Microsoft Business Intelligence Tools for Excel Analysts - Softcover

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Michael Alexander is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) and author of several books on advanced business analysis with Microsoft Access and Excel.

Jared Decker is the co-founder of StatSlice Systems and a certified BI developer with more than 14 years’ experience training and developing enterprise reporting solutions.

Bernard Wehbe a is a veteran BI consultant and co-founder of StatSlice Systems where he helps organizations implement business analytics and data visualization solutions.

John Walkenbach is arguably the foremost authority on Excel. He has written more than 30 books and maintains the popular Spreadsheet Page at www.j-walk.com/ss.

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Self-Service Business Intelligence with Excel

For the first time, Excel is an integral part of the Microsoft BI stack - capable of integrating multiple data sources, defining relationships between data sources, processing analysis services cubes, and developing interactive dashboards that can be shared on the web. With these new tools, it s becoming important for Excel analysts to expand their knowledge to include new skills, like database management, query design, data integration, multidimensional reporting, and a host of other practices.

This book is aimed squarely at business analysts and managers who find it increasingly necessary to become more efficient at working with the new Microsoft BI tools like Power Pivot, Power Query, and Power View.

Let Mr. Spreadsheet show you how to:

• Use PowerPivot to create powerful reporting mechanisms
• Automate data integration with Power Query
• Create geo-spatial reporting with Power Map
• Develop eye-catching Dashboards with Power View
• Use SQL Server^® to leverage relational and OLAP databases
• Gain insight and analytical power with Data Mining tools

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Self-Service Business Intelligence with Excel

For the first time, Excel is an integral part of the Microsoft BI stack - capable of integrating multiple data sources, defining relationships between data sources, processing analysis services cubes, and developing interactive dashboards that can be shared on the web. With these new tools, it’s becoming important for Excel analysts to expand their knowledge to include new skills, like database management, query design, data integration, multidimensional reporting, and a host of other practices.

This book is aimed squarely at business analysts and managers who find it increasingly necessary to become more efficient at working with the new Microsoft BI tools like Power Pivot, Power Query, and Power View.

Let Mr. Spreadsheet show you how to:

• Use PowerPivot to create powerful reporting mechanisms
• Automate data integration with Power Query
• Create geo-spatial reporting with Power Map
• Develop eye-catching Dashboards with Power View
• Use SQL Server^® to leverage relational and OLAP databases
• Gain insight and analytical power with Data Mining tools