WILEY MICROSOFT BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS FOR EXCEL ANALYSTS 2014 RETAIL

TITLE: MICROSOFT BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS FOR EXCEL
ANALYSTS
PUBLISHER: WILEY LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LINK: http://is.gd/Dtk10R RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL
FORMAT: EPUB RELEASE DATE: 2014.05.28
ISBN: 9781118821527 STORE DATE: 2014
SAVED.MONEY: 27 EURO DISKCOUNT: 04 x 05MB
AUTHOR: MICHAEL ALEXANDER, JARED DECKER, BERNARD
WEHBE

BOOK

Bridge the big data gap with Microsoft Business Intelligence
Tools for Excel Analysts

The distinction between departmental reporting done by business
analysts with Excel and the enterprise reporting done by IT
departments with SQL Server and SharePoint tools is more blurry
now than ever before. With the introduction of robust new
features like PowerPivot and Power View, it is essential for
business analysts to get up to speed with big data tools that in
the past have been reserved for IT professionals. Written by a
team of Business Intelligence experts, Microsoft Business
Intelligence Tools for Excel Analysts introduces business
analysts to the rich toolset and reporting capabilities that can
be leveraged to more effectively source and incorporate large
datasets in their analytics while saving them time and
simplifying the reporting process

* Walks you step-by-step through important BI tools like
PowerPivot, SQL Server, and SharePoint and shows you how to move
data back and forth between these tools and Excel
* Shows you how to leverage relational databases, slice data into
various views to gain different visibility perspectives, create
eye-catching visualizations and dashboards, automate SQL Server
data retrieval and integration, and publish dashboards and
reports to the web
* Details how you can use SQL Server's built-in functions to
analyze large amounts of data, Excel pivot tables to access and
report OLAP data, and PowerPivot to create powerful reporting
mechanisms

You'll get on top of the Microsoft BI stack and all it can do to
enhance Excel data analysis with this one-of-a-kind guide written
for Excel analysts just like you