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Hands-On SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services
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Hands-On SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services

by Steven Hughes
October 2020
Beginner to intermediate
474 pages
10h 6m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 9: Exploring and Visualizing Your Data with Excel

We have now created multidimensional and tabular models in the previous chapters. The data is ready, so let's visualize it. We will start our data visualization in Excel. Microsoft Excel has been the most prolific analytics tool on the market for years. While that is not its primary focus, its utility, simplicity, and reach far exceed those of its nearest competitor.

In this chapter, we will connect our models to Excel, build out some reports and dashboards, and explore the differences between these models in Excel. We will wrap up the chapter with some advanced visualization techniques that are unique to Excel when working with analytical models built in SQL Server. We will be creating ...

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