PivotTables are one of those Excel features that most people use… but few people really use well . This post focuses on high-impact, everyday PivotTable tricks  that stay under the radar—plus a small European snacks dataset (2024–2025)  you can use to follow along. Check out some of our FREE templates and materials. PRACTICE MATERIAL BELOW!👇 Dataset you’ll use in this post (European Snacks 2024–2025) The file contains one main table tblSales  with these columns (excerpt): Co

Microsoft Power BI Desktop  contains a rich set of modelling and reporting features, yet many power users enhance their workflow with external tools . These tools attach to the Analysis Services instance behind a PBIX/Power BI semantic model and allow advanced editing, scripting, performance analysis and automation. The External Tools  ribbon lists all registered tools, and Microsoft warns that these are produced by independent developers; editing metadata outside Power BI De

Imagine if many of your daily repetitive tasks could happen automatically while you focus on more important work. Microsoft Power Automate (formerly known as Microsoft Flow) is a cloud-based service that makes this possible. Without writing code, it lets you create automated workflows (called “flows”) between your apps and services. You can tell Power Automate: “When X happens, do Y.”  This post will introduce Power Automate in plain English and then walk through real-life ex