Nearly a month ago I announced my first commercial utility, the PTS Waterfall Chart Utility. Last week I announced a Waterfall Utility Update with a couple fixes and enhancements.
If you want to download a trial version, or purchase the professional version, go to PTS Waterfall Chart Utility. To review the documentation, go to PTS Waterfall [...]

 
Three weeks ago I announced my first commercial utility, the PTS Waterfall Chart Utility (blog entry). If you want to download a trial version, or purchase the professional version, go to PTS Waterfall Chart Utility. To review the documentation, go to PTS Waterfall Chart Utility Documentation.
Today I’ve released an updated version. This version includes the [...]

In Waterfall Charts, Fancy Waterfall Chart, and Waterfall Chart that Crosses the X Axis, I have described techniques for constructing waterfall charts in Excel. I have also written a Waterfall Chart utility that allows the user to construct waterfall charts charts directly from the data. The utility inserts a new worksheet, adds a table with [...]

 
Microsoft MVPs Jon Peltier (Peltier Technical Services) and Mike Alexander (DataPig Technologies) are joining together to host our first annual Excel Dashboard and Visualization Boot Camp!
The conference will be held on Wednesday through Friday, October 22-24, 2008, in Frisco, Texas (just north of Dallas).

This 3-day boot camp is designed for Excel users [...]

On infrequent occasions I take my show on the road and offer classes on advanced charting techniques. If I am taking part in an Excel User Conference, for example, I will usually offer a couple classes. There are two classes in particular that I like to present, and that participants rate highly:

Advanced Charting Techniques
Excel Charting [...]

April 2nd marks the fourth anniversary of the start of my career as full time Excel developer. In my previous life I was a metallurgist, doing research into aerospace materials, but the company I was with was faltering after an ill-advised merger and a subsequent near-merger that sapped its spirit. I took a new job [...]

Welcome to the PTS blog. I’m Jon Peltier, host of the blog and owner of Peltier Technical Services. I develop utilities for Excel, dealing with automation and with data processing and display. I have an extensive web site with lots of pages about Excel, particularly charting and programming.
I’ve started this blog so I can show [...]