PowerPivot for End Users — Lesson 1: Power Pivot and Data Model Foundations

Learning Objectives

• Enable and navigate Power Pivot in Excel
• Import data from files, tables, and relational sources
• Define table granularity, keys, data types, and model structure

Detailed Topics

• Enable and navigate Power Pivot in Excel: Enable and navigate Power Pivot in Excel
• Import data from files: Import data from files, tables, and relational sources
• Define table granularity: Define table granularity, keys, data types, and model structure

Guided Demonstration

1. Review the requirement, environment, dependencies, roles, risks, and expected outcome.
2. Demonstrate the relevant configuration, analysis, code, or administration workflow step by step.
3. Capture settings, outputs, logs, screenshots, calculations, or test evidence.
4. Compare the observed result with the stated acceptance criteria.

Hands-On Activity

Create a documented Excel Data Model from multiple business tables.

• Document assumptions and the planned sequence before making changes.
• Complete the activity and preserve evidence of normal and exception behavior.
• Record issues, corrective actions, and reusable operational or development notes.

Troubleshooting Focus

• Separate symptoms from causes and collect evidence before applying a fix.
• Check configuration, permissions, data, dependencies, capacity, connectivity, and recent changes.
• Validate rollback, recovery, support ownership, and user or business impact.

Validation Checklist

• The requirement and expected outcome are clear.
• The selected configuration, design, query, code, or process is documented.
• Normal, boundary, failure, security, and operational conditions are reviewed.
• The result is supported by evidence and the next improvement is prioritized.

Lesson Outcome

Learners can explain and apply Power Pivot and Data Model Foundations in a realistic scenario and validate the result with documented evidence.