Microsoft (R) Office 2007 Business Intelligence: Reporting, Analysis, and Measurement from the Desktop (Electronic book text)

Extract and analyze mission-critical enterprise data using Microsoft Office 2007This 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 FormattingConvert Excel spreadsheets into Excel Tables with Conditional Formatting and ChartingConnect external data to Excel using Office Data Connections and SharePointCreate SharePoint dashboards that display data from multiple sourcesAdd Key Performance Indicators and Excel Services reports to your dashboardsHarness advanced SQL Server 2005 data analysis tools with the Excel Data Mining Add-In and Visio Cluster DiagramsGenerate integrated PerformancePoint ScorecardsCreate Visio PivotDiagrams and Windows Mobile spreadsheetsAll 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.