Comments for PowerPivotPro http://www.powerpivotpro.com Thoughts on PowerPivot, Sharepoint BI and the occasional movie quote Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:35:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on PowerPivot Scheduled Refresh Pt 3: Thin Workbooks by Nicky http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2011/02/powerpivot-scheduled-refresh-pt-3-thin-workbooks/#comment-4106 Nicky Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:35:10 +0000 https://powerpivotpro.wordpress.com/?p=2223#comment-4106 Hi Rob, at the end of your post you are saying you finally got the problem solved of "keeping those thin workbooks to always be up to date". Any hints on how you got it to work? Hi Rob,

at the end of your post you are saying you finally got the problem solved of “keeping those thin workbooks to always be up to date”. Any hints on how you got it to work?

]]> Comment on Downgrading From PowerPivot v2 to v1 by powerpivotpro http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/downgrading-from-powerpivot-v2-to-v1/#comment-4102 powerpivotpro Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:54:07 +0000 http://www.powerpivotpro.com/?p=3728#comment-4102 That's covered in the post I linked in my last comment :) That’s covered in the post I linked in my last comment :)

]]> Comment on Downgrading From PowerPivot v2 to v1 by Pozuelo http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/downgrading-from-powerpivot-v2-to-v1/#comment-4101 Pozuelo Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:44:29 +0000 http://www.powerpivotpro.com/?p=3728#comment-4101 Thanks a lot Powerpivot Master May I ask you what kind of compatibility issues you're talking about. Say I'm the only one in my company using powerpivot, with links to a datawarehouse under SQL 2005, what kind of troubles might I be exposed to ? Thanks for any info Thanks a lot Powerpivot Master
May I ask you what kind of compatibility issues you’re talking about. Say I’m the only one in my company using powerpivot, with links to a datawarehouse under SQL 2005, what kind of troubles might I be exposed to ?

Thanks for any info

]]> Comment on Downgrading From PowerPivot v2 to v1 by powerpivotpro http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/downgrading-from-powerpivot-v2-to-v1/#comment-4100 powerpivotpro Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:15 +0000 http://www.powerpivotpro.com/?p=3728#comment-4100 There actually is not much real danger here other than compatibility. Check this other blog post for the details: http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/warning-powerpivot-com-download-is-v2-beta/ There actually is not much real danger here other than compatibility. Check this other blog post for the details:

http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/warning-powerpivot-com-download-is-v2-beta/

]]> Comment on Downgrading From PowerPivot v2 to v1 by Pozuelo http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/downgrading-from-powerpivot-v2-to-v1/#comment-4099 Pozuelo Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:18 +0000 http://www.powerpivotpro.com/?p=3728#comment-4099 May I ask you what are the major risks to work with V2. I have to say that our databases / servers are on SQL 2005 actually (sorry I'm not an IT guy, but just an user of powerpivot for my job) May I ask you what are the major risks to work with V2. I have to say that our databases / servers are on SQL 2005 actually (sorry I’m not an IT guy, but just an user of powerpivot for my job)

]]> Comment on Downgrading From PowerPivot v2 to v1 by Pozuelo http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/downgrading-from-powerpivot-v2-to-v1/#comment-4098 Pozuelo Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:12:19 +0000 http://www.powerpivotpro.com/?p=3728#comment-4098 yep...shit happens they say... yep…shit happens they say…

]]> Comment on Downgrading From PowerPivot v2 to v1 by powerpivotpro http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/downgrading-from-powerpivot-v2-to-v1/#comment-4097 powerpivotpro Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:47:18 +0000 http://www.powerpivotpro.com/?p=3728#comment-4097 I am sorry to say that a workbook upgraded to v2 cannot be downgraded to v1. If you need to continue to work with v1, you will have to re-create your workbook :( I am sorry to say that a workbook upgraded to v2 cannot be downgraded to v1. If you need to continue to work with v1, you will have to re-create your workbook :(

]]> Comment on Downgrading From PowerPivot v2 to v1 by Pozuelo http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/downgrading-from-powerpivot-v2-to-v1/#comment-4096 Pozuelo Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:43:51 +0000 http://www.powerpivotpro.com/?p=3728#comment-4096 Hi there Thanks for your post. Overall your website rocks ! I've succesfully done what you described regarding the command prompt. But the issue is still the same when opening a spreadhseet created with powerpivot V1 but unfortunatelly upgraded with Powerpivot V2 (before uninstalling V2). Any idea ? Regards Hi there

Thanks for your post. Overall your website rocks !

I’ve succesfully done what you described regarding the command prompt.
But the issue is still the same when opening a spreadhseet created with powerpivot V1 but unfortunatelly upgraded with Powerpivot V2 (before uninstalling V2). Any idea ?

Regards

]]> Comment on Lookups based on date ranges by powerpivotpro http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/lookups-based-on-date-ranges/#comment-4095 powerpivotpro Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:44 +0000 http://www.powerpivotpro.com/?p=3744#comment-4095 Oooh! I debated asking others whether they thought this was easier to do in normal Excel but decided the post was running too long. So I am very interested in your results - both the speed of calc as well as the complexity of the formulas. Please share when ready :) In answer to your question: CALCULATE returns an error if I don't "wrap" the first argument in a function. I don't have to use AVERAGE though - I could use MAX, MIN, etc. I find myself in this situation a lot actually - where I know there is only one row returned, and AVERAGE, MIN, MAX will all return the same answer, so I pick one - usually MAX. But in this case, if I have lots of rows in the Rates table, even I would be reluctant to "trust" that I never got more than one row from the folks maintaining the Rates table, so I picked AVERAGE rather than MAX, to "blend" results in that case. Also, given that Leah switched from AVERAGE to MAX, it's clear that she *does* expect to return more than one row in her usage cases. Oooh! I debated asking others whether they thought this was easier to do in normal Excel but decided the post was running too long. So I am very interested in your results – both the speed of calc as well as the complexity of the formulas. Please share when ready :)

In answer to your question: CALCULATE returns an error if I don’t “wrap” the first argument in a function. I don’t have to use AVERAGE though – I could use MAX, MIN, etc. I find myself in this situation a lot actually – where I know there is only one row returned, and AVERAGE, MIN, MAX will all return the same answer, so I pick one – usually MAX. But in this case, if I have lots of rows in the Rates table, even I would be reluctant to “trust” that I never got more than one row from the folks maintaining the Rates table, so I picked AVERAGE rather than MAX, to “blend” results in that case.

Also, given that Leah switched from AVERAGE to MAX, it’s clear that she *does* expect to return more than one row in her usage cases.

]]> Comment on Lookups based on date ranges by powerpivotpro http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/02/lookups-based-on-date-ranges/#comment-4094 powerpivotpro Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:21:24 +0000 http://www.powerpivotpro.com/?p=3744#comment-4094 Yeah feel free :) Yeah feel free :)

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