The last two weeks I have been analyzing sales data. This sounds like a daunting project since Indium Corporation has hundreds of thousands of lines of data for the period I am evaluating. However, using Power Pivot and Excel, I have been able to harness the useful information hidden in the data. I have also learned about features in Excel that I didn’t know existed!
Power Pivot 是 Excel 的一个插件。在进行更高层次的分析时,它允许用户对数据透视表进行更多的自定义筛选。它还可以将不断变化的外部数据源引入 Excel,并在这些数据源发生变化时更新表格。虽然我的大学经历教会了我 Excel 的基本工作原理,以及如何让困难的工程计算变得更容易管理,但像这样更高层次的东西,我在课程学习中还不需要。
Power Pivot 不仅功能强大,而且修改表格也更容易。例如,在我的电子表格中,Power Pivot 可以让我轻松创建按钮,改变显示的年份以及其他几个参数。由于电子表格的灵活性和表格可读取的数据量,我创建的文件可以轻松分析来自任何设施和年份的数据,并可用于许多其他项目--即使是没有 Power Pivot 经验的人也可以使用。
Learning this powerful tool for data analysis has opened my eyes to an entirely new field (to me) and sparked my interest in something I didn’t realize was so rewarding. I am excited to continue learning about the endless capabilities of Excel and how I can apply it to my internship here at Indium Corporation.
