Customer Reviews:
 Guerilla Data Analysis - Written by an Excel master June 27, 2009
J. Hughes (Northamptonshire, England)
This is an astonishing book for Excel users. If it isn't already a 'classic' it deserves to be. Bill Jelen is well know for his daily podcasts and forums but to have his expertise in print is invaluable.
If you need a book that can take you effortlessly up to "brilliant-user mode" by starting with where you are in "confident-user mode", then this book is for you. If you are responsible for analysing company data and don't want to risk giving your managers a misleading report, this book is definitely for you. And if you need a book that just happens to include the neatest explanation of all 342 Excel main functions, then this book is for you too. A fantastic bargain! Buy it NOW!
real solutions in plain english May 12, 2009
J. Clancy (UK)
fantastic ability to explain complex actions in plan english. A great book for any excel nerd
 mmm, Lovely Excel September 16, 2006
Andy (Lerwick, Shetland United Kingdom)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I love Excel and it's power for extracting data. It is easy to amaze my colleagues with my knowledge, but since reading this book and putting it into practice I have taken on a God-like status at work. The office is beginning to smell a bit of rotting fatted calves that have been made as offerings at the altar of me. What is more annoying though is that the place is cluttered up with wise men, gold, frankencense and some other stuff. God only knows what it is.
 pretty good and concise June 9, 2006
alkyceltzer (Germany)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Basically does what it says on the tin but I did not learn too much that was new to me. If you are a reasonably inquisitive user of Excel, you can work this stuff out for yourself, if not - then you are probably not going to use the book in any case.
I did enjoy the "About the Author" blurb at the beginning, a classic piece of American self-puffery - excellent!
Excel-lent! April 19, 2005
Foggy Tewsday
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This slim volume is aimed at those of us who, in our working lives, use Excel to manipulate and interrogate data extracted from outside the Excel program - for example, from the company's mainframe. This is not a wide-ranging look at Excel and the book is intended for users that already have a reasonable working knowledge of the program.The topics covered are mainly from the options held within the 'data menu'. Sorting, filtering and sub-totalling techniques are dealt with in some depth; and there is also a comprehensive section on pivot tables. Functions that other books often only mention in passing such as INDIRECT, OFFSET, MATCH, INDEX, ISNA and VLOOKUP, are discussed at length with examples to illustrate their use. The book's appendix lists all Excel's functions. Written by Bill Jelen (Mr Excel), this is a very useful addition to the target audience's bookshelves. The topics are discussed without getting bogged down in technical jargon, and there are plenty of screen shots to illustrate each step of the way. Anyone who already owns a copy of 'Mr Excel On Excel' may wonder whether or not they should purchase 'Guerilla Data Analysis', but the topics covered in 'Guerilla' are done so in far more depth. Indeed, the techniques and tips in the book could save a lot of time in your working day.
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