Spreadsheets

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, is issuing a new warning: your Google Chrome browser and Excel spreadsheets could be at risk of an attack. The agency identified two new exploits that could give hackers easy access to your computer.Federal agencies have until January 23 to make sure they're protected. Here are some ways to make sure you're protected too.CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH SECURITY ALERTS, QUICK VIDEO TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER…

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EVE Online has finally embraced its destiny. The game, often jokingly called a “spreadsheet simulator” due to the competitive advantages its most dedicated players can gain by tracking in-game data, now has a Microsoft Excel add-in. “Gain a competitive edge by harnessing the power of data, as access to and the understanding of data can spell the difference between victory and defeat,” developer CCP Games wrote Tuesday in a blog post. The free extension, first announced last year at EVE Fanfest, is available now. Besides…

Now that we’ve gotten to grips with some definitions, let’s apply these normal form rules in a working example to let these concepts sink in.Tutorial: Segmenting audiences in a Canadian-based retailerPhoto by charlesdeluvio on UnsplashFor this example, I used MySQL to carry out the queries, where each script should be adapted should you want to follow along with an alternate SQL server such as PostgreSQL or Oracle. If you are newer to MySQL I would suggest reading these articles here for installation instructions and here…

You’ve outgrown Excel: how to select between a relational, document, or graph database and be prepared for what’s nextOpen up a blank spreadsheet and the seemingly unending rows and columns can appear to be a canvas of infinite possibilities. However, many data engineers and other digital knowledge workers increasingly see the criss-crossing grey lines of a spreadsheet as restrictive — ironically not unlike the horizontal and vertical metal bars of a jail cell!Admittedly, for the visual metaphor of “spreadsheet jail” to…

Learn how to properly load your worksheets into Pandas DataFramesPhoto by Rubaitul Azad on UnsplashIn most data analytics projects, one of the most common and popular data file formats that you will usually encounter is CSV. However, people from the financial sector often deal with another format — Excel spreadsheets.While a lot of articles on Pandas DataFrame focus on loading using CSV files, in this article I will focus my discussion on Excel. I will show you how to load worksheets from Excel into your dataframes, as…

Report, Analyze, Tell StoriesPhoto by Adrian Trinkaus on UnsplashGiven a dataset, Pivot Tables are a powerful tool to analyze, answer questions, and tell stories. Pivoting is not limited to analysis in Excel, rather it’s a general technique for transforming data, often into more human-interpretable format.Section referenceWhy pivot?Wide vs. Long DataExamples: Google Sheets, Python, and PostgresSQLAggregation FunctionsMissing DataTakeawaysIf we were manufacturing something (anything) and each time one of those things came…