Solver allows you to use an Excel spreadsheet to easily solve problems with multiple variables. We'll look at a couple of examples to see what Solver can do and how easy it is to use. Solver is an add ...

Microsoft recently announced that they are adding a feature to Excel that will allow Python code to be embedded and used for advanced analytics. That made me wonder if it might be possible to create ...

When I was in high school, we used to plot points on graph paper and then try to fit a curve with some plastic templates named in undoubtedly sexist terms as French Curves. There was also a flexible ...

Excel is one of those programs with so much depth that there are whole areas many of us will never come to grips with. One such area is Excel’s support for XML through the program’s XML maps feature.

TFS 2010 uses SQL Server Reporting Services to provide reports, but because it uses data warehouse and analysis services to store reporting information, users can roll their own. In this column we are ...

Excel is that must-have tool for managing, analyzing and reporting on paid search campaigns that is impossible to know too well. Many of us are self-taught — picking up tips and tricks here and there ...