Where we left it 2 weeks agao. We found duplicates with a pivot table.

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Where we left it 2 weeks agao

We found duplicates with a pivot table

We found duplicates with a pivot tableAnd replaced those with a VLOOKUP

There are other ‘problems’ here

A spreadsheet

is not perfect for

‘repeatable’ analysis

But I want a filter

But I want a filter

And another one

Suppose I need these two values

Manually filter

Two pivot tables

Two pivot tables

Suppose I need these two values

Suppose I need these two valuesEvery week

on new data

Don’t paste!

Don’t

paste!Use a...

Included in Office

(Professional and higer)

Definitely not the only

database!

No grid?

We have tomake tables

Okay, we could paste

Instead of pasting, we can import!

Designed for repeated tasks

As always,

tools are no

substitute

for thinking!

WUUUU

UT?

A bit of

theory

A bit of

theory

Relationship

Key

Key

Key

Key

Foreign key Foreign

key

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

Okay, we have a

Now what?