Where we left it 2 weeks agao
We found duplicates with a pivot table
And replaced those with a VLOOKUP
There are other ‘problems’ here
A spreadsheet is not perfect for ‘repeatable’ analysis
But I want a filter
And another one
Suppose I need these two values
Manually filter
Two pivot tables
Suppose I need these two values
Every week on new data
Don’t paste!
Use a...
Included in Office (Professional and higer) Definitely not the only database!
No grid?
We have to make tables
Okay, we could paste
Instead of pasting, we can import!
Designed for repeated tasks
As always, tools are no substitute for thinking!
WUUUUUT?
A bit of theory
Relationship
Key
Foreign key
Key
Foreign keys
We can do a VLOOKUP, because we know there is a corresponding ‘8’ in the settings
This relationship expresses that knowing
Excel does not know nor validate
Databases do validate
Access knows!
There are 1-to- 1 relationships as well
We distilled the model from data
More often, you model upfront
I expect you to be able to make a diagram, based on data or story
Okay, we have a
Now what?