Could the age of self-service BI (business intelligence) finally be near? And, if so, are organizations ready? For years, BI vendors have promised a way for managers to easily build their own reports ...

If your are wondering how to handle large datasets and complex calculations in your spreadsheets. This is where MS Excel PowerPivot comes into play. PowerPivot is an advanced feature in Excel that ...

PowerPivot is Microsoft's new self-service business intelligence (BI) product that seeks to make peace between IT and Excel users. PowerPivot is a component of SQL Server 2008 R2 that works with Excel ...

A free and compelling add-on, PowerPivot can import huge data sets from just about any data source and crunch them in Excel The core idea behind PowerPivot is deceptively simple: Since people use ...

Spreadsheets, which have long been a disruptive force to enterprise IT, to some extent are the "killer" applications that helped drive the adoption of personal computers (PCs) in the enterprise.

In today’s accounting world, financial and operational data typically is stored in a variety of programs and formats. When accountants need to prepare a report based on data from various systems, the ...

Create a report using charts: Select Insert > Recommended Charts, then choose the one you want to add to the report sheet. Create a report with pivot tables: Select Insert > PivotTable. Select the ...

Once data is loaded into Excel, Copilot allows users to ask questions in natural language instead of building new formulas.

A new component in SQL Server 2008 R2 gives users the autonomy to set up business intelligence functionality in Excel without taking control of the process away from IT. PowerPivot is Microsoft's new ...