Excel 2013 Functionality and New Data Capability Overview - Course Technology Computing Conference Presenter: Wilma Andrews & Bob Andrews, Virginia Commonwealth University This session will discuss and demonstrate some of the 2013 Excel functionality and exciting new features available through the Professional Plus version. These features expand the capability to obtain, manage, analyze and visualize data. Most of these capabilities are activated thru add-ins or downloads. This session will provide an overview of Recommended PivotTables, Recommended Charts, Office Apps, PowerView, PowerPivot, PowerMap (GeoFlow), PowerQuery, and Inquire. Selected features will be demonstrated live during the session. Installation/download information will be provided to attendees. The goal of the session is for participants to be aware of and understand how these expanded Excel 2013 capabilities can be used.

1. Excel 2013 New Data Capability Overview
Bob & Wilma Andrews
Virginia Commonwealth University

2. OVERVIEW
New Excel 2013 Data Capabilities

3. Session
Awareness of data capabilities of
Excel 2013 Professional Plus/Office 365

4. Data
obtain
manage
analyze
visualize

5. Excel 2013 Data Capabilities
Obtain Manage Analyze Visualize
Inquire X
Recommended PivotTables X
Recommended Charts X
Obtain Manage Analyze Visualize
Inquire X
Recommended PivotTables X
Recommended Charts X
Power Query X
Power Map X
Obtain Manage Analyze Visualize
Inquire X
Recommended PivotTables X
Recommended Charts X
Power Query X
Power Map X
Power Pivot X X
Power View X X
Obtain Manage Analyze Visualize
Inquire X
Recommended PivotTables X
Recommended Charts X
Power Query X
Power Map X
Power Pivot X X
Power View X X
Commercial Add-Ins X X
Apps for Office X X

6. BASIC LEVEL
New Excel 2013 Features

7. INQUIRE
Analyze workbook for problems or inconsistencies
See links between workbooks, worksheets or cells
Compare versions of workbook - graphical dependency maps
Worksheet relationship diagram

8. INQUIRE
Add-in
Turn on at Options/Add-ins/COM

9. INQUIRE
Workbook
analysis
Show workbook
links
Relationships –
workbook, works
heet, cells
Compare files
Clean excess cell
formatting
Manage
passwords

10. Workbook Analysis Report
Excel Help – Analyze a workbook

11. Excel Help - What you can do with Spreadsheet Inquire
Relationships

12. http://www.microsofttraining.net/b/exceltraining/2013/04/excel-2013-audit-your-spreadsheet-with-the-inquire-add-in/
Relationships

13. Recommended PivotTables

14. Recommended PivotTables

15. Recommended Charts

16. Recommended Charts

17. Recommended Charts

18. POWER USER
New Excel Features

19. Basic Excel
Power User
One step up

20. >300 Million Excel users worldwide
Those who create Pivot Tables
10% - Pivot Pros (Rob Collie)

21. Microsoft’s 4 BICapabilities
Power Query
Power Map
Power Pivot
Power View

22. Excel 2013 Data Capabilities
Obtain Manage Analyze Visualize
Inquire X
Recommended PivotTables X
Recommended Charts X
Obtain Manage Analyze Visualize
Inquire X
Recommended PivotTables X
Recommended Charts X
Power Query X
Power Map X
Obtain Manage Analyze Visualize
Inquire X
Recommended PivotTables X
Recommended Charts X
Power Query X
Power Map X
Power Pivot X X
Power View X X
Obtain Manage Analyze Visualize
Inquire X
Recommended PivotTables X
Recommended Charts X
Power Query X
Power Map X
Power Pivot X X
Power View X X
Commercial Add-Ins X X
Apps for Office X X

23. Power Query
Data discovery and query tool
Enhances self-service BI experience
Public search feature

24. Power Query

25. Power Query

26. Power Query
32 or 64 bit

27. Power Query

29. Table format

31. Power Map (GeoFlow)
3-D data visualization of data sets

32. Power Map (GeoFlow)
Download

34. Power Map (GeoFlow)

35. Power Map

36. % Population 65 and Older by Locality

37. % People in Poverty by State

38. POWER PRO
New Excel Features

39. Basic Excel
Power User
Another step up
Power Pro

40. Power Pivot
“The best thing to happen to Excel in 20 years.”
Bill Jelen, Mr. Excel
“This is the rare technology that can (and will)
fundamentally change the lives of millions of people.”
Rob Collie, PowerPivotPro

41. Power Pivot
By far, the biggest “competitor” to Power Pivot
is…
In other words, lack of awareness that Power Pivot
even EXISTS is still the biggest “competitor” to Power
Pivot today.
http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2014/01/what-is-power-pivots-1-competitor/#more-8854
Excel itself.

42. Power Pivot
Handles massive volumes of data
Builds on known pivot table skills
Possible multi-table pivots
“Save As” - for interactive web application

43. Power Pivot
Add-in
File/Options/Add-ins/COM Add-Ins

44. Power Pivot

45. DAX FORMULAS FOR PowerPivot, Rob Collie, p.10

46. DAX FORMULAS FOR PowerPivot, Rob Collie, p.11

47. Power Query vs Power Pivot
Power Query - discover, connect to, and import data.
Power Pivot - model imported data
Both use Excel data in Excel to explore and visualize
with Power Map, Power View, PivotTables and Pivot
Charts.

48. Power View
Explore
Visualize
Present

49. Power View
Power Pivot models intuitive data visualization
Joins data together in a cohesive unit = data model
Data models created behind the scenes between
tables and relationships

50. Data Model
a new approach for integrating data from multiple
tables, effectively building a relational data source
inside an Excel workbook

51. Power View
Charts
Filtering
Slicers
Sorting
Reports with multiple views

52. Power View
Add-in
File/Options/Add-ins/COM Add-Ins

53. Power View

56. MICROSOFT’S POSITION IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

57. Microsoft’s 4 BICapabilities
Power Query
Power Map
Power Pivot
Power View

58. Magic Quadrant
for Business
Intelligence

59. ADDITIONAL ADD-INS/DOWNLOADS

60. Commercial Excel Add-ins
JMP - http://www.jmp.com/support/help/Import_Data_Using_the_Excel_Add-In.shtml
StatTools - https://www.palisade.com/stattools/
XLMiner - http://www.solver.com/xlminer-data-mining
XLSTAT - http://www.xlstat.com/en/
http://www.jmp.com/support/help/Import_Data_Using_the_Excel_Add-In.shtml
http://www.jmp.com/support/help/Import_Data_Using_the_Excel_Add-In.shtml

61. Apps for Office

62. Apps for Office

63. Apps for Office

64. Apps for Office

65. Microsoft Support site

66. Videos at Excel/New

67. Excel Videos

68. Excel Videos

69. Resources
Bill Jelen –
Mr. Excel
http://www.youtube.com/user/bjele123

70. Resources
Mike Girven -
Excel is Fun
http://www.youtube.com/user/ExcelIsFun

71. Resources
Rob Collie – powerpivotpro.com
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoZckhwYkolkjBIdVXpSNSg

72. Resources
Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power View,
Larson, Davis, English and Purington
Dax Formulas for PowerPivot, Collie
Microsoft Excel 2013, Building Data Models with
PowerPivot, Ferrai and Russo
Microsoft websites videos

73. Lots to learn…..