Compare product performance after launch
As part of the microsoft.com/learning team we release products throughout the year –courseware, books, exams and eLearning (check out MVA for tons of free courses). We often need to understand how our products perform after launch and how they compare against each other (in the first month since launch, first quarter, first year etc.). For Example: we would compare the various courses we launched around Visual Studio 2010. We may compare Visual Studio 2010 against Visual Studio 2012 courses. We may even compare Visual Studio against SQL Server. Or compare adoption by geography or customer segments.
I can imagine similar need for other businesses, e.g. a car manufacturer who needs to compare performance of various year, make and models.
Power Pivot and Power View can allow us to go from View 1 below, which is inscrutable at best, to View 2 which really helps us understand and differentiate the adoption ramp of various products. In this article, I would explain how you can go from View 1 to View 2 using the car manufacturer example.
View 1: Monthly Sales by Car Model |
View 2: Cumulative Sales since Launch, by Car Model |
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