Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links it to subordinates, called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables. Before we dive ...

For the most part, you're probably accustomed to using Microsoft Excel for tasks such as preparing reports, forecasts, and budgets. However, Excel is much more powerful than that. It can be used to ...

Once you decide the default Auto Date table isn’t adequate, you can create one that fulfills your grouping and filtering requirements in Microsoft Power BI. The article How to know if the Auto Date ...

When databases became available for the personal computer in the mid-1980s, they quickly gained a mystique as the ultimate productivity applications. Despite their widespread use, in some ways they ...

Excel created pivot tables to improve upon its convoluted, weak reporting features (which are still available). The pivot table is actually a collection of tools that Excel uses to help you create ...

Jack Wallen explains how to add data into a MySQL table from the command line. So you’re new to MySQL database administration. You’ve probably already installed ...