Dear Readers & Friends,
I am very happy to announce that our first batch of VBA Classes is open for your consideration. Please read this short post to understand the benefits of this program and how you can join. Click here to join our class, if you are ready.
What is this VBA Class?
VBA Class is a structured and comprehensive online training program for learning Microsoft Excel VBA (Macros). It is full of real world examples & useful theory.
The aim of VBA Classes is to make a beginner an expert in VBA.
What are the benefits of this class?
Oh so many! Learning VBA one ups your Excel mojo. You will suddenly start saying “Yes” several work opportunities & challenges. Your boss might fall in love with you. You realize the potential to automate large chunks of your work and save time & money.
What do you get when you join my VBA classes?
1. Access to Private Member-only Classroom:
This is a blog like area where you can learn, ask questions, share ideas, discuss lesson topics, work on class projects and network with fellow classmates.
2. 12 Weeks of VBA lessons:
Every week, we will be sending you new lesson videos, list of articles and downloadable workbooks etc. If you follow this schedule and work on the lessons, you will learn VBA.
3. [Optional] Excel & Dashboard lessons for 32 hours:
You can also sign-up for the optional Excel School & Dashboard lessons and become awesome in Excel & Dashboards. This program, integrated in to VBA Classroom, helps you learn from scratch about Excel, advanced formulas, advanced charting, dashboard reporting and VBA – one after another.
4. Real-life Class Project:
During Week 11, you will put together all the things you have learned so far to complete a complex, real life project using Excel & VBA. We will take you thru the steps of this project by proving video lessons along way.
5. Bonus Material:
You get lessons on “Introduction to Programming”, “Introduction to Databases”, “Debugging your code” as part of the lesson plan. There are some additional bonus material too. Visit VBA Classes page for details.
6. Ability to Download Lesson Videos in HD:
You can download all the lesson videos in HD and view them whenever you want. (this facility is available for Download or Excel School members only).
7. 30 Days money-back guarantee:
If you do not like the class for any reason, you can drop-out in first month and get your full money back.
Important things to keep in mind:
- We will be closing the registrations on 20th May – Friday (at 12 Midnight, Pacific Time).
- Classes start from 23rd May. If you join in either Excel School option, you can start learning Excel lessons immediately.
- This program is not suitable for absolute newbies. If you have very little idea about Excel, you should watch the Introduction to Excel video series before joining us.
Pricing & Payment Options:
VBA Classes come in 4 flavors:
1. VBA Classes – Online Option
2. VBA Classes – Download Option
3. Excel School + VBA Classes
4. Excel School + Dashboards + VBA Classes
To join VBA Classes: visit VBA Classes sign-up page.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- What payment methods are accepted?
You can pay by credit card (VISA, Master, AMEX etc.) or with your PayPal Account. In some countries, you can also pay by electronic check. Use the most convenient option from Checkout page. - What version of Excel is used in VBA Classes?
We use Excel 2007 to conduct the classes. However, most lessons can be applied to Excel 2003 onwards. - Can I upgrade later, after joining the course?
You can upgrade to any other option once you join the course. The upgrade fee will be $7 + fee difference. You will find the details inside the VBA Class.
For more questions & answers, visit VBA Classes FAQ section.
More Details:
For more details, go thru these links:
- VBA Classes – Course & Sign-up Details
- How does the VBA Class Work? [Video]
- VBA Classes – Payment Options for Indians
- VBA Classes – Course Brochure
- VBA Classes – FAQs
If you have any more questions, please email me at chandoo.d @ gmail.com or call me at +91 814 262 1090 or +1 206 792 9480. I will be very glad to answer your questions.
We are very eager to see you in our inaugural batch of VBA Class.
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21 Responses to “Distinct count in Excel pivot tables”
The distinct count option works well but I have found that if I have a date field and want to group by year, month, etc. that option seems to be disabled. I need to do both, distinct count and group by year/month.
Example data; sales orders with item quantities with dates.
Challenge; sum the item quantities, count the distinct orders and group by month. How do I do this?
Perhaps that's not possible due to the grouping?
@Al... When you use data model based pivots, you cannot group values manually anymore. Why not use Excel 2016's default date grouping option? In this case we have just a few dates, so Excel is not grouping them, but if you have an year's worth of data, when you make the pivot with date in the row label area, Excel automatically groups them. If you have fewer dates or want to use your own grouping, just create a table with all dates, add columns with month, week, year etc. Then connect this table (these types of tables are usually called as calendar tables) to your data on date field as a relationship. Now you can create reports by month, quarter etc easily.
Is this the only way to do it in 2013? I find it rather cumbersome to have to create another data table listing dates with the another column for MONTH() and YEAR() to be able to summarise data for senior level...
I know people find adding calendar tables cumbersome, but it is a best practice and let's you add more layers of analysis quite easily. For example, adding analysis by weekday vs. weekend or by financial quarter or YTD calculations (you would need either Power Pivot DAX or some very carefully setup pivot table value field settings)
I had absolutely no idea this was possible. Very useful, nice work!
Doesn't work for 2010 version though (or at least not my works version)
Hi ,
The post has the following in it :
These instructions work only in Excel 2016, Office 365 and Excel 2013.
when i have 2 different Pivot tables, one without the enabled “Add this data to data model” option, and the other one with it enabled.. is there anyway i can link slicers between them?
if the answer is NO,, what to do ?
Quick note, the “Add this data to data model” option is not available for the Mac version.
perhaps outside scope of this article but I have found when I attempt to create a pivot table from an external data source (connection to a sql view) the "Add this data to data model" becomes greyed out. Anybody experienced and found a solution so I can start getting distinct count in my pivot tables?
Is there a way to still add a calculated field when using distinct count?
I found I can't change the date source after tick the " add this data to the data model", can you help to adv how to change the date source in such case?
Is there a way to update the source once you have added to the data model? I receive a new spreadsheet weekly and would like to update the connection so my tables pull from the new source.
Hi Crhis, I like how you have hulk (superhero) as your avatar. Do you know that there is a superhero in Excel too? It's Power Query. You can use it to solve your problem in a simple click. Here an intro if you need some guidance.
Powerful Introduction to Power Query
A big Thank you. It worked.
Hi, have survey data that I need to analyze but the challenge is that my key fields are showing horizontally. I tried to transpose the fields using Power Query, but unfortunately the new fields are returning same values on a pivot table despite using distinct values
How I can a do a pivot table with discount conts in some columns and then generate shor report filter pages. pls it drives crazy
Hi. Why grand total pivot of distinct count is 13? shouldn't it be 67?
Great Answer! Saved me lots of time!
Thank you!!!
Worked awesome! Thanks!!
Hi Chandoo,
I am using pivot tables for distinct count and now I need to update them with new set of data. But when I update the source data, all the columns and formatting of Pivot table disappears and I need to build it from Scratch.
Is there a possibility that I can update the source data with new rows added and also retain my pivot tables?