Import data tables into the Power Pivot data model from Excel or external sources. Establish relationships between tables using shared columns, such as product IDs or employee numbers.

Even though it’s an official add-on from Excel, Power Pivot isn’t limited to spreadsheet data only. You can import data from any CSV or plain text files, and even connect it to databases like ...

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To do so, click anywhere inside a Table and then click the Power Pivot tab to open the Power Pivot window. Click Add to Data Model in the Tables group. Doing so generates another view of your data.

A chart created in Excel by slicing and dicing data stored in PowerPivot. The results are interactive, but only in PowerPivot-connected versions of Excel 2010. More great free stuff for Windows: ...