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PPMT Function in Excel: Principal Part of an EMI

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19 Dec 2021 · Excel Functions A–Z · 1 min read

PPMT Function in Excel: Principal Part of an EMI

FinancialLevel: ExpertAvailable in: Excel 2007+PPMT returns the principal repaid by a specific EMI.Syntax=PPMT(rate, per, nper, pv, [fv].

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19 December 2021 by Atul Vij Excel Functions A–Z, Financial

Power Automate Lesson 8: Error Handling, Run History and Good Habits

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28 Nov 2021 · Power Automate · 2 min read

Power Automate Lesson 8: Error Handling, Run History and Good Habits

Keep flows reliable: run history, Configure run after for failure branches, scopes for try/catch, notifications on failure, naming, ownership and documentation.

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28 November 2021 by Atul Vij Power Automate

Power Automate Lesson 6: Forms to Excel and Teams

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26 Nov 2021 · Power Automate · 1 min read

Power Automate Lesson 6: Forms to Excel and Teams

Send Microsoft Forms responses into an Excel table and post a summary to a Teams channel: get response details, add a row, adaptive messages…

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Power Automate Lesson 5: Approvals

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25 Nov 2021 · Power Automate · 1 min read

Power Automate Lesson 5: Approvals

Build an approval flow: start and wait for an approval, approve from email, Teams or mobile, branch on the outcome, and record decisions in…

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25 November 2021 by Atul Vij Power Automate

Power Automate Lesson 2: Your First Cloud Flow — Email Alerts

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22 Nov 2021 · Power Automate · 2 min read

Power Automate Lesson 2: Your First Cloud Flow — Email Alerts

Build a flow that sends a Teams or mobile notification when an important email arrives: trigger conditions, dynamic content, testing and turning flows on…

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22 November 2021 by Atul Vij Power Automate

Power Automate Lesson 1: What Power Automate Is (Cloud vs Desktop)

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21 Nov 2021 · Power Automate · 1 min read

Power Automate Lesson 1: What Power Automate Is (Cloud vs Desktop)

Understand Power Automate: cloud flows vs desktop flows, triggers and actions, connectors, licences included with Microsoft 365, and what to automate first.

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21 November 2021 by Atul Vij Power Automate

Power BI Lesson 2: The Data Model — Facts, Dimensions and a Star Schema

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9 Nov 2021 · Power BI & DAX · 2 min read

Power BI Lesson 2: The Data Model — Facts, Dimensions and a Star Schema

Design a Power BI model that works: fact tables vs dimension tables, why a star schema beats one big flat table, keys, a Calendar…

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9 November 2021 by Atul Vij Power BI & DAX

Power BI Lesson 6: CALCULATE and Filter Context

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9 Nov 2021 · Power BI & DAX · 2 min read

Power BI Lesson 6: CALCULATE and Filter Context

Understand filter context, then change it with CALCULATE: sales for one category, ignore a filter with ALL and REMOVEFILTERS, share of total, and the…

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9 November 2021 by Atul Vij Power BI & DAX

Power BI Data Modelling: Build a Star Schema (and Why Your Report Is Slow Without One)

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2 Nov 2021 · Power BI & DAX · 3 min read

Power BI Data Modelling: Build a Star Schema (and Why Your Report Is Slow Without One)

Learn the star schema for Power BI: fact and dimension tables, one-to-many relationships, filter direction, a proper date table, and how to turn a…

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2 November 2021 by Atul Vij Power BI & DAX

DAX CALCULATE Explained: Filter Context Without the Headache

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29 Oct 2021 · Power BI & DAX · 3 min read

DAX CALCULATE Explained: Filter Context Without the Headache

A deep, practical guide to CALCULATE in Power BI and Power Pivot: filter context, row context, ALL, REMOVEFILTERS, KEEPFILTERS, time intelligence and the patterns…

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29 October 2021 by Atul Vij Power BI & DAX

Power BI Lesson 1: Desktop Tour and Loading Data

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20 Oct 2021 · Power BI & DAX · 2 min read

Power BI Lesson 1: Desktop Tour and Loading Data

Install Power BI Desktop, learn the Report, Table and Model views, load several Excel tables through Power Query, check data types, and save a…

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20 October 2021 by Atul Vij Power BI & DAX

Power BI Desktop: Build Your First Report From an Excel File

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10 Oct 2021 · Charts & Dashboards · 4 min read

Power BI Desktop: Build Your First Report From an Excel File

Step-by-step first Power BI report from an Excel table: install, Get data, check types in Power Query, build cards, bar and line charts, a…

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10 October 2021 by Atul Vij Charts & Dashboards

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