The BI Blog - Powered by Sage Alchemex http://www.alchemex.com/blog Business Intelligence, Excel Tips & Sage Intelligence Tips, #1 BI Blog Thu, 23 May 2013 06:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Hyperlinkshttp://www.alchemex.com/blog/business-intelligence/2013/05/hyperlinks/ http://www.alchemex.com/blog/business-intelligence/2013/05/hyperlinks/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 06:36:13 +0000 Excel On Steroids http://www.alchemex.com/blog/?p=4451 Navigating your way around an excel workbook with many worksheets can be really frustrating and challenging. Simplify the process quickly and efficiently by using the hyperlink function. A Hyperlink is a reference to a document, a location or an action

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]]> http://www.alchemex.com/blog/business-intelligence/2013/05/hyperlinks/feed/ 0 Sage Intelligence Reporting: How is your Data Rendered into Microsoft Excelhttp://www.alchemex.com/blog/sage-intelligence-tips-tricks/2013/05/sage-intelligence-reporting-how-your-data-rendered-into-microsoft-excel/ http://www.alchemex.com/blog/sage-intelligence-tips-tricks/2013/05/sage-intelligence-reporting-how-your-data-rendered-into-microsoft-excel/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 07:39:13 +0000 Sage Intelligence Tips http://www.alchemex.com/blog/?p=4497 Sage Intelligence Reporting always outputs the data for a report to the first sheet in a workbook. Subsequent worksheets in the workbook are available for you to create your report output formats. The Expression names for the columns in the

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]]> http://www.alchemex.com/blog/sage-intelligence-tips-tricks/2013/05/sage-intelligence-reporting-how-your-data-rendered-into-microsoft-excel/feed/ 0 How to use the NPER Function to calculate number of periods in the life of a loan or investment planhttp://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/05/the-nper-function/ http://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/05/the-nper-function/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 12:56:23 +0000 Excel On Steroids http://www.alchemex.com/blog/?p=4490 The NPER Function allows you to calculate the number of periods that make up the life of a loan or investment. So, If you have a loan with a constant repayment plan and a constant interest rate, the NPER function

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]]> http://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/05/the-nper-function/feed/ 0 Generating of Random Numbers For Testing of Formulashttp://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/05/generating-random-numbers-for-testing-formulas/ http://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/05/generating-random-numbers-for-testing-formulas/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:51 +0000 Excel On Steroids http://www.alchemex.com/blog/?p=4396 Do you need to generate random numbers to test formulas? Consider using the RANDBETWEEN function. The function can be used to create some random numbers for testing of formulas so that you don’t need to make them up. The RANDBETWEEN

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]]> http://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/05/generating-random-numbers-for-testing-formulas/feed/ 1 Sage Intelligence: Report Timeoutshttp://www.alchemex.com/blog/sage-intelligence-tips-tricks/2013/05/sage-intelligence-report-timeouts-2/ http://www.alchemex.com/blog/sage-intelligence-tips-tricks/2013/05/sage-intelligence-report-timeouts-2/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 08:18:40 +0000 Sage Intelligence Tips http://www.alchemex.com/blog/?p=4435 There are various types of Timeouts that can occur during data extraction phase of a report generation. The three most common that can affect the execution of a report and troubleshooting options are described below: Connection Timeout – This occurs

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]]> http://www.alchemex.com/blog/sage-intelligence-tips-tricks/2013/05/sage-intelligence-report-timeouts-2/feed/ 0 Data Validationhttp://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/04/data-validation-4/ http://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/04/data-validation-4/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:48:06 +0000 Excel On Steroids http://www.alchemex.com/blog/?p=4295 Data Validation enables you to create a drop down list to control the type of data or the values that users enter into a cell. For instance if you have a list of employees and want to assign a department

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]]> http://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/04/data-validation-4/feed/ 0 How to Use the IPMT Function to calculate the interest payment for a given periodhttp://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/04/how-use-the-ipmt-function-calculate-the-interest-payment-for-given-period/ http://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/04/how-use-the-ipmt-function-calculate-the-interest-payment-for-given-period/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:10:44 +0000 Sage Intelligence Tips http://www.alchemex.com/blog/?p=4388 In last months Excel Financial Functions video tip, we spoke about the PMT Function and its use in calculating the repayment amount on a loan. In this tip we will go a bit more in-depth and introduce you to the

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]]> http://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/04/how-use-the-ipmt-function-calculate-the-interest-payment-for-given-period/feed/ 0 4 Features in Excel 2013 to Make You Work Smarter!http://www.alchemex.com/blog/business-intelligence/2013/04/4-features-excel-2013-make-you-work-smarter/ http://www.alchemex.com/blog/business-intelligence/2013/04/4-features-excel-2013-make-you-work-smarter/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:51:48 +0000 Stephen Coull http://www.alchemex.com/blog/?p=4359 I am continuously amazed at what Microsoft releases year in and year out in what I consider to be their flagship office product, Excel. We all know that Excel is the language of business and finance people around the globe,

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]]> http://www.alchemex.com/blog/business-intelligence/2013/04/4-features-excel-2013-make-you-work-smarter/feed/ 0 Sage Intelligence Connector Module: Testing Containershttp://www.alchemex.com/blog/sage-intelligence-tips-tricks/2013/04/sage-intelligence-connector-module-testing-containers/ http://www.alchemex.com/blog/sage-intelligence-tips-tricks/2013/04/sage-intelligence-connector-module-testing-containers/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:58:50 +0000 Sage Intelligence Tips http://www.alchemex.com/blog/?p=4237 There are 2 options to test the Containers in the Sage Intelligence Connector Module, before using the Container to build a Report. Sample Data Check/Test Sample Data The Sample Data icon enables a sample of data to be viewed from

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]]> http://www.alchemex.com/blog/sage-intelligence-tips-tricks/2013/04/sage-intelligence-connector-module-testing-containers/feed/ 0 Transpose Functionhttp://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/04/transpose-function-2/ http://www.alchemex.com/blog/excel-tips-tricks/2013/04/transpose-function-2/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:34:31 +0000 Excel On Steroids http://www.alchemex.com/blog/?p=4287 Have you ever needed to change the orientation of a range of cells whilst maintaining links to the source data and had to manually recreate the spreadsheet? Well, there’s a quicker way – the TRANSPOSE function. The TRANSPOSE function returns

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