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Published inNov 2023
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ISBN-139781803240282
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Bernard Obeng Boateng
Bernard Obeng Boateng
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Bernard Obeng Boateng

Bernard Obeng Boateng is a Microsoft Excel MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, with over 10 years work experience in Banking, Insurance and Business Development. He is founder of Finex Skills Hub an approved Training Provider of the Financial Modeling Institute, Canada. Finex Skills Hub runs the Finex Project in Ghana, a pro bono student training outreach program for students in Data Analytics and Financial Modeling. Bernard also provides consultancy services for SMEs (start-ups and existing) in Financial Management, Business Planning and Research. He has an active audience online with about 17,000 followers on his LinkedIn Account. where he shares tips and tricks on Microsoft Excel and other Office Apps.
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The objective of this chapter was to help you understand the concept of data modeling. We have covered the key advantages of using a data model in analyzing large and complex datasets. The chapter introduced you to tables, PivotTables, and Power Pivot and how the data model you create in Power Pivot helps you analyze data from multiple table sources. To help you put this in context, we looked at two practical use cases of a data model for an accountant and a salesperson. This should help bring the concept home and help you apply it to any dataset you analyze at work.

After reading this chapter, you are now also able to identify the key components of Power Pivot, the main authoring tool for data modeling in Microsoft Excel and Power BI. In this chapter, we also covered some best practices with a data model to help you improve the performance of Power Pivot.

In the next chapter, we will see best practices for laying out data. The chapter will help you further improve the performance of your Power Pivot calculations for large datasets.

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Author (1)

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Bernard Obeng Boateng

Bernard Obeng Boateng is a Microsoft Excel MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, with over 10 years work experience in Banking, Insurance and Business Development. He is founder of Finex Skills Hub an approved Training Provider of the Financial Modeling Institute, Canada. Finex Skills Hub runs the Finex Project in Ghana, a pro bono student training outreach program for students in Data Analytics and Financial Modeling. Bernard also provides consultancy services for SMEs (start-ups and existing) in Financial Management, Business Planning and Research. He has an active audience online with about 17,000 followers on his LinkedIn Account. where he shares tips and tricks on Microsoft Excel and other Office Apps.
Read more about Bernard Obeng Boateng