One of the more interesting technology battles this year (and probably 2008) will pit Microsoft's Office 2007 coupled with SQL Server 2005 against established business intelligence players. That fact ...

Taking a look at how marketers can unlock the power of data analysis using traditional tabular software and data languages. Marketers would like to unlock the power of data — but with so many ...

IT之家 1 月 27 日消息，微软昨日（1 月 26 日）发布博文， 宣布为提升云端办公的数据处理效率，网页版 Excel 现已全面支持 Power Query 功能 。这意味着用户无需依赖桌面版客户端，可以在浏览器中，直接完成复杂的数据导入与处理工作。

To enter data in Excel, you can either type it in or import it from different sources. It’s easy to import data from a standard .CSV format, but what about importing it from a database? You can ...

I would like the user to be able to click a button on the web page that will run a SQL query (canned report) and export the result data to an Excel spreadsheet. The data does not need to display on ...

In the modern business landscape, data is a crucial asset, guiding strategic decisions and driving organizational success. However, raw data alone does not yield actionable insights; it requires ...

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Most people view Microsoft’s Excel as a simple “spreadsheet program” that’s rapidly being eclipsed by free web-based apps that run on any cheap laptop. Well think again. Modern-day Excel is an ...