Microsoft OneNote

OneNote is used to take notes. It comes as a free desktop app with Windows, but also as part of the Microsoft 365 suite or a web service. Notes are captured in notebooks, and each of them can have multiple sections and parts. In notes, we can write down text, keep To Do lists, add images, video or audio recordings, links… Notebooks are stored as documents in  the OneDrive repository, which means that notes can be easily accessed from any device.

Dynamic lists

So far, you have been able to read several “recipes” on this blog which were about Data Validation and lists. Office365 (Microsoft365) subscription users have access to dynamic array functions that easily handle variable-length lists. But what should users with an older version of Excel do? In the text that follows, you will learn how to solve this problem with the help of the named ranges, OFFSET and COUNTA functions.

Power BI groups

Power BI groups enable grouping of data within visuals for more efficient reporting. Depending on the type of dimension present in the visual (category or measure), it is possible to group parts of the report by default categories (Lists) or reporting segments (Bins). It is also possible to create groups of data and as well view a group which contains other series (Others). You will find out more about this in the following „recipe“ …