The Ultimate Date Table
“Looks like it’s time for me to get myself a date.” -Ace Ventura, PowerPivot Detective The Importance of a Date/Calendar Table I get a lot of questions from people who are struggling with the time...
View ArticleDataMarket Revisited: The Truth is Out There
How many discoveries are right under our noses, if only we cross-referenced the right data sets? Convergence of Multiple “Thought Streams” Yeah, I love quoting movies. And tv shows. And song lyrics....
View ArticleDownload 10,000 Days of Free Weather Data for Almost Any Location Worldwide
“And I feel, so much depends on the weather…So is it raining in your bedroom retail?” Example: 800 Days of Weather in New York City 820 Days of Weather Data from New York City, Pulled From...
View ArticleApparently April 12 is “DataMarket Weather Day”
So cool… Chris Webb ALSO posted today about downloading weather data from DataMarket. And any post that starts with the words “I don’t always agree with what everything Rob Collie says” gets an...
View ArticleDatamarket: Quick Followup
“There are people out there whose jobs force them to be the place where two sources of data meet, and they are the ones who integrate and cross-reference that data to form conclusions… …I think a lot...
View ArticleCloud Data Approaching Critical Mass: Connection Cloud, SalesForce,...
Cloud Data Like SalesForce Available to PowerPivot as if it Were in a Local Database:My Long Wish for a “Data Highway” Gets Closer Every Day(Click for the Webinar Featuring Yours Truly on YouTube)...
View Article“Introducing” Data Explorer
In My Opinion, There Aren’t Many Things More Exciting Than a New Ribbon Tab Full of Goodies(And One That I Can Add to Excel 2010 or 2013 – I Hear That’s Important for Some Reason) Maybe There’s a...
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