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Riley27
Aug 09, 2019Copper Contributor
Why are My Pivot Table Settings Linked?
Hi there. So I am creating a report and have a group of pivot tables that rely on custom date grouping to look at week-over-week changes. When I create a new pivot table with the same data sourc...
Riley27
Aug 12, 2019Copper Contributor
Hi SergeiBaklan - interesting, I will look into that as I have never used data models in Excel before!
At a quick glance, I am wondering if the file location would be an issue. It looks to me like data models rely on external data sources, and due to how this report will be shared, accessed and manipulated, it is vital that the data is locally stored within the file.
Would that create an issue for data models or would you recommend I continue looking into this option and learn data models?
Thanks!
SergeiBaklan
Aug 13, 2019Diamond Contributor
Oops, I see you are on Mac. Not sure how and if all mentioned here functionality (data model, PowerPivot Wizard) is supported for Excel on Mac.