Comments on: PowerPivotPro: The Book (Coming Soon)

By: greg

greg — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:42:30 +0000

We used to that exact thing all the time as well with Halo 2 – good stuff. Maybe ill see u online for halo 4

By: D3strukt

D3strukt — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:29:42 +0000

Bought. Company let me expense it! C’mon, Calculate/Filter/and beautiful TimeIntelligence functions! Time to put Cognos to shame!

By: powerpivotpro

powerpivotpro — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:59:53 +0000

This was a hybrid. The four of us play as a team on xbox live, on two tv’s. And yeah this is a very recent revival – first time I’ve done anything like this in 10+ years. Good times.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:12:41 +0000

Lol at halo LAN parties. Those kinda died for me when Xbox live came around but those were fun back in the day.

By: powerpivotpro

powerpivotpro — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 04:10:48 +0000

D3strukt – with a name like that I feel like I was just playing Halo against you Seriously, the neighbors just left, we were having a LAN party. And yes, I am 38 years old

The book is primarily fundamentals, the foundations you need in order to understand the various “tricks” and scenario-specific techniques covered on the blog over time. I originally intended to make the book 50/50 but then the 150 page book became 288 and was just fundamentals

That said, I do use some scenarios as examples to teach various topics. But I think I could probably write a “sequel,” one that captures several dozen tricks and techniques. I’ve been talking to Bill (MrExcel) about that. We may collaborate on it, as I don’t have time to do another book on my own.

Yes, there will be an e-reader version released at the same time as the print book. We’re just a few weeks away now. I’m excited

By: D3strukt

D3strukt — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:46:40 +0000

Thank you Rob for restoring my faith in Microsoft and self-service BI. This book is an insta-buy. F*ck all the haters that say PowerPivot can’t be a full-scale enterprise reporting tool.

Question: Will this book just be DAX code? Or will you make it interesting, situational, and fun to read by providing real world examples/case studies?

Will the entire accounting/finance techniques DAX be included? That is most relevant to my company.

Do you plan on a Kindle/e-reader version?

By: Niraj Krishna

Niraj Krishna — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:37:44 +0000

Rob,

Really looking forward to the book. Not sure how to email you so I uploaded to imgur at:

http://imgur.com/2eFJj

Thanks for all you do

By: Brad Osterloo

Brad Osterloo — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:12:48 +0000

Big fan of your blog, appreciate the headsup on your book – look forward to it.

Mission: Pre Order Book – Achievement Unlocked.

By: Nobody

Nobody — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:15:37 +0000

whenever I get the OK to move from Cognos cubes to Excel PowerPivot, I’ll def. order it (though it will probably be too advanced for me!)

By: powerpivotpro

powerpivotpro — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:32:28 +0000

Wow, hey there Aaron! Serious blast from the past, hearing from you

PowerPivot is amazing Aaron. Not sure how closely you’ve been watching it, but it’s CRAZY, the most amazing gift to people like us. The world is only beginning to begin to wake up to the changes afoot