Microsoft ® Office 2007 Business Intelligence: Reporting, Analysis, And Measurement From The Desktop

Harts, Doug

ISBN 10: 0071494243 / ISBN 13: 9780071494243

Published by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Microsoft ® Office 2007 Business Intelligence: Reporting, Analysis, And Measurement From The Desktop
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071494243
• ISBN 13: 9780071494243
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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Extract and analyze mission-critical enterprise data using Microsoft Office 2007

This authoritative volume is a practical guide to the powerful new collaborative Business Intelligence tools available in Office 2007. Using real-world examples and clear explanations, Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence: Reporting, Analysis, and Measurement from the Desktop shows you how to use Excel, Excel Services, SharePoint, and PerformancePoint with a wide range of stand-alone and external data in today's networked office. You will learn how to analyze data and generate reports, scorecards, and dashboards with the Office tools you're already using to help you in your everyday work.

• Create Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts and apply Conditional Formatting
  
• Convert Excel spreadsheets into Excel Tables with Conditional Formatting and Charting
  
• Connect external data to Excel using Office Data Connections and SharePoint
  
• Create SharePoint dashboards that display data from multiple sources
  
• Add Key Performance Indicators and Excel Services reports to your dashboards
  
• Harness advanced SQL Server 2005 data analysis tools with the Excel Data Mining Add-In and Visio Cluster Diagrams
  
• Generate integrated PerformancePoint Scorecards
  
• Create Visio PivotDiagrams and Windows Mobile spreadsheets
  

All of the examples in the book can be downloaded for free by doing the following: go to www.mhprofessional.com. Click on the Computing tab. Click on the Downloads page. Click on the book's title to download the examples.

About the Author

Doug Harts is a member of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Advisory Council and the Excel Advisory Council. He is the Chief Technology Officer of Cizer Software and is a frequent speaker at SQL Server and Microsoft conferences. Doug maintains an Office Business Intelligence & Data Mining community website at OfficeBIcentral.com. With 20 years of experience in the field, Doug brings a lively style to the explanation of practical BI techniques.