Download Excel File: https://excelisfun.net/files/EMT1877.xlsx
Learn how to convert to bad data table with records of data in columns to a proper table structure with records in rows using the PIVOTBY & LAMBDA Functions. This solution deals with duplicate values.
This trick comes from ExcelLambda at YOUTUBE.
Topics:
1. (00:00) Introduction.
2. (00:24) PIVOTBY & LAMBDA Functions Solution. See COUNTA and IF Functions and the @ implicit intersection operator.
3. (01:55) Summary
4. (02:04) Closing
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Unbelievable PIVOTBY & SINGLE Functions to Covert Bad Data Into Proper Table. Excel Magic Trick 1876

Download Excel File: https://excelisfun.net/files/EMT1876.xlsx
Learn how to convert to bad data table with records of data in columns to a proper table structure with records in rows using the PIVOTBY & SINGLE Functions. This trick comes from viktorasgolubevas at YOUTUBE.
Topics:
1. (00:00) Introduction.
2. (00:25) PIVOTBY & SINGLE Functions Solution.
3. (01:48) Summary
4. (02:23) Closing

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🔴 Microsoft Power BI / Fabric Q&A – LIVE (March 8, 2025) (Member Chat 2nd Half)

Join us live as we answer your questions about Power BI & Microsoft Fabric! Get your questions in the chat early as we don’t get to all of them.

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No VBA Needed : ) Simple Power Query Table.Pivot Function Makes it Simple! Excel Magic Trick 1875

Link to Amazon M Book: https://www.amazon.com/Transformative-Magic-Power-Query-Excel/dp/1615470832 (Please write a review too)
Download Excel File: https://excelisfun.net/files/EMT1875.xlsx
Learn how to convert to bad data table with records of data in columns to a proper table structure with records in rows using the Pivot Column Power Query Feature. Lean about efficient M Code (functional language behind Power Query) also!

Learn about the difference between the Table.Pivot function and the Table.UnPivot function.

Topics:
1. (00:00) Introduction.
2. (00:26) Compare to what we did in Excel Short Trick 61
3. (01:20) Difference between Power Query Pivot Column feature & Unpivot Column feature: STAR!!!!
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Unleash Data Governance with Microsoft Purview & Microsoft Fabric

Discover how Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Fabric work together to strengthen data governance, streamline cataloging, and enhance analytics. Marthe gives a look at some ways that Purview can help in your Microsoft Fabric and Power BI journey.

Purview overview
https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/purview

Learn about Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog
https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/unified-catalog

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FILTER & XLOOKUP to Match One Column, Get All TRUEs in Column & Return All Row Headers. EMT 1874

Download Excel File: https://excelisfun.net/files/EMT1874.xlsx
Learn how to do a complicated reverse lookup with a simple formula using the XLOOKUP and FILTER functions.
Topics:
1. (00:00) Introduction.
2. () Formula for reverse lookup with a simple solution using the XLOOKUP and FILTER functions
3. (10:31) Summary
4. (11:12) Closing

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What about relationships with Multiple facts in Power BI?

Now relationships are causing a problem with multiple facts in Power BI! Patrick looks at another way to avoid a circular dependency by way of relationships.

Demo Files:
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LET Function to Define LAMBDA as f, then Perform Column Iteration With Vertical Spill. #Short 67

Download Excel file: https://people.highline.edu/mgirvin/AllClasses/455/ch11/ExcelShorst64-67.xlsx
Learn how to create a single cell formula with the functions LET and LAMBDA and BYCOL that will iterate columns in an array and spill multiple aggregate results vertically. LET will use the LAMBDA function to define a reusable function, where all you have to do is enter the aggregate function name and below each column the aggregate calculation will appear from a spill.
Thanks to ExcelLambda at YouTube for the Excel formula knowledge in this video : )

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LET & BYCOL Functions to Spill Column Aggregate calculations Vertically. #Short 66

Download Excel file: https://people.highline.edu/mgirvin/AllClasses/455/ch11/ExcelShorst64-67.xlsx
Learn how to create a single cell formula with the functions LET and BYCOL that will iterate columns in an array and spill multiple aggregate results vertically. The LET function defines an array and a function, which allows the array to be altered for calculations such as Geometric Mean. Thanks to ExcelLambda at YouTube for the Excel formula knowledge in this video : )

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Clean Data with Copilot in Excel – What Works and What Doesn’t? Episode 2673

Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Excel Clean Data with Copilot

Microsoft Excel just introduced the Clean Data feature in Win32, bringing AI-powered data cleaning straight to the desktop! This tool, previously available in Excel Online since October 2024, promises to detect and fix inconsistencies in your dataset—like inconsistent text, formatting issues, and more. But does it really work as expected?

In this episode, I put Clean Data to the test with a variety of messy datasets. It does well in some areas, like recognizing spelling variations and fixing number formats. However, it struggles with company name inconsistencies, date issues, and partial data cleaning—sometimes catching Continue reading “Clean Data with Copilot in Excel – What Works and What Doesn’t? Episode 2673”