Comments on: A 48 hour case study from Bing – Zero to Sixty :) http://powerpivotpro.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/ Thoughts on PowerPivot, SharePoint BI, and the occasional movie quote Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:40:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: greg kramer http://powerpivotpro.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/#comment-122 greg kramer Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:13:11 +0000 http://powerpivotpro.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/#comment-122 exceptionally cool for excel jocks to see how things are unfolding behind the scenes at ms...also, very good marketing 2.0, it seems to me. really jazzed about all of this. exceptionally cool for excel jocks to see how things are unfolding behind the scenes at ms…also, very good marketing 2.0, it seems to me.

really jazzed about all of this.

]]> By: Colin Banfield http://powerpivotpro.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/#comment-121 Colin Banfield Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:44:51 +0000 http://powerpivotpro.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/#comment-121 Amir, you're taken the words right out of my mouth. Exactly how I think about DAX. Amir, you’re taken the words right out of my mouth. Exactly how I think about DAX.

]]> By: amirnetz http://powerpivotpro.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/#comment-118 amirnetz Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:07:59 +0000 http://powerpivotpro.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/#comment-118 DAX is the unsung hero of PowerPivot. It is hard to show it off well in a short demo. But once you really dig your teeth into it, you find out that it is the real powerbase of PowerPivot. DAX is petty amazing, and it is only V1.0. Looking forward to the next release (give us a bit more time folks...) I think DAX alone is going to change everything you knew about BI or about Excel... It is truly exciting to see it evolving. DAX is the unsung hero of PowerPivot. It is hard to show it off well in a short demo. But once you really dig your teeth into it, you find out that it is the real powerbase of PowerPivot. DAX is petty amazing, and it is only V1.0.

Looking forward to the next release (give us a bit more time folks…) I think DAX alone is going to change everything you knew about BI or about Excel… It is truly exciting to see it evolving.

]]> By: Colin Banfield http://powerpivotpro.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/#comment-117 Colin Banfield Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:31:26 +0000 http://powerpivotpro.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/#comment-117 Darinee has had it easy. One of my biggest annoyances with Excel is the imbecilic PivotTable calculated field feature, which feels like it was developed by a freshmore on a summer job. Because of this idiot feature, I've had to flex my VBA muscles to create *real* calculated fields based on a data field. Well, the party line has been to create the Excel formulas you need outside the PivotTable. Well, OK, how do you do that for each measure in a data field and synchronize the outside "calculated column" when the table is filtered, expanded with new data or the column total is toggled on or off? When I'm done coding you can't tell where the actual PivotTable ends and the outside calculated column begins. But this is totally unnecessary work...at least it should be. I'm disgusted every time I have to go through this routine. In stark contrast, DAX calculated measures are amazing. It makes Excel's calculated field feature feel even dumber than it already is. No more senseless VBA coding. I could cry...Make that two tears: one for the elation of finally having real calculated fields in PivotTable and the other for the sadness that stat and financial functions aren't supported in DAX (sigh). Now instead of VBA coding, it's just the occasional figuring out how to do standard deviation or CHINV from first principles. Did I say standard deviation? Nah, that one is so fundamental (along with its variance companion) that it must be in CTP3. Darinee has had it easy. One of my biggest annoyances with Excel is the imbecilic PivotTable calculated field feature, which feels like it was developed by a freshmore on a summer job. Because of this idiot feature, I’ve had to flex my VBA muscles to create *real* calculated fields based on a data field. Well, the party line has been to create the Excel formulas you need outside the PivotTable. Well, OK, how do you do that for each measure in a data field and synchronize the outside “calculated column” when the table is filtered, expanded with new data or the column total is toggled on or off? When I’m done coding you can’t tell where the actual PivotTable ends and the outside calculated column begins. But this is totally unnecessary work…at least it should be. I’m disgusted every time I have to go through this routine.

In stark contrast, DAX calculated measures are amazing. It makes Excel’s calculated field feature feel even dumber than it already is. No more senseless VBA coding. I could cry…Make that two tears: one for the elation of finally having real calculated fields in PivotTable and the other for the sadness that stat and financial functions aren’t supported in DAX (sigh). Now instead of VBA coding, it’s just the occasional figuring out how to do standard deviation or CHINV from first principles. Did I say standard deviation? Nah, that one is so fundamental (along with its variance companion) that it must be in CTP3.

]]> By: amirnetz http://powerpivotpro.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/#comment-114 amirnetz Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:34:30 +0000 http://powerpivotpro.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/a-48-hour-case-study-from-bing-zero-to-sixty/#comment-114 OMG. What a great story. More. I want more of those. - Amir. OMG. What a great story. More. I want more of those.

- Amir.

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